Few tracks are as explosive and exciting as the Bristol Dragway in Bristol, Tennessee. Home to the nail-biting O’Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, the track is one that has a well-deserved reputation. Fans are already gearing up for the Thunder Valley Nationals as they book their tickets and get ready to enter the gates on 16-18 May 2008.
The 2008 Dodge Challenger 500 will take place this Saturday night at the Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. The track is well noted for providing one of the biggest challenges on the Sprint Cup schedule and drivers are geared up and looking ready to race.
When thirteen young drivers showed up to take part in the Indianapolis 500 Rookie Orientation Program on Sunday, officials noted that this was the biggest turn out since 1997. However only a few could make the cut and it remained to be seen just how many drivers would manage to complete all four phases of the program.
The 49th season of racing at Thunder Road International Speedbowl got underway yesterday as cars revved their engines and fans streamed through the doors to witness this great event. According to Ken Squirer, the co-owner of Thunder Road, auto racing is still the “largest spectator sport” in this particular state. Short track racing plays a key role in this and the quarter-mile oval track Thunder Road is the perfect place to get the season underway.
Felipe Massa in a Ferrari on Sunday secured a hat-trick of Turkish Grand Prix victories, winning from pole to beat McLaren-Mercedes? Lewis Hamilton into third place.
?Luckily, the team gave me a really strong car tonight, because I like to knock the wall down,? quipped Busch, who recovered from a loose lug nut that brought him back to the pits on Lap 60 and cost him track position.
Driver Patrick Sheltra captured a season-best seventh place finish in Saturday night?s Drive Smart! Buckle-Up Kentucky 150 at Kentucky Speedway.
The teams are basically testing at home. It will be good for the teams to get back to a 1.5-mile track to not only gather valuable data, but for the most part, sleep in their own beds.
Speed dominated the race, leading more laps than any other driver and earning him the Aaron?s Lap Leader award for the caution-extended 168-mile Drive Smart! Buckle Up Kentucky 150.
Ken Butler, III earned the Casite Hard Charger award in Saturday?s Drive Smart! Buckle Up Kentucky 150 for climbing 16 spots from his 20th-place starting position.
?Luckily, the team gave me a really strong car tonight, because I like to knock the wall down,? quipped Busch, who recovered from a loose lug nut that brought him back to the pits on Lap 60 and cost him track position.
The teams are basically testing at home. It will be good for the teams to get back to a 1.5-mile track to not only gather valuable data, but for the most part, sleep in their own beds.
After qualifying in the 13th spot for the Dodge Challenger 500, Dave Blaney drove his Bill Davis Racing entry to a season-high ninth-place finish.
Kyle Busch is NASCAR?s most hated driver. And he loves it.
At a track-record average speed of 140.350 mph, Busch, who led a race-high 169 laps, pulled away after a restart on Lap 308 of 367 and ran away from the rest of the field en route to his third Cup win of the season and the seventh of his career.
?It?s the same old Darlington.It will bite you as soon as you let your guard down, especially with the speeds now. You can get in trouble in a hurry, and I?ve been close to getting that (Darlington) stripe.?
Felipe Massa in a Ferrari on Sunday secured a hat-trick of Turkish Grand Prix victories, winning from pole to beat McLaren-Mercedes? Lewis Hamilton into third place.
Following the Turkish Grand Prix, Martin Whitmarsh, CEO Formula 1, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, discusses how the weekend unfolded for teammates Lewis and Heikki.
?I am so thrilled with this result, and I think this is the best race ever for me. It?s not about winning, it?s about feeling that you extract 100% from yourself and the car and I did that today.? --Lewis Hamilton
The competition is very high, but after some races I feel that I can be competitive everywhere and I?m just happy to reduce the gap a little bit. - Felipe Massa
It?s one of those times when you end the race and you ask yourself and you ask the team, could we have done a better job?
Felipe Massa: ?Its fantastic to have got the hat trick here in Istanbul: it might really almost be worth asking fora Turkish passport!
?I?m confident my ankles will get better and Im sure Ill be able to race at Le Mans. I really want to be there racing, its the only thing Im thinking about at the moment. Im sure I can make it with a lot of motivation.?
Rookie star Jorge Lorenzo?s ankle injuries are more serious than originally thought following his spectacular crash in practice for the Chinese Grand Prix at the weekend.
?In the end I just slowed down because I saw that I couldn?t get Valentino, and I just decided to keep the engine alive and finish second.? --Dani Pedrosa
Fiat Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi took an impressive victory in Shanghai today, his second at the circuit having won the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix with Yamaha in 2005.
Guintoli has done better than his team-mate at the beginning maintaining the thirteenth position until the eighteenth lap when he lost two position and concluded in fifteenth.
Tech 3 Yamaha rider Colin Edwards produced a brilliant late attack to claim pole position for tomorrow?s 22-lap China MotoGP clash in Shanghai.
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| California Speedway | California, USA (NASCAR) |
| Circuit de Catalunya | Barcelona, Spain (F1) |
| Daytona Speedway | Florida, USA (NASCAR) |
| Hockenheim Ring | Hockenheim, Germany (F1) |
| Indianapolis Speedway | Indiana, USA (NASCAR) |
| Monaco Circuit | Monte Carlo, Europe (F1) |
| Monza Speedway | Monza, Italy (F1) |
| Phoenix Raceway | Arizona, USA (NASCAR) |
| Silverstone Speedway | Northampton, England (F1) |
| Talladega Superway | Alabama, USA (NASCAR) |
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