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Driving a No. 2 Chevrolet that saw its first action this weekend at Atlanta, Kevin Harvick dominated Saturday’s E-Z-Go 200 to win for the third time in his last three starts in NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series.

So… you say you have desired owning a Ferrari since the days of Fangio. Had wet dreams over cruising H1 out of Honolulu in a Ferrari Enzo? Have I got a deal for you.

In the last few weeks speculation and mostly fueled by Bernie “The Gnome” Ecclestone two of the new F1 teams, USF1 and Campos Meta wouldn’t see the Starters Flag in Bahrain as the World’s Championship season opens.

Ernie Gahan, the 1966 NASCAR Modified national champion, passed away Thursday night at his home in Cranberry Isles, Maine at the age of 83.

Next week’s Gold Coast Super GP has lost its showcase event, with red-faced organizers confirming this afternoon the A1GP race has been scrapped.

Season Five of A1GP World Cup of Motorsport kicks off in less than two weeks time and the A1GP entry list for the Nikon SuperGP, 22 - 25 October in Australia has been announced.

A1GP World Cup of Motorsport will be starting Season Five in just over a month with the Nikon SuperGP on 22 to 25 October and a financial restructuring has been put in place to secure its long term future.

A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has formally announced its calendar for its fifth season - which will kick off with the Nikon SuperGP on the Gold Coast over October 22-25.

A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has confirmed they will complete their traditional testing at local permanent circuit Queensland Raceway – on Monday the 19th of October, ahead of the Nikon SuperGP.

With a pass for the lead on the final corner of the final lap of the Nationwide Series NAPA Auto Parts 200, Carl Edwards proved what has been suggested for the last three years.

It wasn’t so long ago, July 23 to be precise, A1GP’s Nitro SuperGP was launched to great fanfare and billed as a ‘new era’ for Australia’s “premier motorsport event” on Queensland’s Gold Coast.

Sam Bass, the longtime NASCAR artist who painted the Gibson guitar smashed by Kyle Busch after the Nashville Nationwide race in early June, said he was “stunned and heartbroken” to see his work destroyed in victory lane.

The Season Five Calendar for A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has been approved by the FIA at this week’s World Motorsport Council Meeting. Ten dates have been submitted, starting with the first race of the 2009/10 season, the Nitro SuperGP in Australia on 22-25 October.

Capping a weekend that saw General Motors announce it will impose financial cuts across its NASCAR programs, Mark Martin gave GM’s flagship team - Hendrick Motorsports - a win at Michigan International Speedway.

Only because I’m having trouble squeezing out anything but a couple paras at a time, and not tossing up something brings on withdrawal symptoms, below are a few of the stories that have caught my eye in the last few hours.

The once-mighty 11-round series has staggered, lurched, stumbled and fizzled to a dismal seven-round event fraught with money worries and impounded cars.

Adam Carroll crowned Team Ireland as A1GP season four champion at Brands Hatch with feature race victory on Sunday.

A1 Team USA driver J.R. Hildebrand turned a best-lap time of 1 minute, 11.994 seconds to secure the fourth starting position for tomorrow’s A1GP World Cup of Motorsport Sprint race at Brands Hatch. Hildebrand then qualified 11th for tomorrow’s Feature event, which is the final series outing of the 2008-09 A1 season.

The final weekend of 2008/09 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport began at Brands Hatch in Kent Friday with A1 Team Netherlands’ Jeroen Bleekemolen setting the pace with a 1m 12.700s, over two seconds faster than the official A1GP lap record.

Switzerland’s Neel Jani emerged victorious from an action packed Feature race at Vodafone A1GP Algarve, Portugal Sunday afternoon. The result means Jani now has ten A1GP victories to his name – more than any other driver in the history of the sport.