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Championship Celebration Kicks Off at Indianapolis

Dario Franchitti and Alex Lloyd Pick Up the Hardware

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San Jose Grand Prix is finished?

The tune playing around Champ Car’s schedule lately is a classic rock song by Queen: Another one bites the dust. The good news: Rumors put Champ Car back at Laguna Seca for 2008!

Update 3PM PT: NBC11.com out of San Jose confirms that the San Jose Grand Prix is no more.

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Portland 2008 Race Is Still A Possibility?

The Champ Car World Series is trying to salvage one of their traditional races at Portland International Raceway in 2008.

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I realize I’ve been absent and quite all season long

Monday Morning Crew Chief

Stepneygate: A Golden Opportunity For the FIA to Demonstrate Who’s in Charge

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Ganassi ‘Fuelish Finish’ Hands Franchitti the Ring

Crown Point, Indiana’s Logan Gomez Wins First IPS Contest

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Italian GP: Alonso Dominates In McLaren 2007 Swan Song Farewell

Fernando Alonso won in dominating fashion from his P1 starting position with team rival Hamilton second and Kimi Raikkonen trailing home a distant third. And it just may be the last race of the year for McLaren

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No Miracles for Junior as Jimmie Johnson wins Richmond

The Chevy Rock & Roll 400 short-track COT race at Richmond was the place where a few questions about the 2007 Chase would be answered. All sorts of things had to fall into place with the cars on the Cup bubble.

Mathematically, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. had to finish no worse than 5th, lead the most laps AND “bump spot” guy Kevin Harvick had to finish 43rd. Driving the #8 for his last season, Junior and his specially-painted Elvis car put on a show and ran very hard, but a few laps from the end he was effectively locked out.

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Alex Lloyd Takes Indy Pro Series Pole at Chicagoland

Sam Schmidt Motorsports’ Driver Starts Season Finale on Front Row for Twelfth Time This Season

by Allan Brewer
allan@fastmachines.com

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Where Are They Now? John “Bodie” Smith

Photo: Hartman Motorsports

The name John “Bodie” Smith evokes thoughts of not only a Top Fuel driver but one of the best nitro tuners in the drag racing business. Born into a family of drag racing professionals, John Smith enjoys turning the wrenches just as much as he enjoys blasting down the quarter-mile at over 300 mph. Smith cut his teeth in drag racing working as a crew member on his father’s professional team and for drivers Chuck Etchells and John Carey. Smith has been an integral part of Hartman Motorsports since the early 1990’s and through that involvement, opened the door to meet his future wife, Rhonda Hartman. Both Rhonda and John were the first married couple to compete in the same professional drag racing class, highlighted by the couple finishing one season in the NHRA’s Top 10 point standings. Smith has not raced competitively in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing series for two years yet we were able to catch up with John and find out what he has been up to.

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