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Saturday
Friday
2013 Phillip Island Moto3 FP2 Result: Unwavering Vinales Leads The Way
An ultra consistent Maverick Vinales has set a new fastest ever lap for a Moto3 machine around the Phillip Island circuit on his way to topping Friday's second free practice session. His time of 1:38.198 put him two hundredths of a second ahead of both Jonas Folger and Zulfahmi Khairuddin in second and third places respectively. It was an extremely promising showing from Khairuddin following the disappointment of missing his home GP last week after being declared unfit to race. His team mate and morning pace setter Luis Salom was a further hundredth behind in fourth.
Ever improving FTR Honda rider Niccolo Antonelli ended the session in fifth place ahead of Mahindra's Miguel Oliveira and Alex Rins. Rins had a premature end to the session after encountering bike troubles following an off track excursion to avoid Niklas Ajo, who had crashed ahead of him. Brad Binder, Ajo and Alex Marquez rounded out the top ten.
Thursday
Clint Bowyer did yoga at Dover Saturday morning
It's been quite the stressful few weeks for Clint Bowyer and Michael Waltrip Racing. And yoga is supposed to be a stress reliever, right?
Bowyer did yoga Saturday morning at Dover as part of a fundraiser for Living Beyond Breast Cancer. Bowyer has pink on his car this weekend for breast cancer awareness and tried a little downward dog pose. And then got the microphone taken from him.
Clint is giving 100% effort. Instructor gave him the mic. Once he used the word a$ she took the mic #nascar pic.twitter.com/611Jl4NIaB
? Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) September 28, 2013
Unfortunately, he didn't take up Danica Patrick on her offer.
I have some yoga pants you can borrow @ClintBowyer. ? Danica Patrick (@DanicaPatrick) September 27, 2013
But thankfully no one was very close to him either.
Very difficult to get that comfortable while stretching certain regions without breaking a little wind. #Yoga
? Clint Bowyer (@ClintBowyer) September 28, 2013
We expect this to become a weekly tradition. If soda cookies can entice Tony Stewart to do the splits and Clint Bowyer's well on his way to becoming a yogi, Junior can take up yoga, right? We'll even be willing to purchase Diamond Dallas Page's DVD.
Wednesday
Tuesday
Gibbs Ultimately Owns This Penalty
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Saturday
Dario Franchitti involved in vicious wreck at end of IndyCar race
In the final moments of Sunday's Shell-Penzoil Grand Prix of Houston, four-time IndyCar series champion Dario Franchitti was involved in a wreck that ripped his car to pieces. Wreckage flew into the stands nearby, and the postrace celebration was muted as all waited for word on Franchitti's condition.
On the final lap of the race, Franchitti and Takuma Sato got tangled up, with Franchitti running up on Sato's back and spinning into the catch fence. EJ Viso, trailing, was able to avoid the wreckage of Franchitti's car but hit Sato.
For a long time, the television cameras only carried distant shots of Franchitti's wreckage, leading to obvious concerns. But Franchitti's team owner, Chip Ganassi, brought good news after visiting with Franchitti. "He's got a sore ankle and back," Ganassi said, "but he's OK."
Local news reports indicated there were 15 injuries in the stands from flying debris, none serious.
Friday
Richard Petty Motorsports still searching for consistency
As Richard Petty strolled through the concourse of Kansas City's Memorial Hall, fans streamed towards him with pens an memorabilia for the seven-time Sprint Cup champion to sign.
Others stood and watched, wondering who in the heck that man in the black cowboy hat could be that was causing such a commotion for a few people.
In a way, the varying reactions from fans served as a metaphor for Petty's team's season. At times, both Aric Almirola and Marcos Ambrose have been noticeable. Other times, their performances have been, well, anonymous.
"Up and down. It started way down," Petty said about his race team's progression over the past two seasons. "If you look at the overall deal it?s been better, better and better. Where we?re hurting a little bit is not consistent. We?ve been really super good one week and not so good. That?s our main deal and we know it?s going to take time to do that."
Proof of that consistency issue? Ambrose's ninth place finish and Almirola's 10th place finish at Kansas marked the first time all season that both Richard Petty Motorsports drivers had finished in the top 10 in the same race. Afterwards, both were thrilled, especially Ambrose. He spun to bring out one of Sunday's 15 cautions. But that spin ended up putting him on a strategy that had him fourth for the final restart.
[Power Rankings: And then there were two]
"It felt like a win as far because I thought our day was done," Ambrose said.
"We got a top 10 and I would have never told you that was possible (Saturday) in practice," Almirola said.
Almirola is 18th in the points standings and Ambrose is 20th. That's the reverse of where they finished last year.
"This year we started out really strong and we were up in the top 12 in points and looked like we were going to have a shot to make the Chase and throughout the summer months we just didn?t keep that mojo that we had at the beginning of the year," Almirola said.
Through the first 13 races, the No. 43 was in the top 12. But those Chase chances were over after Daytona where a crash dropped them to 19th.
For Ambrose, it's been a trying season -- "a wash" as he termed it before the weekend began -- and is encapsulated perfectly by Watkins Glen in August. After leading 51 laps in a bid to win a third straight race at the road course, he had a flat tire and was caught up in a crash in the esses. After three top fives a year ago, none have been on the docket this season.
Though perhaps Sunday was a sign of the optimism that Petty shared Thursday. For a team without title aspirations, a good Chase performance can still
"When we started (with the new car at the beginning of the season), nobody knew what was going on so we were as good as anybody," Petty said. "We trucked along there and everything went pretty good and we just didn?t expand quick enough. We got behind the curve and are just now getting back to where we should have been three or four months ago."
Thursday
Russian F1 engines
There is one reason why people do not build their own F1 engines. Money. It takes horse-choking wedges of wonga to invest in facilities, machinery, people and research and development projects. Gone are the days when a couple of chaps in cloth caps draw an engine on the back of an envelope and find the […]
Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/russian-f1-engines/
Wednesday
Tuesday
What?s old is new again: Matt Kenseth beats Kyle Busch at New Hampshire
Two weeks, two Chase wins for Matt Kenseth.
Kenseth won Sunday's Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the second race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, much like he won the first Chase race at Chicagoland a week earlier, pulling away from teammate Kyle Busch on the final restart and beating him to the finish line.
Busch got close to Kenseth's bumper over the last few laps but didn't get close enough to come close to making a pass.
An emotional Kenseth called Loudon one of his worst performing tracks in victory lane, but he was not poor on Sunday. After staying near the front, he took the lead for good with 93 laps to go and wasn't passed on the track since.
It was Kenseth's first win at New Hampshire after finishing ninth in the spring. Before Joining Joe Gibbs Racing at the beginning of the season, he had one top 10 finish in the past five seasons at the flat one-mile track.
With the win, Kenseth joins Tony Stewart in 2011 and Greg Biffle in 2008 as the only drivers to win the first two races of the Chase. In 2011, Stewart went on to win the championship, winning three other races.
It's Kenseth's seventh win of the season, and he now leads Busch by 18 points in the Chase standings., despite his teammate finishing second to him in both of those Chase races. Perhaps most strikingly, Kenseth leads fourth place Carl Edwards by 36 points, which is 36 positions on the track, minus a lap led or two. Jimmie Johnson is third, four points behind Busch. Is it already a three person race to the Chase?
While it may be a bit premature to officially declare that, if it was, it wouldn't be the most surprising development in the world. Kenseth, Busch and Johnson have been the strongest drivers in the series this season and have combined for 14 wins in 28 races. Though if Kenseth keeps this pace, even Johnson and Busch won't have a chance.
Monday
2013 Magny-Cours World Supersport Race Results: Close Racing Throughout
Sam Lowes started the 22 lap race, again declared a dry race, needing just two points to win the title. Kenan Sofuoglu, the only man with a chance of delying him the title, started from pole position.
Sunday
Sponsored Video ? The Jenson Button lifestyle in 90 seconds
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Saturday
NAPA ending sponsorship with Michael Waltrip Racing because of Richmond actions
Michael Waltrip Racing has received a bigger shot to the bow than any NASCAR could have given it following the events at Richmond. And it came from a current sponsor.
NAPA announced on its Facebook page Thursday that it would be leaving the team at the end of the season.
After thorough consideration, NAPA has made the difficult decision to end its sponsorship arrangement with Michael Waltrip Racing effective December 31, 2013. NAPA believes in fair play and does not condone actions such as those that led to the penalties assessed by NASCAR. We remain supportive of the millions of NASCAR fans and will evaluate our future position in motorsports.
NAPA stuck by Michael Waltrip Racing at the 2007 Daytona 500, when the team was penalized for having an illegal substance in the intake manifold. In that incident, when Michael Waltrip Racing was in its infancy, Waltrip was docked 100 points and his crew chief David Hyder was fined $100,000 and suspended from the garage.
That was more than six years ago, and MWR eventually recovered to become the three-team stable it is today. And that's in large part to the continued support of the auto parts supplier, who is one of the few full-season sponsors remaining in the sport.
Now that support isn't there. NAPA sponsors the No. 56 of Martin Truex Jr., who was removed from the Chase via a 50 point penalty after NASCAR investigated the finish at Richmond. In the closing laps, teammates Clint Bowyer and Brian Vickers made sure to let Joey Logano finish ahead of them so that Truex would make the Chase. (It's worth noting that the jet fuel incident directly involved the actions of the NAPA team while it was the actions of the two-non NAPA teams at Richmond that led to the penalties.)
The decision also means that one of the most prestigious sponsorships in NASCAR is a free agent, and that a Chase-caliber team and driver is suddenly without a sponsor. To say that the future of the No. 56 car is in limbo would not be an overstatement. And the future of another car and driver combination could soon be solidified.
Friday
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