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Gillett Evernham Motorsports has filed suit against Robby Gordon saying the owner/driver of Robby Gordon Motorsports violated terms of a tentative agreement that would have sold his team to GEM for $23.5 million earlier this year.
The deal, agreed to Jan. 29, was pending an audit and other due diligence from GEM, which could have [...]
Hmmmm … anyone else just wake up from the bad dream that was yet another long, boring race weekend in California? Well, if not, I sure did - and just in time to read the following from Jeff Hammond … who, curiously, doesn’t really mention that the Cup Light race was just as [...]
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 [...]
JIM UTTER
The Charlotte Observer
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
NASCAR dropped the hammer on Joe Gibbs Racing’s Nos. 18 and 20 teams Wednesday, suspending seven team members indefinitely - including both teams’ crew chiefs - assessing fines and points penalties for their efforts to rig a chassis dyno test last weekend at Michigan International Speedway.
The penalties are easily [...]
The cup light series has been dominated by the JGR #18 and #20 Toyotas. In fact these two teams account for 13 wins of 25 cup light events. Impressive, maybe too impressive.
THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER is reporting;
After Saturday’s Nationwide race at Michigan International Speedway, NASCAR tested several cars on the chassis dynamometer, which measures rear-wheel horsepower, [...]
Todd Polakoff, a former [NASCAR/] International Speedway Corp. employee, has became the second of two former ISC employees to plead guilty to one count of extortion conspiracy in association with the failed attempt to put a race track on Staten Island.
Polakoff will be sentenced Oct. 16 in U.S. District Court in New York, according to [...]
Fort Worth, Texas. Taylor Earnhardt, youngest daughter of Dale Earnhardt was present with Marrisa Wayne Ditteaux to present the second in a series of shameless promotions that tie the legendary Dale Earnhardt with other icons of the entertainment world. This one is called; Dale and the Duke and features the images of Earnhardt and John [...]
Kentucky Speedway claimed to have sold out all the seats for its 9th running of the IRL series. In fact, the press release stated that up to 2,000 ’standing room’ tickets would be offered for sale on raceday.
The largest crowd the speedway has hosted in the past was for the recent NA$CAR cup light event, [...]
ExxonMobil has posted the largest quarterly profit in history. While ExxonMobil was banking a staggering $11.7 BILLION in profit, GM posted a second quarter loss of $15.5 BILLION.
Earnings for ExxonMobil have grown an unbelieveable 734% from its lowest point in the last 10 years. The company headquartered in Irving, Texas had a net income [...]
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