Archive for July 30th, 2006

BROOKLYN, Mich., Sunday, July 30, 2006 – A mechanical malfunction and a miscalculation – plus Helio Castroneves’ fourth victory of the season – gave the Marlboro Team Penske driver the IndyCar® Series point lead.
Castroneves, driving the No. 3 Marlboro Team Penske Honda-powered Dallara, defeated Vitor Meira by 1.6229 seconds to win the Firestone Indy 400 [...]

SAN JOSE (July 30, 2006) – Champ Car Race Operations is reviewing today’s physical confrontation between drivers Alex Tagliani and Paul Tracy during the running of Sunday’s Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose Presented by Taylor Woodrow.
Tagliani confronted Tracy on Pit Lane after an on-track accident on Lap 54, resulting in a physical altercation [...]

SAN JOSE, Calif. (July 30, 2006) – It was a little bit street party, a little bit street fight and a whole lot of Sebastien Bourdais (#1 McDonald’s Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) on a sunny Sunday in San Jose as the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford hit the 1.443-mile downtown street circuit in [...]

Clint Bowyer said Friday he and Tony Stewart had talked about their incident at Pocono Raceway last weekend, but Bowyer didn’t sound like he was satisfied with the discussion. Stewart bumped Bowyer on lap 32 of the Pennsylvania 500 after what Stewart later described was a lack of patience on Bowyer’s part. On Monday, [...]

Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher blasted the Formula One title race wide open today with a commanding one-two victory in his home German Grand Prix. While the 37-year-old celebrated the 89th victory of his incredible career, serenaded by air-horns and his jubilant army of red-shirted fans, Renault’s world champion Fernando Alonso limped home fifth.
The Spaniard’s overall lead [...]