Motorsports This Week on ESPN and ABC
The NASCAR Busch Series heads to one of NASCAR’s most unique race tracks, Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, this weekend and ESPN on ABC will have live coverage of Saturday’s 250-lap … Read More
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This Week’s Top 10 Tums Moments
The fourth stop of the 2007 season at Atlanta Motor Speedway once again had the stars of the Nextel Cup Series experiencing several indigestion-causing incidents, from engine troubles to disappearing … Read More
SPEED adds F1 show
The popular SPEED on-air Formula One team of Bob Varsha, David Hobbs, Steve Matchett and Peter Windsor will offer expert analysis of each Formula One race this season, with a … Read More
Sutil hits back at backmarker criticism
(GMM) Spyker's Adrian Sutil has hit back against criticism of lethargic backmarkers in the Australian grand prix by calling his drive-through penalty for blocking Lewis Hamilton "unfair". Bemused figures including … Read More
Huge launch for Repsol Honda team
The Repsol Honda Team riders Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa brought the centre of Madrid to a standstill on Sunday as they lead a spectacular 8000-bike convoy through the Spanish … Read More
First official airing of Peugeot LeMans challenger
With a little less than a month to go before the 2007 Le Mans Series kicks off at Monza, Team Peugeot Total will travel with six of its seven drivers … Read More
NASCAR and Home Depot extend deal
NASCAR has extended its sponsorship deal with home improvement giant Home Depot. The brand, currently the ‘official home improvement warehouse’ of the motorsport series, has now also become exclusive retail … Read More
Quotes of the Week
RACE FAN, Question to Tony George on Wind TunnelEleven years ago your insistence to create the IRL began a crippling downward spiral for open wheel racing in this country. When … Read More
NASCAR Sponsorship Stupidity
UPDATE This Winston Salem Journal article has more insight on the AT&T – Sprint-Verizon sponsorship fiasco. 03/18/07 Obviously it hasn't occurred to NASCAR that their current efforts to control who … Read More
Latest F1 news in brief
Lucky escape for F1, WurzLauda hits out at Todt's podium anticsSources surprised at Singapore GP silenceBriatore turns on acid tongue in MelbourneF1 world in a spin over HamiltonHeidfeld wants another … Read More
Lots of bare aluminum in Atlanta
Underscoring NASCAR's drop in popularity was the sight of more bare aluminum in the grandstands of a Nextel Cup race at Atlanta Sunday than has been seen in the last … Read More
Love blossoms at the Lexmark Indy 300
2006 Lexmark Indy 300 winner Nelson Philippe today returned to where he has enjoyed the pinnacle moment of his motorsport career, making a fly-by visit to the Surfers Paradise Beach … Read More
Barrett-Jackson sues Michigan judge
A Michigan judge is being sued by an Arizona collector car auction company after he accused the firm of underselling his classic vehicle. David Clabuesch said his 1970 Hemi 'Cuda … Read More
Chidi Chidi Bang Bang Celebrity Charity Gala
P1 Groupe and Magellan Entertainment are hosting a Celebrity charity event at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on March 30, 2007, in conjunction with the 2007 St. Petersburg … Read More
Results of recent polls
Here are the results of some recent polls AutoRacing1.com has conducted on recent auto racing topics. This will be our poll results page for the remainder of this year. Our … Read More
Jean Todt a happy man
Jean Todt was a happy man after Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. The Ferrari team boss saw the team's new driver win for the first time in the Italian team's car … Read More
Acura embarrasses Penske Porsche team in debut
SEBRING, Fla. — The three new Acura American Le Mans Series teams made a spectacular debut Saturday by taking the first, second and fourth positions in the LMP2 class at … Read More
Ford to close Norfolk plant
Ford Motor Co. told workers Friday it will close its Norfolk truck factory during the week of June 25 – an announcement that puts a solid date on shutdown plans … Read More
Sunoco still not happy
Sunoco is still upset about Shell's move into this sport (in which Sunoco is paying NASCAR for "official fuel" sponsorship rights) and is considering legal action against Shell to force … Read More
Carmichael to make stock car debut Saturday
Supercross legend, Ricky Carmichael, is scheduled to make his first start as a stock car professional at North Florida Speedway in Lake City. Mark Martin plans to skip the Nextel … Read More
Yates still sees challenges in Unleaded Fuel
Doug Yates has had a chance to pull apart and examine the engines from the first two races in the unleaded era, and he sees some challenges ahead. In fact, … Read More
Hamilton ‘ecstatic’ after brilliant debut
Britain's Lewis Hamilton described himself as "ecstatic" with his superb rookie debut performance in the Australian Grand Prix. He was the first driver since Jacques Villeneuve in 1996 to stand … Read More
Ethnic slurs uncalled for
A reader writes, Dear AutoRacing1.com, Two British commentators made ethnic slurs during both the 12 hours of Sebring race and the Formula One Grand Prix race in Australia. One was … Read More
Big crowd for F1 opener
So much for a race needing to be paired with the V8 Supercars to be successful in Australia. 105,000 spectators attended Sunday's Australian grand prix, a number which should help … Read More