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Saturday
Champ Cars and Pikes Peak
The American open wheel championship has played host to a multitude of different types of racing facilities throughout its 100 plus year history. From the bricks of Indianapolis, to the open streets of Santa Monica; on the high banks of … Continue reading
Ham strings them along
Lewis Hamilton continued to set the pace in Q2 qualifying in Hungary, beating Sebastian Vettel by three tenths. Pastor Maldonado was third ahead of Felipe Massa’s Ferrari, Kimi Raikkonen’s Lotus and Fernando Alonso. Jenson Button was next ahead of Nico Hulkenberg, Romain Grosjean and Bruno Senna. Out went Mark Webber, Paul di Resta, Nico Rosberg, [...]
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Join us for the latest Yahoo! Sports NASCAR chat, Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. ET
Time again for another Yahoo! Sports NASCAR chat! Off week? Forget that! We're back at it, talking Indy this weekend and other matters of interest. Join us at 1:30 ET (a half-hour later than usual) on Tuesday and we'll roll it!
AJ Allmendinger says he tested positive for Adderall
AJ Allmendinger said Tuesday that his positive drug test after the Kentucky race on June 30 stemmed from taking an Adderall pill two nights before the race.
Allmendinger is currently indefinitely suspended by NASCAR and is going through the sanctioning body's Road to Recovery program. He said that he took the pill because he was tired and needed a pick me up, accepting the pill after a friend told him he used it for an energy supplement for workouts.
Adderall, a combination of dextroamphetamine and amphetamine, is commonly prescribed to treat people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
"It wasn't even crazy or anything like that," Allmendinger told the Sporting News. "It was a pretty low-key night. Throughout the season, just with the struggles and the pressure I was putting on myself and not going the way I had hoped, I hadn't been sleeping very well throughout the year.
"I was honestly really tired and had no energy. A friend of his that was out said, 'I have an energy supplement that I take to work out.' I thought nothing of it because I've taken energy supplements before to work out and been tested on them. ? I honestly thought nothing of it and that was probably my big mistake and just the poor judgment that I made."
NASCAR said that the test does not specify the specific substance. Allmendinger earlier said he tested positive for amphetamine, but didn't know what the positive test had stemmed from. He said that he was not concerned when he was summoned for the drug test that the pill would cause any issues and that he was able to trace it back to the Adderall pill after the his B sample test on July 24 confirmed the results of the 'A' sample that was taken at Kentucky.
Friday
Bill Milliken 1911 ? 2012
Bill Milliken has died at the age of 101. He was known in racing circles as the father of vehicle dynamics. William F Milliken was born in Maine in the Spring of 1911. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1934 and went to work for Boeing, working with wind tunnels, flight [...]
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Take a lap around the repaved Kansas Speedway
Want to take a ride around Kansas Speedway before any Sprint Cup Series driver?
The repaving on the oval at the track is complete, and click play above to ride along for a lap around the newly variably banked track. The 1.5 mile tri-oval used to have 15 degrees of banking in the corners and now features 17 degrees in the bottom line and 20 degrees on the top line near the wall. (The difference in banking is definitely noticeable from groove to groove.)
The road course that's being added to the track is still under construction, as is the apron, which you can see from the video. And for those of you having Montoya flashbacks, you can breathe easy. No safety vehicles were harmed in the making of this video.
Thursday
Chevrolet Camaro 1LE VIR Circuit
At Virginia International Raceway, something like the American N�rburgring we have been fortunate to see a Chevrolet Camaro with 580 hp was the way around the track in a time of 2:58:48. Although we are going to give some information on the Camaro it is best that you see the video and be carried away [...]
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BREAKING: Kenseth Out At Roush; To Gibbs
Sources are telling TNI, Roush Fenway executives announced to the organization today that Matt Kenseth would be leaving the team at the end of the season. Despite earlier rumors that Penske would be Kenseth’s destination, all signs indicate Joe Gibbs Racing as the driver’s future home. What that means for the Gibbs teams is not [...] 
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Wednesday
Refine JAC Motors 2012
There are some vehicles that have been created for certain types of tasks in particular, as is the case as the JAC Refine Motors 2012 a proposal that certainly can be useful when wanting to carry a lot of people certain destination or otherwise charge or material in a car, for that reason, the 2012 [...]
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Tuesday
Mini-racing: Get the entire Loudon I experience in ten minutes
You know, it really does seem like NASCAR fans aren't happy unless they're griping about something. And unfortunately for NASCAR, Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools 301 gave us plenty to gripe about, from spread-out flat-track racing to endless commercial breaks. Still, Kasey Kahne is very happy with how everything worked out, and Denny Hamlin won't ever be unclear on the radio ever again. Enjoy this quick recap as we head into the off week.
Bill Milliken 1911 ? 2012
Bill Milliken has died at the age of 101. He was known in racing circles as the father of vehicle dynamics. William F Milliken was born in Maine in the Spring of 1911. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1934 and went to work for Boeing, working with wind tunnels, flight [...]
Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/bill-milliken-1911-2012/
Just what he needed? Carl Edwards wins Watkins Glen Nationwide race
Is this the catalyst for a charge to the Chase for Carl Edwards?
Edwards, making his first start of the season in the Nationwide Series, seized the lead from one-time nemesis Brad Keselowski after a restart with nine laps to go and then held off Keselowski on a furious two-lap dash for the win at Watkins Glen.
[Related: Danica crashes on first turn of first lap at The Glen]
After finishing second to Tony Stewart via wins at the end of last year's Sprint Cup season, Edwards decided not to run any Nationwide races this season to focus on the Sprint Cup Series. Last season, Edwards won eight races in 33 Nationwide Series starts.
"This is huge for us. ... It's nice to be in victory lane," Edwards said, as he rattled off his multitude of sponsors.
Through 21 races in the Cup Series, Edwards is 12th in the points standings, 60 points out of 10th. Plus, he's winless, so that means his likeliest way to the Chase is through victory lane, a place he hadn't been in since the October Charlotte Nationwide race. Yeah, his victory backflip, albeit successful, was admittedly a little ugly. But that's A-OK for Edwards, and it could be the boost he's looking for to go for the Cup championship again.
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Marcos Ambrose victorious in a slip-n-slide Watkins Glen finish
As the laps ticked down in Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race at Watkins Glen, Marcos Ambrose chances for victory looked to be diminishing too. After passing Brad Keselowski for second, he wasn't able to close in on leader Kyle Busch, and the 2 second gap between the two stayed steady.
Then, with just over two laps to go, Keselowski got by Ambrose. It was definitely over for Ambrose ? both for his hopes of winning the race and sneaking in the Chase. But then it all got crazy.
Right around the time Ambrose and Keselowski were fighting for second place, Bobby Labonte's engine let go, spewing oil onto the racing surface. However, that oil was largely invisible to the naked eye, and it turned the last lap into something that resembled a banana peel filled Mario Kart race at Sherbet Land.
As Busch rounded the last two corners of the penultimate lap, his gap over Keselowski and Ambrose shrunk from seconds to car lengths. It kept shrinking as the trio dove down the hill towards turn one on the race's final lap, and disappeared as they all slid through the fluid residing the racing groove.
Busch and Ambrose slid wide off one but rejoined the track as the three headed to the esses. Keselowski didn't, and that meant he was stuck to the far right side of the track as they headed up the hill. Busch, still in the lead, albeit barely, needed to get over to that preferred side of the track too, both to be in the groove and in front of Keselowski. But Keselowski didn't let off the gas, and Busch's right rear fender made contact with Keselowski's left front, sending Busch into the guardrail.
So the race for the lead was down to two, with Ambrose in hot pursuit of Keselowski. They went off roading in the bus stop, and then they both slipped in the slickness of turn five, first Ambrose, then Keselowski.
That might have been the break that Ambrose needed, as he had already collected the car as Keselowski was sliding, and got around him for the lead as the duo headed towards turn 6. But Keselowski, smoke coming from his car as the left front fender was rubbing the tire, got behind Ambrose and gave him a nudge into the turn. That sent Ambrose wide again, but when he rejoined the track, he had the inside line into the final corner as they were side-by-side, and he out drag-raced Keselowski to the checkered flag.
"I was the first one to slip in the oil and it was just getting worse and worse," Ambrose said. "You could tell the car was staying out there because the oil was moving around the race track and you just take your chances.� You've got to commit at that point in the race and it was great racing with Kyle and Brad.� They're the two best guys to race.� It's just awesome fun and that's the way racing should be and we got the No. 9 Stanley Ford in Victory Lane."
Now Ambrose, who is 16th in the points standings, is amongst five drivers with one win apiece from 11th-20th in the points standings vying for the final wild card spot. One of those other four is Busch, who declined to comment after the race, saying that he had nothing good to say.
It was, no doubt, the wildest NASCAR finish in recent memory, even if it overshadows the debate that will certainly ensue about NASCAR's decision to not throw a caution for the oil on the track; something that was evident after driver after driver talked about the track conditions after the race.
NASCAR said that they didn't have a confirmed report of oil on the track, and that none of their spotters saw oil on the track.
NASCAR VP of Competition Robin Pemberton said that NASCAR would have thrown the yellow if it thought there was a safety issue.
"If we thought it would put people in harm's way, we would have had to address that," Pemberton said. "We didn't get a confirmed report that there was oil on the track."
When Pemberton was asked by The Sporting News' Bob Pockrass about the oil, he said that "They also said that their tires were wore out and their brakes were wore out and all that other stuff that goes on."
It's entirely improbable that the track lost grip on it's own on the final laps for the entire field. But that lack of grip equaled a lot of craziness.
"Those last two laps were just out of control with the oil down," third place finisher Jimmie Johnson said. "You are studying the road trying to see if you can see an oil trail and there really wasn't a large visible one to dodge. But you could feel the oil on your tires and slipping and sliding and then guys are spinning all over. "
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Monday
VIDEO: Austin Dillon clips tire on pit road in Indy Nationwide race
Some tire backspin saved a potentially hazardous situation in the pits during Saturday's Nationwide race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
A tire got away from Johanna Long's pit stall, and Austin Dillon, who was driving past, slid and swerved to try to avoid it on Indy's narrow pit road. He just nicked it, but that sent the tire off of the outside pit lane retaining wall.
At a lot of other bigger tracks, the tire would have harmlessly bounced towards the infield, but since the Indianapolis pit lane is sandwiched between two concrete walls, the tire ricocheted back towards crews making pit stops. But just like a PGA pro's wedge shot, the tire thankfully checked up as soon as it landed back in the middle of pit lane and came to a stop.
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