Archive for July 16th, 2006

Scelzi, Connolly and Hines also claim victories at Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals
Rookie J.R. Todd upset Tony Schumacher Sunday afternoon at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals to score his first NHRA POWERade Series Top Fuel victory in just his ninth career start. Todd, who with the victory becomes the first African-American to win an NHRA [...]

Kyle Busch learned some hard lessons last year as a rookie in NASCAR’s Nextel Cup series. He put some of that knowledge to good use Sunday at New Hampshire International Speedway on the way to his first victory of the season. “We’re just trying to bide our time, making our own race and [...]

Buddy Rice says his future at Rahal Letterman Racing is in limbo until team owner Bobby Rahal settles something with Danica Patrick. “Bobby’s trying to put together some (sponsorship) things, but he’s got things going with the 16 car (of Patrick) to figure out first,” Rice said. “We’ll just have to see what happens.”
Andretti Green [...]

NASCAR is expected to give Cup teams one more open test session next season. That would give teams seven tests at tracks that host Cup races. Those are the only times teams can test at such tracks.
The tests will include Daytona and Talladega. The Talladega test is expected to be for the car of tomorrow. [...]

Michael Schumacher maintained his mid-season revival in the Formula One world championship when he drove his Ferrari to a polished victory in the French Grand Prix. The 37-year-old German, seven-times drivers’ world champion, drove a faultless race Sunday from pole position to the chequered flag to finish ahead of defending champion Fernando Alonso of [...]