Rahal stuns the competition in St. Pete, but is a momentary reprieve for ex-Champ Car teams
April 6, 2008
Graham Rahal made history on Sunday afternoon by becoming the youngest driver to win an Indy Car series race. The youngster overcame an early incident with Will Power, and ran away from Helio Castroneves on a late race restart to come away with the victory.
Indy Lights Race-Winner Penalized by Stewards
April 6, 2008
Sam Schmidt Motorsports’ Richard Antinucci punted teammate Ana Beatriz out of the lead on a late race restart to win his third race of the last six. He was penalized ten championship points post-race for ‘avoidable contact’ by the race stewards.
Bahraini GP: Ferrari Sweeps, Kubica Stumbles, Hamilton Falls
April 6, 2008
Felipe Massa converted his P2 starting position into a dominating win, followed by teammate Kimi Raikkonen and BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica. Read more
Audi, Luhr & Werner win ALMS thriller in St. Petersburg
April 6, 2008
The Audi vs. Porsche battle in the American Le Mans Series prototypes heated up today in St. Peterburg. In the closing minutes, Lucas Luhr drove his Audi R10 past the Porsche Spyder of Romain Dumas to give Audi their first ALMS overall win for 2008.
Transition teams rock Indy Car St. Pete qualies
April 5, 2008
Tony Kanaan qualified for the pole position, and Will Power qualified along side on the front row for the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. You read that right, former Champ Car team, KV Racing put Will Power in the front row in only their their second race in the Indy Car series. Just Wilson, of Newman/Haas/Lanigan racing, another former Champ Car team, qualified third. Today’s session also served as the debut of Indy Car’s new qualifying format for road courses and proved to be very exciting.
BMW Sauber Claim First Ever GP Pole
April 5, 2008
Qualifying results from the Sakhir circuit in
Junior wins Samsung 500 pole in Texas
April 5, 2008
Is this the weekend when he does it for the first time at Hendrick Motorsports?
To the vocal delight of his many fans here, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. won the Coors Light Pole Award for Sunday’s Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. His lap of 28.286 seconds at 190.907 mph in the No. 88 National Guard/Amp Energy Chevrolet gave him his first pole since Pocono in August 2007, and his eighth in 298 career NASCAR Sprint Cup races.
After four top-10 starts in 2008 in the Hendrick stable, can he again vault into the winner’s circle on Sunday at the same track where he won his first Busch and Cup races? Read more
Werner qualifies for Pole in St. Petersburg
April 4, 2008
German sensation, Marco Werner showed that he can wrestle his big P1 prototype around on a street circuit today by taking the Pole Position for the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg. Werner piloted his Audi R10 to a speed of 103.114 mph, and beat out the Penske Spyder by 75-hundredths of a second.
‘Hot’ Rod Fuller Unhurt After Personal Car Fire in Las Vegas
April 3, 2008
NHRA Top Fuel driver Rod Fuller was uninjured following a harrowing car fire to his personal vehicle near his home in Las Vegas on March 31. Fuller was traveling less than 45 mph at the time of the incident. Read more
Indy Lights Welcome Jeff Simmons Home
April 2, 2008
IndyCar Star Returns to Site of Previous Success
Jeff Simmons, whose Ind
yCar drive at Rahal/Letterman Racing came to an abrupt end eight months ago, returns to Indy Lights competition for the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on Saturday and Sunday (April 5th and 6th).