Archive for June 24th, 2006

NHRA: Fuller, Hight , Anderson #1 in Top Categories for St.Louis

1 Comment Published June 24th, 2006 in Main

Top Fuel driver Rod Fuller and Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Tom Bradford will lead their respective categories into final eliminations for the first time after securing the No. 1 qualifying positions Saturday night at Gateway International Raceway. Funny Car’s Robert Hight and Pro Stock’s Greg Anderson also raced to top qualifying positions at the $1.3 [...]

Hornish Wins Second Race of Year at Richmond

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Sam Hornish Jr. led 212 laps to win the SunTrust Indy Challenge presented by XM Satellite Radio at Richmond International Raceway. Hornish, whose dominating win was the most consecutive laps led and third-most total in IndyCar® Series history, won under caution when teammate Helio Castroneves’ car sustained a right-rear tire puncture. A few seconds earlier, [...]

Allmendinger on Pole in Cleveland – Breaks Track Record

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Eight years is a lifetime in Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford competition as performance tends to increase dramatically from month to month – let alone from year to year. But today on a Chamber of Commerce day in Cleveland, Ohio, A.J. Allmendinger (#7 Indeck Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) turned back the clock, eclipsing [...]

Renault Makes it a Front Row Sweep in Montreal

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Formula One World champion Fernando Alonso seized pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday as Renault swept the front row for the second time this season. The 24-year-old Spaniard will start from the top slot for the fifth consecutive race but the first time in Canada as he chases a fourth straight victory. [...]

Ecclestone Blasts America

5 Comments Published June 24th, 2006 in Main

It doesn’t sound like Bernie Ecclestone, the man who runs Formula One, cares much whether next weekend’s U.S. Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the last one held in this country.”It does not matter to Formula One if there is no grand prix in the U.S.,” Ecclestone said in The Times of London. “What [...]

Montreal 3rd Practice: Renault Back on Top

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BMW, however, continues to impress: 1. 1 ALONSO Renault M 1’15″455 208.066 Km/h 2. 2 FISICHELLA Renault M 1’15″521 + 0’00″066 3. 17 VILLENEUVE BMW Sauber M 1’15″554 + 0’00″099 4. 16 HEIDFELD BMW Sauber M 1’15″616 + 0’00″161 5. 3 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M 1’15″902 + 0’00″447 6. 5 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1’15″959 + [...]