Rider Donnan killed at Tandragee
The Tandragee 100 motorcycling meeting was abandoned on Saturday following the death of a competitor. Ardglass rider John Donnan was killed during the Supersport 600 race at the Northern Ireland … Read More
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Two deaths cause rally to be cancelled
A second person has died following a crash that led officials to call off the rest of the Gumball 3000 rally, and a British driver blamed for the accident was … Read More
Lowe’s bans NASCAR’s Talladega Bubbas
Unruly fans banned from Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway after pelting Jeff Gordon's car with beer cans and debris last Sunday also are being punished in North Carolina. Fans charged with disorderly … Read More
Valsecchi wins at Nurburgring
Full race results for the fourth round of the 2007 World Series by Renault at Nurburgring, Germany. 1. Davide Valsecchi ITA Epsilon Euskadi 41mins 08.308secs 23 laps2. Filipe Albuquerque POR … Read More
Biagi and Salo win FIA-GT race
The Vitaphone Racing Team claimed its second consecutive win in the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy – the second round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship – at Silverstone today, … Read More
Top-Paid USA auto execs
Executives at the top U.S.-based auto companies received compensation packages worth an average of $4.2 million in 2006, a year in which two-thirds of their companies failed to post profits, … Read More
Maserati raising its game in U.S., may be joined by Alfa Romeo
Maserati, the exotic Italian car manufacturer, has ambitious plans for the future, which may well entail linking up with its fellow countryman Alfa Romeo in the U.S. to boost sports … Read More
NASCAR isn’t falling in the Ethanol trap
Unlike the IRL which is riding the ethanol sponsorship angle for all it's worth, NASCAR is not falling for the Ethanol trap and, much to their credit, is waiting to … Read More
Barrett wins Pacific F2000 at Buttonwillow
Patrick Barrett led flag-to-flag this afternoon at Buttonwillow Raceway Park to record his third Pacific F2000 Championship victory of the season, and he headed up a 1-2-3 podium sweep for … Read More
Hornish continues to perform poorly in NASCAR
UPDATE Another article underscoring just how bad Sam Hornish is doing in NASCAR. And this article says, Hornish, at Richmond International Raceway for a Busch Series race Friday night, will … Read More
Stoner uses Ducati power to win in Shanghai
The MotoGP race at the Sinopec Great Wall Lubricants Grand Prix of China saw a great battle between Ducati Marlboro’s Casey Stoner and Fiat Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi, with the young … Read More
Weekend USA TV reminders
UPDATE #2 Robin Miller has been added as a guest on Wind Tunnel tonight on SPEED at 9:00pm-10:00pm (L) 05/04/07 The Sunday TV reminders have been added below. 05/03/07 Courtesy … Read More
Paffett wins in year-old car
Gary Paffett (Mercedes-Benz) is back: the 2005 DTM champion scored his first win of the season in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. With his 2006-spec AMG Mercedes C-Class, the Brit crossed … Read More
Rain postpones NASCAR Nextel Cup race
The Crown Royal Presents The Jim Stewart 400 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race scheduled for Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway has been postponed until Sunday afternoon due to inclement … Read More
ALMS team owner wins Kentucky Derby
James Tafel’s Street Sense took the hard road to a win in the 133rd Kentucky Derby. Fighting back from 19th position after the first quarter-mile, the 3-year-old took a nearly … Read More
More myths about Ethanol exposed
Gas prices are skyrocketing as the high-demand summer season rolls in, and Bloomberg News predicts that some pumps may soon hit four dollars per gallon. Along with high gas prices … Read More
25 years after his death, Villeneuve’s legend lives on
Gilles Villeneuve never won a world championship in his six seasons with Ferrari on the Formula One circuit, but the little man from Berthierville, Que., won the hearts of race … Read More
Max Wilson to drive Champ Car again
WOW Racing V8 Supercar driver Max Wilson will drive a Team Australia-livered Champ Car around the spectacular Mount Panorama circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia tomorrow. Wilson, who has … Read More
New Sponsors for San Jose GP
Bottomley Distributing Co. and the Sainte Claire Hotel have joined Redback Networks Inc. to top a list of 21 sponsors the third annual San Jose Grand Prix. The event, held … Read More
NASCAR questions benefits of a Cup race at Kentucky
NASCAR and International Speedway Corp. formally denied most of the allegations in Kentucky Speedway's antitrust lawsuit when each filed responses Friday to the track's revised complaint. Kentucky Speedway alleges that … Read More
Drivers admit NASCAR’s racing is fake
UPDATE A reader adds, One thing that NASCAR has forgotten as they've moved further into the world of staged entertainment: Race drivers are still race drivers. They want to race … Read More
Changes in Barcelona given thumbs up
Following tests at the Circuit de Catalunya, F1 drivers have given changes to the track the thumbs up ahead of next weekend's Spanish Grand Prix. Among the changes, which are … Read More
Peugeot 1-2 in Valencia qualifying
In a repeat performance of their success at Monza, both Peugeot 908 HDi FAPs have qualified on the front row of the grid for the 1,000km of Valencia. It was … Read More
Vettel takes victory in Germany
It was a home win for Sebastian Vettel today, the German driver taking victory in the World Series race at the Nurburgring. Vettel started from pole after a stunning performance … Read More
Häkkinen on pole at Oschersleben
Mika Häkkinen is the second DTM pole sitter of the year. The Finnish Mercedes-Benz driver lapped the 3.696 kilometres long track in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in 1:22.456 minutes with … Read More