McMurray Completes Tri-Fecta For Chip Ganassi

07.25.10 - INDIANAPOLIS - Jamie McMurray became the third NASCAR driver to win The Brickyard 400 and The Daytona 500 in the same season and Chip Ganassi became the first car-owner to win the Daytona 500, Indy 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same year. "it's pretty Special. My heart goes out to Juan (Pablo Montoya, who dominated the event like last year, but once again came up short of victory), He had a great day too" said Ganassi.

Dario Dominates, Then Survives to Win Indy 500

05.30.10 - INDIANAPOLIS – Dario Franchitti was having the ride of his life in Sunday's 94th running of he Indy 500. After dominating by leading most of the race, he had to hang on in the end due to fuel concerns and brought home his second Borg Warner trophy in the past four years.

Franchitti easily led a race-high 155 of the 200 laps, but was threatened by several different contenders over the last 50 laps of the event. The race ended in spectatular fashion with a breath-taking incident on the white flag lap as Franchitti has significantly slowed his pace in the last ten laps to save fuel and make to the checkered flag.

Hamilton Finishes 3rd in Season-Opening F1 Event

03.17.10 - aaracers - STEVENAGE racing driver Lewis Hamilton finished third in the opening grand prix of the new Formula 1 season.

The 25-year-old driver finished on the podium following 49 laps of the Bahrain International Circuit at Sakhir after starting fourth on the grid. Hamilton's former McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso took the chequered flag in his first race for Ferrari.

Felipe Massa completed a one-two for the Prancing Horse. Hamilton took the third step on the podium for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, with Sebastian Vettel fourth, Nico Rosberg fifth and Michael Schumacher sixth.

The McLaren pit told Hamilton after crossing the line: "Well done Lewis, well done. P3 is a great result." After winning 15 points from the first race of 2010, Hamilton responded: "Great job this weekend guys. "Car felt pretty good throughout the race, very happy. Great stops.

2010 IZOD Indycar Series Opener; Very Entertaining

03.15.10 - aaracers - If the 2010 IZOD Indycar Series Opener in Sao Paulo, Brazil is an indication of the racing we can expect this year in the premiere open-wheel series, then hang-on to your seats ladies and gents because we are in for a real treat.

In a race that featured, a spectacular opening-lap incident, a rookie woman driver leading in her 1st race, a torrential downpour that red-flagged the event for more than 45 minutes, and oh-by-the-way a late-race pass for the win by a driver who was a fill-in/part-time driver last season, then I believe we just witnessed must-see tv!

2012 Indycar Series Concept Cars hold key to Promising Future?

A funny thing happened on the way to thefuture of Indycar racing, The plot just got thicker. No less than five chassis manufacturer's, have submitted drawings and proposals to the league for the upcoming chassis changeover in 2012.

IZOD Indycar Series stalwarts such as Dallara and Lola were joined by newcomers Swift Engineering, Bat Engineering and the Most radical designs of all by Deltawing, LLC.

Stewart Wins the 2009 Monster Energy Championship

05.03.09 - A sold out, standing-room only crowd of 39,506 packed into Sam Boyd Stadium for the 2009 Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season finale in Las Vegas. While all eyes were on the heated rivalry between San Manuel Yamaha’s James Stewart, of Haines City, Fla., and Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Chad Reed, of Tampa, Fla., rookie Ryan Villopoto, of Poulsbo, Wash., stole the show with his second victory in the last three races.

In the annual, talent-filled Dave Coombs Sr. East/West Supercross Lites Shootout, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Christophe Pourcel, of Corona, Calif., took the win and earned a Toyota Tundra for his efforts.

Austin's Truck Series Ride in Limbo After Funding Issues

4.22.09 - Eudora, KS-- When 19-year-old NASCAR driver Chase Austin threw out the first pitch at last Tuesday night’s Kansas City Royals home game against Cleveland, little did he realize that less than a week later he’d be facing an impossible-to-hit knuckle ball of his own. Austin was informed in a team meeting this past Tuesday that his Trail Motorsport team’s entry in this Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series “O’Reilly Auto Parts 250” will be withdrawn due to funding issues.

“We set a deadline of Monday for the Truck to be ready to ‘shake down’ at Rockingham, and that didn’t happen,” said a surprisingly upbeat Austin. “So I knew what we were going to hear in the meeting. I’m really more disappointed for the team than for myself. I really want to race, but the guys in the shop have families to feed, and they need steady work and a steady paycheck.”