A1 Team France may well wrap up the inaugural A1 Grand Prix series at Laguna Seca today, providing they can outscore A1 Team Switzerland, but it's the battle for third place overall that looks primed to provide the fireworks. Read More »
Pony Car Muscle Deja Vu
On April 17, 1964, Ford unveiled the Mustang and Pony Car era began. Chevrolet had its Camaro ready by 1967 and the Dodge Challenger appeared in 1960. History is repeating itself. In 2003, Ford brought out its retro-styled Mustang. Like the 1964 Mustang, it was a huge hit. Read More »
Diaz & Pruett Score Wildly Popular Victory in Dominating Mexico City 250 Performance
In front of a raucous Mexico City crowd, hometown favorite Luis Diaz and his No. 01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus Riley co-driver Scott Pruett turned in a dominating performance en route to victory in Saturday's Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve Mexico City 250 at the historic Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit. Read More »
Yeley Enjoys Career-Best Day With California Top-10
After the best run of his short Nextel Cup career, J.J. Yeley was worried he had ticked off a former Nextel Cup champion late in the Auto Club 500 at California. Read More »
A1 Grand Prix in Monterrey, Mexico
The second clean start of the weekend meant all the cars made it round the first lap. As is quite often the case, many of the teams pitted early for their mandatory pit stop with race leader France first in and executing a trouble-free stop in 51.3 seconds. Much to the disappointment of the local fans, A1 Team Mexico was not able to take part in the opening laps as their mechanics were still repairing the damage after the Sprint race incident and the leaders completed four laps before Mexico joined the field. Read More »
Warren Johnson Races To 96th Career Victory At Checker Schuck’s Kragen NHRA Nationals
Warren Johnson, the most prolific Pro Stock racer in NHRA history, pushed his career victory total to 96 Sunday by winning the 22nd annual Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals presented by Castrol at Firebird International Raceway. Read More »
A1 Grand Prix Qualifying Results and Sprint Race Grid in Monterey, Mexico
A1 Team South Africa has taken its first pole position in the World Cup of Motorsport recording an aggregate time nearly one second faster than series' leader France. In an exciting climax to the afternoon's sessions, Stephen Simpson snatched pole in the dying seconds, setting the fastest lap of the day with a time of 1.22.078 in the fourth segment. Read More »
A1 Team Canada Fought Their Way From Back Of The Grid To Win
A1 Team Canada fought their way from back of the grid to win the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Sentul Circuit, Indonesia giving them their first win of the season. In front of a packed grandstand of 32,000 spectators, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and government representatives including the Ministers for Sport and Tourism, A1 Grand Prix laid on a spectacular race, action-packed from start to finish. Read More »
Troxel Becomes Sixth Woman To Win In Nhra Top Fuel
Melanie Troxel became just the sixth woman in NHRA history to win a Top Fuel event Sunday by racing to victory at the season-opening CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals. Read More »
Luhr Takes First Rolex 24 At Daytona Overall Pole Position For Porsche Since 1990
With a best qualifying lap more than a second faster than the existing Daytona Prototype track record, Lucas Luhr placed the No. 23 Shred-It Porsche Crawford on the pole position for the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona. Read More »