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RANT: FOX & NA$CAR put Ratings before Fans

15-Feb-09

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 [...]

DAYTONA 500: Great American Race Comes to This

14-Feb-09

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, [...]

Motocross stunt claims Jeremy Lusk

10-Feb-09

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: Harvick Wins Bud Shootout

08-Feb-09

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 [...]

NHRA: Pomona Update

07-Feb-09

Rains have washed out the first 2 days of track activities.
Who say it never rains in southern California?
A total bummer.

Daytona: BUD Shootout has new look

06-Feb-09

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 [...]

NHRA: 49th Winternationals at Pomona opens Feb. 5

03-Feb-09

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 [...]

HUH?: These Cars won Awards?

25-Jan-09

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Dishonorable Mention: The 10 Most Embarrassing Award Winners in Automotive History

Don’t tell anyone, but we’re not always right. Neither are those other magazines.

By The CARandDRIVER.com Staff

Here and now, in vivid HTML, Car and Driver formally apologizes for naming the Renault Alliance to the 1983 10Best Cars list. For the last 26 years, it’s been [...]

GRAND AM SERIES: Rolex 24 kicks off at Daytona

23-Jan-09

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 23, 2009) – The months of preparation are over, and now a wide-open battle is expected when the green flag waves at 3:30 p.m. Saturday for the 47th running of America’s premier sports car race, the Rolex 24 At Daytona.”It’s going to be close,” said Chip Ganassi, who is seeking his [...]

BARRETT-JACKSON: Fins, Chrome and Charity Featured

18-Jan-09

SCOTTSDALE, AZ. 
As the flow of the auction hit its stride, Saturday saw bidders with bigger budgets and more excitment on the floor at Barrett-Jackson. SPEED TV was there for about 10 hours of live action from Scottdale.
Billed as the ‘World’s Largest Collector Car Auction’, B-J features all types of collector cars from the so called antique [...]