Archive for June, 2006

Boris Said can master a superspeedway as well. The road-racing specialist was the surprising Pepsi 400 pole-winner Friday night at Daytona International Speedway, posting a lap at 186.143 mph. It was the second pole of his career; the other was at Infineon Raceway’s road course in 2003. Driving in the second of four scheduled races [...]

One of the fundamental ways to achieve success in the business world is to bring your product to the people. Companies around the world are finding that one of the best ways to do that, is to have their product involved with the Champ Car World Series. Boasting some of the strongest attendance numbers in [...]

Nascar is adding some heat to its marketing with a new campaign featuring California rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Brandweek.com reports that the band will be featured in a new 30-second commercial. The ad shows the Red Hot Chili Peppers in concert and also as members of a Nascar pit crew, all while the [...]

1. 36 DAVIDSON Honda M 1’12″013 209.562 Km/h 2. 38 KUBICA BMW Sauber M 1’12″809 + 0’00″796 3. 2 FISICHELLA Renault M 1’12″933 + 0’00″920 4. 6 MASSA Ferrari B 1’13″264 + 0’01″251 5. 39 MONDINI Midland Toyota B 1’13″327 + 0’01″314 6. 5 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1’13″346 + 0’01″333 7. 18 MONTEIRO Midland Toyota [...]

Practice times for practice session 1 at Indianapolis. Michael Schumacher set the 2nd quickest time on his only hot lap. 1. 36 DAVIDSON Honda M 1’12″083 209.359 Km/h 2. 5 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1’12″458 + 0’00″375 3. 38 KUBICA BMW Sauber M 1’13″008 + 0’00″925 4. 11 BARRICHELLO Honda M 1’13″090 + 0’01″007 5. 12 [...]

Michael Schumacher has responded angrily to Fernando Alonso’s suggestion that Ferrari and its drivers were to blame for the Indianapolis scandal of 2005. Although Renault’s Spaniard was one of the fourteen racers sidelined by Michelin at the event a year ago, 24-year-old Alonso insisted on Thursday that the real finger of blame should have been [...]

At Indianapolis on Thursday, Fernando Alonso pointed the finger at Ferrari and Michael Schumacher when remembering the farcical six-car race of 2005. ”Before the race,” Renault’s title-leading Spaniard was quoted as recalling by the sid agency, ”we said that we didn’t want points but we wanted to drive for the fans.” Alluding to the non-agreement [...]

As youngsters growing up in England, Jay Howard, Alex Lloyd and Scott Mansell developed a passion for auto racing by watching Formula One. All three drivers enjoyed success in their homeland as they established their racing careers and aspired to drive in the prestigious Formula One circuit. All three, however, have seen their career paths [...]

Rockford-Montgomery Labs, Inc., the exclusive distributor of the NASCAR RACE FACE® brand premium sunscreen, has signed-on to the Aero Exhaust #4 Morgan-McClure NASCAR NEXTEL CUP Series Chevrolet as an associate sponsor for the remainder of the 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP Season. RACE FACE is the only officially licensed sunscreen by NASCAR and comes in 4 [...]

They’re talking merger, but they’re not near one. As late as Saturday afternoon, Kalkhoven was quietly revealing his strategy for Champ Car going into the 2007 season. “There are two separate parts,” Kalkhoven said. “One is a unification part, one is a stand-alone Champ Car part. The one I’m focused on is the stand-alone Champ [...]

NASCAR’s highly touted Chase for the Nextel Cup format to decide the championship of its biggest series is likely to undergo a face lift next season. NASCAR Chairman Brian France confirmed Thursday series officials will use the time after this season to look at several possible adjustments to the Chase format. Among the ideas to [...]

The chance to wave the green flag signaling the start of an exciting Indy Racing League IndyCar Series event is a thrilling, often once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for those receiving the honor. For the July 15, 2006, Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Superspeedway, Firestone Racing is making that possibility a reality for one lucky fan – and [...]