Saturday, August 28, 2010

Firestone Indy Lights Qualifying - Chicago - August 28, 2010

JOLIET, Ill. - Qualifying Saturday for the Chicagoland 100 Firestone Indy Lights Series event on the 1.52-mile Chicagoland Speedway, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, and speed: 1. (27) Martin Plowman, 189.503 2. (11) Pippa Mann, 189.444 3. (29) Sebastian Saavedra, 188.977 4. ... Continue reading

Fogarty, Said Break Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Track Records

MONTREAL, Aug. 28, 2010: Jon Fogarty and Boris Said used Chevrolet power to lead a record-breaking pair of qualifying sessions Friday at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and capture respective poles for Saturday's Montreal 200, Round 11 of 12 in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16. The tw ... Continue reading

KVRT's Sato Makes Top 10 With Viso and Moraes 16th & 21st

JOLIET, Aug. 28, 2010: Formula One veteran Takuma Sato had never driven an oval track until April, but on Friday, the driver of the No. 5 Lotus — KV Racing Technology Honda/Dallara/Firestone car continued to impress the IZOD IndyCar Series with his oval track skills by qualifying in the top-ten at Chicagoland Spee ... Continue reading

Red Bull Indy MotoGP - Free Practice #1 - Quotes

NICKY HAYDEN (No. 69 Ducati Team, third): “I got in a little bit hot and got offline. I thought I was OK and the front lost. But it was a relatively easy crash. Right out of the gate, the bike felt pretty good. ... Continue reading

Briscoe Winns Third-Straight Pole At Chicagoland

JOLIET, Aug. 28, 2010: Ryan Briscoe earned his third consecutive pole position at Chicagoland Speedway winning the pole for the PEAK Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 under the lights on Aug. 28. Briscoe, who notched his third pole start of the season (all on 1.5-mile tracks), won the PEAK Performance Pole Award with a t ... Continue reading

Stoner Leads Indy MotoGP Practice; Hayden Third

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 28, 2010: Australian rider Casey Stoner led the first round of MotoGP practice Aug. 27 at the Red Bull Indianapolis GP, but American riders occupied three of the top eight positions at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 2007 MotoGP World Champion Stoner was the only rider to break into the 1 minute, 40 ... Continue reading

Patrick Sheltra Blows Away The Competition At Chicagoland

JOLIET, August 28, 2010: Riding high following his most recent win at the Illinois State Fairgrounds (Springfield) on Sunday, August 22, Patrick Sheltra leaned into Chicagoland Speedway this week looking to keep his momentum train chugging in Friday’s Ansell Protective Gloves 150. Sheltra though however did more t ... Continue reading

Mercedes GP Qualifying - Spa - August 28, 2010

A weather-affected qualifying hour at Spa-Francorchamps today saw MERCEDES GP PETRONAS drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg qualify in 11th and 12th places respectively for tomorrow's Belgian Grand Prix. A ten place grid penalty for Michael and a five place penalty for Nico following a gearbox change will be app ... Continue reading

18-Year-Old Racer Ashley Freibeg Nominated For Prestigious Award

ELKHART LAKE, Aug. 28, 2010: Last Saturday at Road America, Ashley Freiberg stood before a packed media center to participate in a prestigious presentation – the announcement of the 2010 Team USA Scholarship nominees. Freiberg, the 18-year-old driver from Homer Glen, Ill., became only the second woman ever nominat ... Continue reading

Daly Wins Ninth Pole And Looks To Clinch Championship At Mosport

Bowmanville, August 28, 2010: Conor Daly won his ninth pole position of the season at Mosport International Raceway today, earning him yet another valuable point in the driver's championship and extending his lead to 70 points over Norwegian driver Anders Krohn. Daly also delivered the fastest lap time of the weekend o ... Continue reading

5.0L Roushcharger Tuner Kit Now Available

LIVONIA, August 27, 2010: Since the day Ford announced the new 5.0L engine for the 2011 Mustang, people have been asking, “What is ROUSH® going to do with that engine? When will the ROUSHcharger® be available?” The answer to those questions is finally available. ROUSH has engineered a 5.0L ROUSHcharger ... Continue reading

RallyCross Crowns National Champions With Record-Setting Field

TOPEKA, August 27, 2010: In a change from last year’s snowy weather, a move from October to August meant that a record-setting 74 competitors would participate in the SCCA RallyCross National Championship presented by Subaru and Heuberger Motors, August 21-22, under temperatures in excess of 90 degrees alongside t ... Continue reading

Conor Daly Featured on OpenWheelToday.com Webcast "Beyond the Bricks"

Vero Beach, August 27, 2010: Conor Daly, driver of the #22 Juncos Racing / INDECK / The College Network / Merchant Services Ltd. Formula Mazda, was recently interviewed for the OpenWheelToday.com webcast "Beyond the Bricks." The interview, hosted by Open Wheel Today's Shawn Wood, focuses on Daly's racing beginnings, hi ... Continue reading

Simona De Silvestro Remains In The Hunt For 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series Rookie Of The Year

Indianapolis, August 27, 2010: With the last stretch of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series at hand, the series jumps from road courses to ovals. As a rookie in the series, Team Stargate Worlds/HVM Racing’s Simona De Silvestro has gone from being wide-eyed on oval racing to now looking forward to them as she enjoys the h ... Continue reading

IZOD IndyCar Series Qualifying - Chicago - August 27, 2010

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of qualifying Friday for the PEAK Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 1.52-mile Chicagoland Speedway, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, and speed: 1. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 216.346 2. (10) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Ho ... Continue reading

The Creation and Delivery of Jay Leno's Jaguar XJ - 3 GREAT VIDEOS

LOS ANGELES August 28, 2010: Last Summer, while comedian Jay Leno was was for his new TV talk show gig to begin (which is a whole other situation), he had time to engage in some personal pleasures that he hadn't had the opportunity to pursue since he took over the Tonight Show from Johnny Carson. One little endeavor wa ... Continue reading

Cadillac Envisions Crash-Proof Car

DETROIT, Aug. 27 -- George Jetson's flying car isn't here yet. But safety engineers at Cadillac are working on something arguably better -- a crash-proof car. It may sound like sci-fi, but it's not all that far-fetched. John Capp, director for Global Active Safety for Cadillac, says future Cadillac technologies could i ... Continue reading