Archive for July, 2006

HOCKENHEIM, Germany (AP) - Michael Schumacher has an unexpected rival blocking his way to victory in what could be the final home race of his unparalleled career. With all eyes on Schumacher and Fernando Alonso, the two drivers battling for the title, Kimi Raikkonen stole the show and will start from the pole position [...]

INDIANAPOLIS (July 29, 2006) – The Future of Racing was unveiled to the public Friday night as the Panoz DP01 Champ Car made its debut to the racing community.
The DP01 will serve as the exclusive chassis of the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford in 2007, becoming the first American-built chassis [...]

Proving once more that television – and most especially the NFL on television – dictates nearly everything professional sports, Homestead-Miami Speedway on Friday confirmed the obvious by announcing the season’s final Nextel Cup race on Nov. 19 will begin at 2:30 p.m.
Last year’s Ford 400 began at 4:10 p.m. so it could end under the [...]

A significant piece of the 2007 Nextel Cup Series schedule fell into place Friday when Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced that next year’s Allstate 400 will be held on July 29. That’s a week earlier that what has been the date for NASCAR’s race at the historic Indy track. The move was made primarily to [...]

SAN JOSE (July 28, 2006) – Paul Tracy (#3 Indeck Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) was the first car on track at the beginning of first-round qualifying for this weekend’s Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose, but he saved his best for last in taking the top spot in Friday’s qualification session in front of a first-day crowd [...]

Sprint Nextel has finished fine-tuning its FanView, and will begin selling the gadgets at California Speedway in September. FanView is part radio, part scanner, part television and part statistic service. A limited number of hand-held devices have been available to rent at each race this season, but the public has clamored for more.
Starting in [...]

Pos, Driver, #, Lap Time, Leader
1 N. Philippe 4 50.856
2 A. Allmendinger 7 51.003 0.147
3 O. Servia 6 51.027 0.171
4 S. Bourdais 1 51.188 0.332
5 A. Tagliani 15 51.344 0.488
6 J. Wilson 9 51.350 0.494
7 C. Zwolsman 34 51.544 0.688
8 C. da Matta 10 51.608 0.752
9 B. Junqueira 2 51.647 0.791
10 M. Dominguez 19 51.653 [...]

Coming off a Bud Pole win and a highly impressive fourth place finish in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway, No Fear Racing now prepares to head into the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, August 6. Race number 21 of the 36-round 2006 Nextel Cup Series, [...]

P., No, Driver, Team - Engine, Tyres, Times, Ave/Gaps
1. 38 KUBICA BMW Sauber M 1′16″225 216.024 Km/h
2. 5 M.SCHUMACHER [...]

P., No, Driver, Team - Engine, Tyres, Times, Ave/Gaps
1. 35 WURZ Williams Cosworth B 1′16″349 215.673 Km/h
2. 36 DAVIDSON Honda [...]