Grumpy chewed on this thing for a couple of days. I read all the pundits. I listened to Brian Vickers and others. I listened to all the comments given to the media by Dale Earnhardt jr.
Grumpy’s take: One car was coming fast. One car moved to block. As the field hurled into turn 3 at, oh [...]
Daytona 500 ends at 380. Shame on Fox! Shame on NA$CAR! if this race had begun just 40 minutes sooner, the fans would have seen the full race and we don’t know who would have won. The network was burning daylight for an hour and forty minutes past the time FOX started the broadcast. With [...]
All the drama and excitment that is part of Speedweeks gave us a taste of the big show.
We saw Jeff Gordon return to victory lane by winning the first Gatorade 150. Hours and hours of Daytona practice coverage on SPEED TV. All the pundits have had their say. All the drivers have answered endless questions. Now, [...]
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Doug Kalitta and Ron Capps opened the 2009 Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season with wins in Funny Car and Top Fuel at the Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Both had not [...]
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP)—Jeremy Lusk, an American freestyle motocross racer, died of head injuries Tuesday after crashing while trying to land a backflip in competition. He was 24.
Jorge Ramirez, chief of the intensive care unit at Calderon Hospital where Lusk was taken, said the motocross racer suffered severe brain damage and a possible spinal [...]
DAYTONA, Kevin Harvick got a great push from the #11 of Denny Hamlin to make the outside pass on Jamie McMurray to claim the victory. Just seconds later, a final crash triggered the yellow flag that sealed the deal for Harvick.
The 28 car field had several names that would not otherwise be in the Shootout [...]
Rains have washed out the first 2 days of track activities.
Who say it never rains in southern California?
A total bummer.
Daytona International Speedway. At last, the sound of cup cars on the track for practice today. The format for this Shootout is not the same. Gone are the winners of poles from the previous season. There is a reason for that. If you noticed, last year, the pole award was sponsored by COORS. It would [...]
The 49th annual Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals is the official kickoff of the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series for NHRA’s Professional competitors, and it marks the annual starting point for the 2009 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, which features 69 national and divisional events and will attract nearly 5,000 competitors to member [...]
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