Source: http://www.16thandgeorgetown.com/2012/05/franchitti-wins-at-indy.html
Monday
Sunday
Ryan Newman officially re-ups with Stewart-Haas Racing
Ryan Newman is returning to Stewart-Haas Racing.
The driver of the No. 39 was scheduled to be a free agent at the end of 2012, but will be back on a one-year deal for 2013. Over the summer, both Newman and team owner/driver Tony Stewart said a priority was Newman's contract renewal.
SHR will field three full-time cars in 2013; for Stewart, Newman and Danica Patrick. However, Patrick is the only one of the three that has full-season sponsorship announced. Newman has operated with a variety of different sponsors while at SHR, and the team's biggest sponsor, the U.S. Army, announced earlier in the year that it wouldn't be returning to the team in 2013. On Sunday at Atlanta, Office Depot, Stewart's largest sponsor, announced that it wouldn't be returning to the hood of Stewart's car next year either.
With a win Saturday night at Richmond, Newman, currently 17th in the Sprint Cup points standings, would qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup. During his four-season tenure at Stewart-Haas Racing, Newman has qualified for the Chase twice.
2012 Italian Grand Prix result | 2012 Italian Grand Prix
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Lewis Hamilton wins the Italian Grand Prix ahead of Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso.
2012 Italian Grand Prix result is an original article from F1 Fanatic. If this article has been published anywhere other than F1 Fanatic it is an infringement of copyright.
Source: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/09/2012-italian-grand-prix-result/
Enrique Bernoldi Enrico Bertaggia Tony Bettenhausen Mike Beuttler
WSBK News: Jakub Smrz Curiously Absent From N�rburgring
Liberty Racing reaffirmed on Tuesday that they would be present at the Nürburgring round of World Superbikes, with all three riders. This morning, however, Jakub Smrz was absent from both the entry list and the timing screens and appears to have been replaced by Lorenzo Lanzi. Of all the teams to have mysterious absences, Liberty Racing would be the most likely, so this doesn't come as a major shock.
As the team has essentially given up on 2012, it does look like their pay-to-ride riders, Brett McCormick and Maxime Berger, are still going to see out the season, McCormick is now considered fit to race the remainder of the year, but he has to consider his health first.
Lanzi was a shock pole-sitter and winner in World Supersport at Assen, making the most of the wet weather for his only race of the year.
Saturday
No es bueno for Denny Hamlin in new ESPN ad
Time again for a new ESPN "winners" ad. So far, with Jimmie Johnson ("so long, pricklebear"), Brad Keselowski (the Thanksgiving nap) and Carl Edwards (cannibalism!), these ads have been strong, and this one's no exception. We can see a couple catchphrases in here; Hamlin can look forward to fans shouting "Hola, se�or Denny!" for the next few months. Enjoy.
Kevin Schwantz To Lead Charity Bicycle Ride From Donington To Misano In Memory Of Marco Simoncelli
1993 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz is to lead a charity bicycle ride from Donington Park in the UK to Misano in Italy, in memory of Marco Simoncelli and to raise money for the Simoncelli Foundation and other charities. Below is the press release issued by the organizers of the event:
SCHWANTZ READY TO LEAD 'CYCLE OF WISHES' FROM DONINGTON TO MISANO
The British Superbike Championship and MotoGP World Championship paddocks will be linked by a very special event this week as the global motorcycling community unites to remember the life of Marco Simoncelli ahead of the late Italian rider's home Grand Prix at Misano.
A whole host of commemorative fundraising events will be held at the San Marino Grand Prix next week but the festivities get underway on British soil this Sunday, with the 'Cycle of Wishes' due to depart from Donington Park ahead of the day's second BSB race.
A team of thirteen riders led by 1993 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz will begin their mammoth bicycle journey with a partial lap of the East Midlands circuit just moments before race two gets underway, before heading off on a 1800km route to the newly renamed Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli via France, Switzerland and, of course, Italy.
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2012
Friday
Audi RS5 Cabriolet
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Back when Audi was planning the RS5, they promised us a convertible model. Now that the RS5 is alive, well, and leading the British cops on its fastest chase ever, we are anxiously awaiting the RS5 Cabriolet. While there is some time to wait, Audi is at least gracing us with all of the RS5 Cabriolet’s ins and outs.
As you can expect, the Cabriolet takes most of its queues from the hardtop model, but is does have its own little styling differences ? besides the rag top, of course. With fierce competition coming from BMW and Mercedes, how well can this newcomer in the performance convertible realm really do? We’re going to into all of the specifications and features that Audi has graced us with and give you a full review of what to expect from this new model.
Click past the jump to read the full review and see how it stacks up to the competition.
Audi RS5 Cabriolet originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 7 September 2012 10:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/audi/2013-audi-rs5-cabriolet-ar116463.html
Did we learn anything about Bristol?s changes in Wednesday?s Truck race?
Wednesday night's Truck Series race at Bristol was the first glimpse ? the exit polls, if you will ? at the changes that Bristol Motor Speedway made over the spring and summer. And if you were expecting something completely different than the racing that we saw in March, well, you're probably looking for a different set of results.
After the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series races in March, Speedway Motorsports Inc. Bruton Smith promised drastic changes to the track, and those changes involved the grinding of the top groove of the track to reduce the banking from 30 to 28 degrees. When the track was repaved, progressive banking was added, allowing cars to sometimes run three-wide in the corners. And that progressive banking meant that the preferred line on the track wasn't on the bottom, but rather smack dab in the middle.
Wednesday night, Timothy Peters led all 204 laps en route to the win. Yes, you read that correctly. Peters, who started second on the inside of the track, snuck ahead of Cale Gale off of turn 2 on the first lap and no one ever mounted a serious challenge. On the race's ensuing restarts, Peters picked the outside line, and was able to pinch the second place truck down in the corner after the wave of the green flag and once he was clear, was unbeatable.
And that was the story of the evening. While the lane nearest the wall was out of play, the middle (well, the outside) groove was still the preferred line around the track, making passes on the bottom of the banking incredibly tough, and sometimes downright impossible.
Was it a bad race, especially because there wasn't a pass for the lead? No, not at all. In fact, the trucks stacked up side-by-side lap after lap because of the low-groove difficulties made made for an entertaining race -- if you liked what you saw in March, anyway. Yeah, there was your typical short track contact, but there was no rooting and gouging for position on the bottom of the track like at Bristol 10 years ago. It felt like watching any other Bristol race in the last five years. Heck, if you weren't aware of the changes, you may not have known there were any made.
Will we see more of the same Friday and Saturday? We're about to find out.
Denny Hamlin takes Bristol for his third win of the season
Denny Hamlin, Chase points leader?
If you were to think of Denny Hamlin's 2012, it wouldn't be crazy if the first thing that came to mind was Hamlin's fiery escapades at Michigan at Watkins Glen, summer issues that resulted in 34th place finishes.
But that would be overlooking Hamlin's wins at Phoenix, the second race of the season and at Kansas, the eighth. And Saturday night at Bristol, the 24th race of the season, Hamlin grabbed win number three, meaning that as of now, he's set to start the Chase for the Sprint Cup Series tied atop the standings.
Recently, Brad Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson have been the two most heavily mentioned as favorites for the 10 race dash for the championship, and last week at Michigan, Greg Biffle made it a point to include his team in the championship discussion. Now? Hamlin should be included in the discussion too.
[Related: Tony Stewart flings helmet at Matt Kenseth]
In the 16 races since that Kansas win, Hamlin has three second place finishes, but also has six finishes outside the top 20 thanks to a myriad of problems and circumstances -- a primary reason he hasn't been in the "serious contender" championship discussion. And early in Saturday's race, an incident on pit road made seven in 17 outside the top 20 look like a strong possibility.
While leaving his pit stall, Hamlin's made contact with Landon Cassill as Cassill was entering his. Cassill's left front bumper smashed directly into Hamlin's right front tire. The impact, while at low speeds, was a direct hit. Soon after, Hamlin radioed to his crew that he was afraid that the toe had been bent.
But on the ensuing restart, Hamlin held his ground, and over the next few hundred laps, slowly crept up through the top 10. If the toe had been bent, it certainly wasn't affecting the performance of his car. On lap 461, thanks to a two tire stop, Hamlin passed Carl Edwards (who was trying to stretch his fuel mileage after deciding to not pit with the lead with 85 laps to go) for the lead and quickly pulled away.
[Related: Danica Patrick wrecked again at Bristol]
Yeah, it was a fairly anticlimactic final 40 laps of a race that started with a Ken Schrader gesture and featured a Tony Stewart helmet toss and a Danica Patrick finger wag, but that was a-OK for Hamlin, who called the win the biggest of his career. Plus, it overshadowed his dancing performance of "The Wobble" in the pre-race driver introductions, which led Hamlin to say after the race that "if you're going to dance like a dumbass you have to drive like a badass." (Bristol is the only track on the Sprint Cup circuit where the drivers pick their own entrance music and have a chance to say something to the crowd.)
And that, he did. Given the parity throughout the Chase field, Hamlin may want to consider dancing during driver intros before every race.
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Thursday
No es bueno for Denny Hamlin in new ESPN ad
Time again for a new ESPN "winners" ad. So far, with Jimmie Johnson ("so long, pricklebear"), Brad Keselowski (the Thanksgiving nap) and Carl Edwards (cannibalism!), these ads have been strong, and this one's no exception. We can see a couple catchphrases in here; Hamlin can look forward to fans shouting "Hola, se�or Denny!" for the next few months. Enjoy.
Paolo Barilla Rubens Barrichello Michael Bartels Edgar Barth
Audi RS3 Sportback Features And Price
The RS3 Sportback is one of the most aggressive models on the market, riding a five-cylinder engine and direct injection turbocharged, 2.5-liter TFSI, Audi debuted successfully in the TT RS. In addition this engine is combined with Quattro all-wheel drive, so characteristic of the brand with the four rings and an automatic gearbox S tronic [...]
Source: http://www.autocarblog.co.uk/299-audi-rs3-sportback-features-and-price.html
Mercedes-Benz SLS 63 AMG "MC700" by mcchip-dkr
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In its standard version (not the new GT one), the SLS 63 AMG delivers a total of 571 HP. This amount of power is good, but where Mercedes feared to go in terms of pushing the power, German tuner, mcchip-dkr, dove headfirst into it. Their new tuning package is called the MC700, which clearly hints at the vehicle’s upgraded power level.
The new MC700 compressor kit is available in two upgrade levels. The first one includes a mechanically driven compressor and a performance-enhancing high-end exhaust system developed in cooperation with Capristo Exhaust Systems. These additions get the 6.2-liter naturally aspirated V8 engine’s power level up to an impressive 680 HP and 567 lb-ft of torque. The extra 109 HP will set customers back 69,900 Euros (about $88,150 at the current exchange rates).
The second upgrade level will only be available for the export versions and include additional sports catalyzers and friskier stage 4 software. If a customer is willing to pay 78,999 Euros (about $99,600 at the current rates), then they will be privy to a total of 706 HP and 584 lbs-ft.
Mercedes-Benz SLS 63 AMG "MC700" by mcchip-dkr originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 5 September 2012 17:00 EST.
Kurt Adolff Fred Agabashian Kurt Ahrens Jr Christijan Albers
Pons Tuenti Team Drops Appeal Over Espargaro/Marquez Clash At Barcelona
The Marquez/Espargaro incident in the Barcelona Moto2 race is at an end. The Pons 40 HP Tuenti team has decided not to take their appeal on the incident to the CAS, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and to accept the decision of the FIM Stewards. The decision of Pol Espargaro's team not to take the case to the CAS means that the case is officially closed, and Marc Marquez will not face a penalty over the clash. The one minute penalty initially imposed on Marquez by Race Direction has now been officially consigned to the history books, and Marquez retains his 48-point lead in the Moto2 title race.
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Christijan Albers Michele Alboreto Jean Alesi Jaime Alguersuari
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