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All NASCAR fans are familiar with the long history, and final demise of North Wilkesboro Speedway, a short track that held races in NASCAR’s top three series from NASCAR’s inception in 1949 until its closure in 1996.

Lewis Hamilton completely dominated the last minutes of this first qualifying session in Abu Dhabi, taking back pole position every lap he completed. Ultimately, he was the only driver with a time under 1:41.

Dodge Motorsports revealed the Dodge Challenger as the “New Car” for the NASCAR Nationwide Series and announced an expansion of its partnership with Penske Racing beginning in 2010.

It has been a dominant Formula Two season for Andy Soucek, with the Spaniard clinching the revived series’ inaugural championship with three races to run, and he continued his form with a convincing victory in the first race of the season finale in Abu Dhabi.

Huge optimism and end of season fever will grip the Formula One paddock this weekend as the global circus races into the unknown on the futuristic Yas Marina circuit in Sunday’s inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

NASCAR placed driver AJ Allmendinger on probation Thursday following his arrest early in the morning on a charge of drunken driving.

A Pirtek Australian Legends show to remember was put together last weekend at the Nikon SuperGP for over 200,000 fans with only 3 days notice following the A1GP car no show.

A Brazilian official involved in the negotiations says the 26-year-old nephew of three-time world champion Ayrton Senna completed a deal to drive for the Spanish team last weekend.

Recently-crowned Formula 2 champion Andy Soucek set the pace in official testing at Barcelona ahead of this weekend’s season finale.

Denny Hamlin may have won the Virginia campaign with a victory Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, but Jimmie Johnson moved ever closer to a record fourth straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship with a runner-up finish at the .526-mile short track.

 

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An aggressive Brad Keselowski won his fourth NASCAR Nationwide Series race of the season, banging his way to victory at Memphis Motorsports Park.

Timothy Peters took the lead when Denny Hamlin pitted on the 117th lap Saturday and won the NASCAR truck series race at Martinsville Speedway.

V8 Supercar championship leader Jamie Whincup has promised to go as hard as possible in Saturday’s opening two races on the Gold Coast.

The third GP2 Asia Series will open next weekend as Formula One inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix support race. Prior to this grand event, the GP2 Asia field gathered this week for a two-day test session held at the Yas Marina circuit.

Ford star Mark Winterbottom has climbed from his sick bed to qualify fastest for Saturday’s top 10 shootout at the V8 Supercar event on the Gold Coast.

Donington Park’s hopes of staging next year’s British Grand Prix appear to have finally collapsed.
Nine days ago circuit chiefs issued a last-ditch plea to potential investors to help raise the money required to stage the race, due to be held on July 11.

Max Mosley’s long and controversial reign at the helm of Formula One’s governing body will end today when either ex-Ferrari boss Jean Todt or former world rally champion Ari Vatanen takes over.

With the recent unveiling of the Roush NNS Mustang, and a complete inability to come-up with something more suitable to write, I offer the following for your enjoyment and hopefully puzzlement.

The new look Drive for Diversity Combine presented by Sunoco entered the on-track portion Monday, as all 30 drivers climbed into Late Models for individual practice sessions at the Motor Mile Speedway.

Kyle Busch had chances to win the Winchester 400 on a couple of occasions before, finishing second in 2008, and running for the lead with only a few laps to go a few years ago only to have a wheel come off.