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Thursday
2013 World Supersport Championship Standings After Round 6, Portimao
Championship standings for round 6, 2013
Ernesto Brambilla Vittorio Brambilla Toni Branca Gianfranco Brancatelli
Wednesday
Pole Day Live Blog!!!
Wow, what a first run through the field! Will Power has the current fast speed of 229.808, nearly an entire mile an hour faster than Andretti Autosport driver Ryan Hunter-Reay. That elusive 230 mile per hour lap looks like it … Continue reading 
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Iowa Rain Out Causes Pit Crew Problems
On a normal NASCAR weekend when the Truck Series and/or Nationwide Series run companion to the Cup cars, there are a lot of pit crew members who double or triple dip. Crew members make some extra cash and get more reps, and the teams get top talent pitting their cars. But this last weekend presented [...] 
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Pirelli scraps plan to race new tyre at Silverstone | F1 Fanatic round-up
In the round-up: No new tyre specification for British GP ? Hamilton explains terse radio call ? Raikkonen "doesn't care" about matching Schumacher record
Source: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/06/11/f1-fanatic-round-up-1106/
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Tuesday
The interesting point about Vettel?s new deal
Sebastian Vettel was under contract to Red Bull Racing until the end of 2014. His contract was believed to be a complicated one with points bonuses to augment a salary and lock-in clauses which meant that he had to stay for the next season if the team achieved a certain level of performance in a […]
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How The Law Of Supply And Demand Is Growing The MotoGP Grid
Dorna took Suzuki's departure from MotoGP at the end of the 2011 season badly. After bending over backwards to accommodate the Japanese factory during their final few years in the class - giving Suzuki an exemption from the (now defunct) Rookie Rule, allowing the factory a larger engine allocation, and finally accepting the reduction from a two-rider effort to just a single entry, that of Alvaro Bautista - Suzuki finally pulled out of the series altogether, though they promised to return at a later date. Coming on top of Kawasaki's withdrawal ahead of the 2009 season, Suzuki were the second Japanese factory to depart the class after a string of broken promises.
So unsurprisingly, when Suzuki opened talks about a return to MotoGP, Dorna was hesitant. Their entry was to be subject to a number of restrictions; Suzuki would be made to pay penance for their initial abandoning of the series. Initially Suzuki were told that they would only be allowed to enter through an existing team, rather than creating their own infrastructure. The idea behind this was that none of the teams who had remained in the series should lose out just because Suzuki wanted to return. When it became clear that the teams which were candidates to aid Suzuki were really up to supporting a full factory effort, that idea was quietly dropped.
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Monday
Williams is passed to the Mercedes for 2014
The Williams F1 Team will use Mercedes engines from the 2014 season. Thus, Renault will supply engines to the British team after a brief period of two years of collaboration between two of the most established names in the F1 World (Toro Rosso confirmed a few days left to use Ferrari engines to start to [...]
Source: http://www.autocarblog.co.uk/491-williams-is-passed-to-the-mercedes-for-2014.html
Power Rankings: All-Star dream destinations
It's time for Power Rankings! After every race, we opine about who we think is at the top of the Sprint Cup heap and how and why they got there. But this week, it's different! The All-Star Race wasn't for points, so there's no point (pun!) in ranking the Sprint Cup field again. Besides we'd just put Jimmie Johnson back at the top.
Instead, let's stick with the All-Star theme. There's been some fantastic fodder for Happy Hour in the email inbox this week; people are incredibly passionate about the All-Star Race. So what if the All-Star Race was going to go to another track? Where would it go? Let's answer that question.
P.S. -- We're inverting the field this week. Why? Because we can. And we're dreaming big, too.
12. Rockingham: Let's start off with a fan favorite. Rockingham has produced some great racing since the Truck Series has returned to it, and given the multiple grooves through the corners and the tire wear, there would be no shortage of side-by-side racing. Of course, the size of the grandstands and the accessibility to the track would be a drawback, but this is a dream list, right? Let's not worry about stuff like that.
11. Texas World Speedway: The last NASCAR race at TWS was in 1981, but the two-mile track has been a testing site for some teams. It's got steeper banking than Michigan and older pavement, plus a road course if the oval (where Greg Biffle hit 218 in 2009) is too fast.
10. Daytona Road Course: If you're looking for a great test of both driver and car, you can't go wrong with the Daytona Road Course. Drivers would have to be able to navigate the road course turns in the Daytona infield with aplomb, hit the chicane on the backstretch perfectly, and then hope they have enough horsepower to pull away from the field through turns three and four and the tri-oval. Sounds fun, don't you think?
9. O'Reilly Raceway Park: The Nationwide Series should never have left this short track for the Brickyard, so the Cup Series should come back, if only for an exhibition race. How cool would it be to see half the field in the preferred high groove and half the field diving down as low as possible to attempt a slide job at the beginning of the final 10 lap sprint?
8. Talladega: Yes, anything can happen at Talladega, and it usually does. And yes, Talladega is on here because of its popularity amongst the NASCAR fanbase. Can you imagine the infield All-Star parties? That being said, is a restrictor plate track really the best venue?
7. Circuit of the Americas: Catch any of the V-8 Supercars race on Sunday at Austin? The Circuit of the Americas would be a fine host and the mad dash into the tight left-hand turn one after the field storms up the hill on a restart would be a hold-your-breath moment.
6. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve: The track that's produced some of the most compelling Nationwide Series races in recent memory is unfortunately not on the schedule any longer. And given how awesome those races were, can you imagine watching a Cup race there? If this were to happen, there'd have to be a way to guarantee Robby Gordon's inclusion.
5. Bristol, Martinsville and Richmond: The current Cup Series short tracks are all here because each of them would make fine venues for an All-Star Race. But like Talladega, do we really want to see three races a year at each track? Because there's no way we should take away a points race from any of the three.
4. Laguna Seca: Cup cars in the Corkscrew. Need I say more? If you haven't seen it before, take a moment and watch Alex Zanardi's pass of Bryan Herta in 1996.
3. Eldora: Yeah, we've had a version of this with Tony Stewart's annual Prelude to the Dream dirt late-model race, but let's divide the field up into heats and run Cup cars minus the front splitters. Would anyone complain about that?
2. Monaco: Of all the farfetched ideas in this week's edition of Power Rankings, this is the one that's the most out there. Hell no, it ain't happening, but it's fun to dream about, right? Instead of luxury suites, team and series VIPs could be stationed on yachts and everyone would have a great time at the Monte Carlo Casino. This is also a great time to let you know that we're having a live chat for Sunday's F1 race at Monaco. The chat triple!
1. Iowa Speedway: You've likely noticed that most of the tracks on this list don't currently host a Cup Series race. That's by design. If the race is going to change venues, the ideal place is a new track. Iowa gets rave reviews from drivers, has multiple grooves and provides a unique short track to the schedule. Plus, of all of these possibilities on the list, it could be the one that has the best chance of happening, don't you think?
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Too Much Too Soon?
The policy to fast track young drivers into Formula One from series such as GP2 and GP3 has been called into question following recent incidents in the sport. Several of the younger participants in Formula One were criticised recently for the widespread unsporting behavior, which took place during the Monaco Grand Prix last month. Following [...]
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Sunday
2013 Portim�o World Supersport Race Results: Exemplary Racing
World Supersport is known for giving us close racing, with plenty of brave and ambitious riders, all with a burning desire to win. This race was without a doubt a perfect example of the class at its best.
Kurt Ahrens Jr Christijan Albers Michele Alboreto Jean Alesi
2013 Canadian Grand Prix championship points | 2013 Canadian Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel increased his drivers' championship lead to 36 points as Fernando Alonso moved up to second.
Source: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/06/09/2013-canadian-grand-prix-championship-points/
Bottas: Rain Needed For Podium
Valtteri Bottas says that he is hoping that the Canadian Grand Prix will take place under rainy conditions. The Finn put his Williams on the second row of the grid after a wet Q3, demonstrating the sort of pace that has eluded Williams all season. Now, Bottas is hoping that the rain continues into the [...]
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