Who will win the NASCAR Carfax 400?
Sunday, August 16th, 2009
Are you ready for another weekend of fast cars?
The 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads up north to the Michigan International Speedway for the Carfax 400, the first of two stops at MIS this year.
Michigan is a two-mile D-shaped oval (so to speak) with 18 degrees of banking in the turns. People describe it as a sister track to either California or Texas Speedway, although similar track lengths do not really mean the tracks are otherwise similar.
Michigan International Speedway’s Aug. 16 NASCAR Sprint Cup race will be called the Carfax 400 under terms of a title sponsorship agreement that has been announced with the company that provides vehicle history reports.
The company, which will be the title sponsor of a Cup race for the first time, is also sponsoring the NASCAR Nationwide Series Carfax 250 at the track. The doubleheader marks the first time MIS has had the same corporate sponsor for both NASCAR events on the same weekend.
The Cup series has been racing at Michigan twice a year since 1969, except in 1973 when the track was visited just once. Mark Martin has the most wins here among active drivers with four, though he’s also made more starts than many other drivers, 46 in all. Martin’s last win here was in 1998 and all four of his wins came in Roush Fords, as this is his first season with Hendrick Motorsports.
Bobby Labonte has three wins at Michigan and…
Is Lewis Hamilton officially back?
Monday, July 27th, 2009
Lewis Hamilton finally scored his first win of the season.
With Lewis Hamilton being the defending F1 world champion, losing all those races this 2009 F1 season has really scarred his ego a great deal. He never got a podium finish in the first nine races of the season. Hell, he even went scoreless in the last five races for crying out loud.
It all changed in the 2009 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest where the defending champ finally got his maiden win of the year. Yup, he finally won a race, finishing in front of second place finisher Kimi Raikkonen and third placer, Mark Webber.
He could care less for Felipe Massa who was in a hospital due to a freak accident during qualifying.
‘’It is an incredible feeling to be back here after all,’’ Lewis Hamilton said. ‘’It feels such a long time away, such a struggle with me and the team but as I said on the in-lap I am so proud of the guys.’’
‘’I go to the factory and see how hard everyone pushing, they never gave up and it is something very rare to see in a large group of people. We didn’t expect to win this weekend. I didn’t feel we had pace to win but the car felt fantastic. It’s incredibly special to be back up here, not just on the podium but just to get this win.’’
‘’The car was fantastic. The team asked me to look after tires, and through experience I was able to do that, so thanks to the guys and fans, and my family.’’
‘’We have to take as much as we…
NASCAR returns to Indianapolis Sunday
Friday, July 24th, 2009
It’s time to rev up your engines again.
The Allstate 400 at the Brickyard will be the twentieth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the sixteenth NASCAR race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). The 160-lap, 400 miles (640 km) event is scheduled on July 26 at the 2.5 miles (4.0 km) IMS located in Speedway, Indiana. By this time drivers are battling for every point and separating into contenders.
As the second most popular race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard doesn’t take a back seat to anything. But this is one of the most popular NASCAR races because the track itself challenges drivers.
Tony Stewart maintains
his hold on the top spot in the standings. He has two wins, 11 top-five finishes and 15 top-10s in 19 races. He has already collected $4,429,930 in winnings.
However, although Tony Stewart has a sizeable lead, Jeff Gordon is safely positioned to make the Chase. He has one win, 10 top-five and 15 top-10 finishes. He has won $3,835,490.
Kurt Busch, on the other hand, has one win, six top-five and 10 top-10 finishes.
One of the big shocks of the 2009 season is the fact Carl Edwards remains winless through 19 races. He has five top-five and nine top-10 finishes with $3,191,650 in earnings.
Kyle Busch is having some struggles lately as well. He continues to drop and is now hanging on to the 10th position in the standings. However, he has three wins, four top-five and six top-10 finishes, keeping him optimistic about his title chances.
”I think team performance this year has…”
Brawn GP vs. Red Bull in Hungarian GP
Friday, July 24th, 2009
Yes, it’s all about Brawn GP and Red Bull now.
The 2009 Formula 1 season has developed into a fascinating battle between Brawn GP and Red Bull. At one point Brawn’s Jenson Button appeared to be running away with the championship, but Red Bull’s Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel are closing in on the Englishman as we approach Hungary.
The 2009 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix should see a titanic battle between Brawn GP and Red Bull. Mark Webber should be riding high with confidence after scoring his maiden F1 win last time out.
The Hungaroring offers plenty of challenges to not only Red Bull, but all the drivers and engineers alike. The circuit features no high-speed corners, leading the team to run the highest possible downforce levels, while the primary concern for the engine team is ensuring good cooling in the usually hot conditions. The high summer temperatures also make life difficult for the drivers, who need to be in peak physical condition to cope with a race that gives them very little respite over its 70-lap distance.
The Red Bull team will be on a high with Mark Webber winning his first Grand Prix in style at the Nurburgring. He will be keen to follow up his success with another race win no doubt.
Webber’s Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel is surely happy for Webber being a nice young whipper-snapper but will need to drive his nuts off ASAP if he wants to kick this aussie’s behind back to the down-under.
As far as Brawn GP is concerned, it’s been…
Brawn GP, the team to beat in F1?
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
If they are, then it wouldn’t hurt if they do a little trash talking right?
After two races into the 2009 F1 season, Brawn GP has two victories. Jenson Button won the Malaysian Grad Prix after winning the first race of the season in Melbourne.
The team once known as Honda, Brawn GP has made a lot of adjustments to give them the hot start they have now while usually competitive teams like Ferrari and McLaren have been struggling.
Team boss Ross Brawn reckons that Ferrari and McLaren are paying for last year’s success while his Brawn GP team is benefiting from a dismal campaign last season. Brawn says because both Ferrari and McLaren were focused on winning the championship, they were not able to turn their attention to this year’s vastly new designs.
That’s why instead of dominating the first two races of the season, McLaren has only scored one point while Ferrari has yet to score anything.
‘’It is a reflection of what has gone on in the last year or two,’’ Ross Brawn said. ‘’McLaren and Ferrari had a Championship to fight over and I can understand that it was very difficult for them to say ‘Look, we’ll stop pushing this year and put our effort into next year’.’’
Brawn on the other hand had most of last year to work on the new car as it quickly became apparent that the 2008 Honda could not be a success.
‘’For us it was a very easy decision. It wasn’t a clever one, just a very easy one. We didn’t have a very good car so why waste time on it?’’
Brawn GP, along with Toyota and Williams…
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