Archive for September 1st, 2006

Pos No. Driver Make Time Speed +Time -Speed
1 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 39.016 184.54 0.000 0.000
2 25 Brian Vickers Chevrolet 39.12 184.049 0.104 0.491
3 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet [...]

California Speedway today announced the plans to launch a California Speedway 500 pedometer program in association with the County of San Bernardino and the Fitness Challenge Foundation in order to help create healthier lifestyles for youth and families in Southern California.

Mark Martin on Friday said that he will not drive the #6 Roush Racing Ford in 2007.

Craftsman Truck Series driver Bill Lester is looking forward to attempting his third Nextel Cup start in this weekend’s SONY HD 500 at California Speedway.

THE MODERATOR: Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. We appreciate you joining us for the Indy Racing League teleconference. We’ll have two guests joining us today. Tim Cindric, the president of Penske Performance, Inc. We anticipate having Mike Hull, team managing director for Target Chip Ganassi Racing in just a few minutes. We’re having a hard [...]

Driving a #44 GMAC Chevrolet, two-time Nextel Cup Series champion Terry Labonte will make his 12th start at California Speedway on Sunday. It will mark the final California race of his storied career.

The Indy Racing League season ends next weekend at Chicago but Dario Franchitti’s will be extended into November.
SPEED has learned (and reported by Nicole Manske earlier on SPEED) Rip that Franchitti is set to replace the injured Cristiano da Matta in the No. 10 RuSport ride for the final three Champ Car races of 2006.

Champ Car is not going gently into the good night of its stay at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The organization filed suit for breech of contract today in U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana seeking $325,000 (U.S.) from Canadian promoter Normand Legault’s companies Evenements Sport Auto de Montreal and GPF1, Inc. for outstanding sanctioning fee [...]

Dates change for six national event tracks including Atlanta, St. Louis, Bristol, Topeka, Reading, and Memphis; Norwalk, Ohio joins NHRA
NHRA announced today its new 23-race NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule for 2007. During the announcement, the world’s largest motorsports sanctioning body announced the addition of Norwalk Raceway Park, which sits between Cleveland [...]