John Force is a 14 time NHRA Funny Car Champion. His 4 car team is considered the elite among the top teams. Easily the most colorful personality in drag racing, Force will miss the show at Indy. The U.S. Nationals is the ‘Super Bowl’ of the NHRA schedule.
Despite being a former champion, John Force was [...]
MILLVILLE, N.J. (August 31, 2008) — Oswaldo Negri Jr. held off Max Angelelli by .459 seconds Sunday to win the first professional feature race at New Jersey Motorsports Park, the Supercar Life 250, while Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas clinched the Daytona Prototype team championship with a ninth-place finish in a backup car.
Negri led the [...]
Patrick Carpentier’s future seems uncertain with GEM. The news of Reed Sorenson coming to Gillette-Evernham beginning in ‘09 may leave the former ChampCar and IRL star on foot.
The spin from GEM is that Sorenson will be in a 4th entry. No word of a potential sponsor or car number has been released.
Carpentier is talking with [...]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 27, 2008) - America’s newest road circuit is set to hold its first professional racing weekend, as the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 visits New Jersey Motorsports Park for Sunday’s Supercar Life 250. The Daytona Prototype and GT classes will tackle the 14-turn, 2.25-mile [...]
8/26/2008
Modifications at the top end of O’Reilly Raceway Park include four-foot-high concrete walls on each side of the sand trap, an eight-foot-high catch fence, catch fences alongside the sand trap, and two catch nets.
NHRA announced Tuesday that it has modified the top end at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, where the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals [...]
The scene is a cluttered back shop behind a major new car dealership in Salt Lake City. Grumpy’s friend and former co-worker, Dave has his dream job. The picture at right is just one of the projects Dave is working on. Mr H. (the boss) has a Dodge Charger that will be receiving this brute [...]
Add Reed Sorenson to the list of drivers moving on after the ‘08 season comes to an end. He is in the 3rd year as driver of the #41 Target Dodge for Ganassi Racing. currently, Reed sits 24th in the series points. Clearly, he will miss the chase, but his ride is in no danger [...]
Joe Gibbs Racing confirmed that Joey Logano, 18 will take the wheel of the #20 Home Depot Toyota for the 2009 season.
Logano has been hailed as ‘Sliced Bread’ since he joined JGR as a development driver. Who could have known that his development would go this fast?
At age 17, he took the pole and won [...]
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS - He designed, helped build, and drives one of the fastest cars in the world.
So, Tom Burkland of Ogden, what does it feel like to rocket across the Salt Flats at speeds approaching 450 mph?
“Like going 100 miles an hour down the freeway, only the freeway you’re driving on is [...]
Carl Edwards put the bumper to Kyle Bush going into turn 1 to get by for the lead with about 30 laps to go. The #99 was the only car in the field that seemed equal to the #18. Kyle Bush lead over 400 laps once he got to the lead.
“I feel like I was [...]
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