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Indy Car Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Preview - Part 1

The Indy Car Series launches their 2009 campaign by returning for the fifth annual Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. The 2009 season brings a number of driver changes, but also will showcase the return of Indy 500 champ, Dario Franchitti. The teams will go head to head on the streets of St. Petersburg, a challenging and narrow 1.8 mile circut of concrete canyons.

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Aussie GP Results: Brawn Dream Becomes Reality

Sorry people, if ANYBODY out there thought that this was remotely possible before yesterday’s qualifying, I haven’t read or heard about it. Brawn GP took a 1-2 finish from their 1-2 start today. Oh yeah, some guy named Hamilton lucked into third place. Read more

Aussie GP Qualifying: The Dream Lives On!

The dream in this case is the remarkable successes of the BrawnGP team. Born in turmoil, doubted in testing (yeah you, Flavio), and a stunning qualifying1-2 sweep of the front row for tomorrows Grand Prix from Melbourne. Read more

FastMachines.com Radio Episode #26

We are back after a long, painful, self imposed absence. And just in time to talk about the upcoming F1 race this weekend. Take a listen and get your primer on for the 2009 season!

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Ryan Hunter-Reay tests with HVM

HVM reported today via their live Twitter feed that Ryan Hunter-Reay got some seat time today at Sebring. The team posted a TwitPic “to prove it”.

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2009 F1 Season Is Here: Let The Apocalypse Begin!

With the opening of the F1 campaign in Melbourne this coming Sunday one of, if not the single most controversial F1 season will begin. The off season between Lewis Hamilton’s heart stopping championship finish in Brazil (sorry Felipe) and this Sunday’s kick off race has seen the damndest assortment of changes and controversies I can ever remember. Read more

Will Power shows speed at Barber Indy Car test

The Indy Car Series held their final open test of the 2009 pre-season at Barber Motorsports Park on Sunday and Mondy, and Will Power showed the way with the top lap speed of 119.213 mph. Power, Penske’s latests driver hire in Indy Car, is piloting the car normally driven by Helio Castroneves who is caught up in court proceedings over charges of tax evasion.

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Audi wins Sebring, ALMS continues on without them

The American Le Mans Series kicked off their 2009 season with a bang at the 12 Hours of Sebring last Saturday. Sports car fans from all over the country flocked to their Florida motorsports-mecca to witness another epic race, some incredible battles, and yet another Audi win.

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Is Martin ready to charge?

Mark Martin has to be the biggest disapointment of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Martin was expected to be an odds on favorite for making the Chase. But after four races he is in danger of falling out of the top 35 qualifiers. Now, at Bristol, Martin has won his second straight pole. But he is going to have to turn his starting position into a good finish this time. One more Read more

Sebring surprise! Dixon puts Acura on pole

The boys at Acura have done it again. In their very first race in the ALMS LMP1 class, an Acura will start from pole. Scott Dixon put together an incredible lap in the De Ferran Motorsports cura ARX 02a, clocking in at 1:45.278, just edging out Audi’s Tom Kristensen.

Acura took a technical leap in producing the ARX 02a, and actually designed the car to use four identically sized tires. It looks little like a hybrid between a race car and an SUV, but on the track it’s all race car. The car has an aggressive, chunky look that is pretty hot, and you simply cannot argue with its performance.

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