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Is This Any Way To Run A Racing Series? (Evidently)

They came, they raced, they partied at the Petit Le Mans.

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Qualifying Snafu Shapes Grid at Season-Opening A1GP

Photo: A1GP

South Africa claims pole for Circuit Zandvoort Sunday

You’ve got to follow the rules, lads.

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Great Stuff at the Grove

Schumacher, Ashley, Anderson and Sampey lead the field on Friday night at Maple Grove Raceway.

What a day for excitement in Pennsylvania. With outstanding racing conditions at the Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals in Reading, we have a new national ET record and speed record in Pro Stock and a national ET in Pro Stock Motorcycle. We also have some cars understandably pushing envelopes and ending up in the sand pit.

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Banned From Europe: Creation Prototype On Petit Pole

Migrating from Europe, two hybrid prototypes have the speed for Audi at Road Atlanta, but do they have the endurance?

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ALMS To Long Beach, Detroit In ‘07

If you plan to be at Long Beach next April and at Belle Isle in Detroit on Labor Day, you’ll be able to see the American Le Mans Series run double-headers with the open wheelers.

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World of Outlaws Moving HQ to Concord, NC

Adding another star in the firmament of racing here around Charlotte and ‘Race Central’ of North Carolina, DIRT MotorSports, the sanctioning body for the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and others, is moving its operational and corporate headquarters to Concord, NC later this year. Following is the official press release:

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Ride ‘Em Cowboy, All the Way Down the Strip

Brandon Bernstein, Robert Hight and Richie Stevens, Jr. take O’Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals wins at one of the last five races of the 2006 season.

I was thinking as I drove to the track from Waxahachie this cool, crisp Sunday morning that it was going to be a day for monster runs down the Texas Motorplex all-concrete strip. I wasn’t disappointed.

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Burton Outlasts Kenseth at Dover

Jeff Burton led only the final six laps at Dover Sunday after moving around a dominating Matt Kenseth with only six laps left in the race before Kenseth ran out of fuel a couple of laps later and dropped back to tenth, a lap down at the finish. The win gave Burton an unofficial six point lead in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup championship over Jeff Gordon, who finished third, behind Carl Edwards.

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The Other Guy in the Matco Funny Car: An Interview with “Fast Jack” Beckman

People seem to either love or despise Whit Bazemore, the intense former driver of the Matco Tools Dodge Charger Funny Car. Whichever way you feel, he’s not the driver anymore for the moment. In his place is an unassuming but equally intense guy named Jack Beckman.

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Big Day in Big D

Tony Schumacher, Robert Hight and Greg Anderson hold pole positions at O’Reilly Fall Nationals near Dallas.

Some amazing runs moved the qualifying position chess pieces all over the Texas Motorplex today; I had to wait until the very end of the last round to know for certain who’s on the trailer home and who is in the show.

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