Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2012/04/unanswered_questions_for_rosbe.html
Wednesday
Jeff Gordon overheated and adrift after Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. ? It's been a rough year for Jeff Gordon, and Talladega was the cruelest kind of torture: A weekend that began so well ended in wreckage.
Gordon started on the pole at Talladega, but couldn't even lead a single lap. Constant problems with overheating dogged him all afternoon long, and finally on Lap 142, a multi-car wreck collected him and put him in the garage for good. He lost six positions in the standings and now sits in 23rd place, needing wins to have any hope of making the Chase.
"Man, this is just one of the most bizarre years that this DuPont Chevrolet team and Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet team has ever gone through," he said after climbing from the wreck and taking a moment to cool down in his hauler. "I mean, it's almost comical at this point. That was not fun. I didn't like hitting the wall. Gosh, I thought I was clear ... That's just the way our season has been going."
In particular, Gordon hammered on the temperature issue that plagued many cars all afternoon. A reduction in the front grille size allows less air to cool the engine, leading to more overheating problems almost from the start of every green flag.
"This temp thing is kind of a joke," he said. "They are going to have to fix that. We all knew that was going to be a big issue, but when you can't really even race because the temps, even in a regular pack, are an issue, we have to address that ? Nobody is really pushing a whole lot out there."
[Related: Tony Stewart's sarcastic take on Talladega raises eyebrows]
Gordon conceded that NASCAR walks a fine line in trying to balance the desire for pack racing with the desire to let drivers run the best way possible on the track. "There is just that fine line between getting the temperatures right and not being able to push," he said. "To me, right now we are teetering on the side of having to be just a little too conservative. I'd like to be up there taking it three-wide, pushing cars and making some good exciting moves because I know we have a car that can be up front, but it's just too risky at this point in the race. That is why we were in the back where we were [when the wreck happened]."
So what can be done? Gordon noted that the actual solution was a matter for the engineers, but indicated that he hoped there could be some kind of concession made before the next plate race, Daytona in July. Otherwise, he suggested, we could see a lot more of the tentative, conservative kind of racing we saw through much of Talladega on Sunday. And nobody, drivers and fans alike, wants more of that.
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Can rejuvenated Ferrari end 11-year wait for Monaco win? | 2012 Monaco Grand Prix preview
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Given Ferrari's immense success in the last decade it is remarkable their last victory in F1's most prestigious race was over ten years ago.
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Perfect? yet more allegations
A former Conservative Party chairman, David Davis, has claimed that he was approached by businessman Sir Alan Curtis 10 years ago, with an offer of money from Bernie Ecclestone if the party would find a safe parliamentary seat in Britain for FIA President Max Mosley. The allegations appeared in the Mail on Sunday in Britain [...]
Source: https://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/perfect-yet-more-allegations/
Video: Is Darlington Kyle Busch?s race to lose?
We're a year removed from the famous Kyle Busch/Kevin Harvick showdown at Darlington, and worlds away. Both Harvick and Busch have tried to distance themselves from that incident. But does that mean Busch is ready to continue his strong recent streak of finishes? Watch the video, friends! Watch the video!
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Tuesday
Explosion happens in Williams team garage shortly after Pastor Maldonado wins F1 race
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Pastor Maldonado grabbed Williams F1 team's first victory in the series in eight years on Sunday at Barcelona, but shortly after Maldonado's win, an explosion happened in the team's garage. Seven people were hospitalized because of the explosion, which occurred in the fuel area.
[Frank] Williams said the fire had "originated from the fuel area" and three of their staff were in hospital.
"The team, the fire services and the police are working together to determine the root cause of the fire and an update statement will be released in due course," Williams added.
Caterham, who have an adjacent garage to Williams, said four of their staff had been taken to the medical centre for examination - one with a minor hand injury and three with respiratory issues.
Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley said one of his staff had suffered smoke inhalation.
Maldonado was photographed carrying his 12-year-old cousin -- who was clutching the winner's trophy -- from the garage area just after the explosion.
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As you can see from the photos above and below, it was quite the scary scene. Our thoughts are with those involved and hope that there are no serious injuries.
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Drivers will ?push hard from start to finish? in Monaco ? Pirelli | 2012 Monaco Grand Prix
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Monday
2012 Charlotte Race Weeks Events Guide
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Q3: F1 goes to the chemist: Lewis? Pastor?
Lewis Hamilton and Pastor Maldonado will share the first row of the grid in Spain on Sunday, while the local fans got wild as Fernando Alonso put his Ferrari third on the grid. The Lotuses were fourth and fifth on the grid with Romain Grosjean and Kimi Raikkonen showing that black is nearly back, while [...]
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2012 Le Mans MotoGP Sunday Post-Race Press Releases
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Sunday
The 200 wins of Rick Hendrick, by the numbers
On Saturday night, a Hendrick Motorsports driver, fella by the name of Jimmie Johnson, won the team's 200th victory in 3,015 races. Let's dig a little deeper courtesy of Racing Reference, shall we?
? Hendrick's first victory came in April 1984 at Martinsville. The winner? Geoff Bodine.
His first sponsor was Northwestern Mutual Life, and his team was then known as All-Star Racing. Yeah, nice name.
? The winningest driver for Hendrick is, of course, Jeff Gordon with 85 wins. Hendrick has also fielded cars driven by legends (Darrell Waltrip, Al Unser Jr.), dearly departed (Tim Richmond, Rob Moroso, Benny Parsons) to who-the-hell-is...? (Sarel van der Merwe).
? Hendrick has won 10 championships: five by Jimmie Johnson, four by Gordon and one by Terry Labonte.
? The team now trails only Richard Petty Motorsports, with 268 wins, but at Hendrick's current pace, that record could fall within a decade.
? The drivers bearing Hendrick regalia have 818 top-5s, 1,352 top-10s, and 181 poles. They've earned a tidy $272 million in race purses over the team's 29-plus years of existence.
? Hendrick's best track? The aforementioned Martinsville, where his drivers have won 18 times in 178 races, followed by Charlotte (16) and Darlington (14). He's had the most trouble at Homestead, where his drivers have failed to bring home a checker in 51 races, and Kentucky, which just joined the schedule last year.
Sadly, Martinsville is also the site of Hendrick's greatest tragedy, the plane crash in October 2004 that killed Rick's son Ricky and several other members of the Hendrick organization. Saturday night, in a touching final gesture, the assembled Hendrick team turned their hats backwards and pointed to the sky, a tribute to Ricky Hendrick and the others lost to tragedy over the years:
Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/200-wins-rick-hendrick-numbers-201031363.html
Dale Earnhardt Jr.! Batman! Your vote will mean everything!
So you might have heard that there's a Batman movie coming out this summer. (No, he's not in The Avengers. Totally different companies. Come on.) Anyway, to celebrate the movie, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the 88 team will be running a Batman scheme at the June 17 Michigan race. And here's where you come in: you get to vote on one of the designs! Really! It's true!
It's a bracket-style elimination, so you get to vote twice, once on the Batman one above vs. the Bane one below:
The next poll pits the Batman shield against one of Junior's own design:
So, how do you vote? Go right here to the Facebook page and sign up and all that jazz. First round ends May 18, so get on it.
Naturally, since this contest intrudes on the domain of the comic book fans, they're having their say too. The "Comic Book Movie" comment thread attached to a post on this immediately devolves into a Batman-vs.-Avengers fight that's the comic world's version of Junior Sucks/Junior Rules, i.e. nobody wins, nobody convinces anybody of anything and everyone ends up looking stupid. But here are a couple gems:
Wildaniel: "Danica Patrick should get Catwoman on her car, lol." (Did you REALLY laugh out loud, Wil? Really?)
Marvel72: "maybe the nascar will crash & burn just like the dark knight rises. you never know." (The last Dark Knight flick did over a billion in box office. If "the nascar" does similarly well this year, it'll be fine.)
Ha1frican: "I feel like the promo money could be better spent on something OTHER than [frick]ing NASCAR." (Good point. Dark Knight folks, give us a call right here.)
The Beard: "He should have put the Avengers on his car back in April, he might have won a race." (Hey, at least one person knows the backstory here.)
Anyway, go vote. And go see The Dark Knight. We'll all be happy.
2012 Formula 1 season ? Time to get in the mood!
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Garage House In Tokyo Subway Cars Placed Directly Into The Living
If there is something I like even more than cars are modern art and design (although I do something completely different), so it’s not hard to imagine how I envy disfigured face when I saw these images. Because you have to make something clear, one thing is the love you have for cars is quite [...]
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