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Frustrated by slow stops on pit road and a variety of different tire strategies on the part of his competitors, Harvick passed Denny Hamlin for the lead with 25 laps left in Saturday’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and pulled away to beat Hamlin by 1.361 seconds.

Justin Marks made ARCA history Saturday afternoon, winning the rain-shortened Tire Kingdom 150 presented by ModSpace at Palm Beach International Raceway.

As fans of Formula One know the FIA in their infinite wisdom, or lack thereof, have expanded the starting grid for the 2010 season. 2009 saw 10 teams with 20 cars/drivers, allegedly 2010 will see 13 teams with 26 car/driver combos.

The final selection has now taken place for Teams to enter into the upcoming Superleague Formula by Sonangol campaign due to kick off at Silverstone on April 2nd.

Driver Erin Pac (Farmington, Conn.) and brakeman Elana Meyers (Douglasville, Ga.) of the United States captured the bronze medal as the Olympic women’s bobsled competition concluded Wednesday night at The Whistler Sliding Center.

The ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards is a lot of things to a lot of people. To some, it’s not much more than a stepping stone to the next level, and the fame and fortune of NASCAR.

The term racer to NASCAR fans means one thing, modern-day Gladiators wheeling 4 wheeled 3,500lb hunks of tin, Kevlar and fiberglass. Admittedly we as NASCAR fans have a very narrow definition of the term and that’s sad in many respects.

Throughout an incredibly successful career, which included three NASCAR Cup championships and 105 victories, David Pearson always looked forward to racing at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Looking around the racing newswires this Tuesday has been an exercise in, not futility or uselessness, more like “Ho-hum that all there is.” In that light here are a few headlines that did spark a bit of interest.

God help us, Speed Channel is about to find out if NASCAR fans are able to sing and dance. The network is launching a talent search show called “Fast Track to Fame,” on March 1.

PRISM Motorsports efforts at Daytona were called “historic.” For the first time in the team’s history they entered two cars for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event, the #66 Toyota of Dave Blaney and the #55 Toyota of Michael McDowell.

A loose tire on pitroad cost Keven Harvick a trip to the back of the field at Fontana but it allowed Jamie McMurray’s crewman Adam Mosser to put on a ballerina act by as he leapt over the hood of the No. 29 RCR machine.

F1 hopefuls Stefan GP have reportedly signed Indian GP2 driver Karun Chandhok as they bid for a spot on the 2010 grid.

Forget Daytona, or now more commonly called the scene of the crime, the crime being - Pothole-Gate. As anyone with more than a passing knowledge of NASCAR knows the real season starts now at whatever non-restrictor plate track happens to be on the schedule.

Dr. Laurence J Peter authored the theory of the Peter Principle, a principle that states “In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence.”

Hugh J. Fair, 84, who raced in the ARCA Late Model division at Toledo and Flat Rock Speedways, and whose son Harold Fair and grandson Harold Fair Jr. are ARCA Late Model drivers at both tracks, died Tuesday Feb. 16.

Following a very successful maiden season, interest in F2 has been high with over 40 drivers hoping to join the 2010 FIA Formula Two Championship. Fifteen drivers have now been confirmed and they will be announced daily over the next two weeks.

The media in Argentina is reporting that the US F1 team has ground to a halt – and that Jose Maria Lopez is now trying desperately to find an alternative seat for this season.

A lot has been written and spoken since the Daytona 500 was flagged, mercifully, to its conclusion early Sunday evening. But there’s one thing of importance to the sport’s health that has been ignored in certain quarters.

Timothy Peters has won the season-opening truck series race at Daytona International Speedway. With a push from polesitter Jason White, Peters passed Bodine on the backstretch and won the race to the finish line.