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Saturday
Fernando Alonso?s route to F1 | Route to F1
Fernando Alonso was the first Spanish driver to achieve major success in F1. Ahead of his home race next week, here's how he made his way to the top of a sport which was not widely followed in his home country.
Friday
Nigel Stepney 1958 ? 2014
Some obituaries are easy to write, others are more difficult. Nigel Stepney’s story is likely to end up being contentious because he was man of many talents and much energy but he also had some major flaws. He ended up being famous for all the wrong reasons and while he deserved some of the criticism, […]
Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2014/05/02/nigel-stepney-1958-2014-2/
Thursday
Motocourse Feature: 1978 - Mike Hailwood, the man behind the TT legend
MotoMatters.com is delighted to announce that we will be partnering with Motocourse, the bible of world championship motorcycle racing, to bring readers some highlights from the history of the sport. We will be regularly posting features from the early editions of Motocourse, to help bring some insight into the history of motorcycle racing, and how we got where we are today. There are some fascinating parallels to events in the present, and much to be learned from the past. If you enjoy these articles, Motocourse have editions available in their electronic archive and via their free iPad app.
Today's article is a background piece on the legendary Mike Hailwood, written after his legendary return to the Isle of Man TT in 1978, winning the TT Formula One race on a Ducati. As the article consists of a series of scans, click on the image to expand it to full size, then navigate through the pages by clicking on the right or left hand side of the images.
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Wednesday
Tuesday
After contact on pit road, Brad Keselowski spoke and showed his displeasure with Kurt Busch
Brad Keselowski has said that he learned a lot from Kurt Busch when the two drivers were together at Team Penske. On Sunday, that education didn't prevent Keselowski from being infuriated with Busch at Martinsville.
Though given his hand gestures, does he think Busch is No. 1?
Keselowski ran into Kasey Kahne on pit road and as Busch tried to get by, he plowed into Keselowski with the side of his car. It knocked the front of Keselowski's car all out of alignment and the 2012 Sprint Cup Series champ was forced to go to the garage for repairs. While he was there, he told Fox in an interview that he was tired of Busch's "recklessness" and sarcastically told him "thanks."
When Keselowski got back on track, he showed Busch his displeasure with a certain finger on his left hand.
(As you can guess, the video below contains an inappropriate gesture. Play at your own risk.)
The two Penske teammates in 2010 and 2011 then bumped back and forth as Keselowski drove without a front-end to his car. However, we have a feeling this may not be over. There's still a lot of time left in Sunday's race and Busch isn't the type to let something go, as he referenced a post-race confrontation over his radio.
Is it Kurt being Kurt? We'll find out.
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Monday
Chrome Horn Post-Fontana Debrief: There's no need to exaggerate a great race
It's some mid-week Chrome Horn action for you.
Join Geoffrey Miller and yours truly as we discuss everything and anything Fontana, including the tire issues, NASCAR officials getting their uniforms caught in the fence, and how the race was a very good one even without the final restart.
And speaking of that final restart, I'll dive in to why there's absolutely no need to exaggerate the moments that happened on Sunday and turn them into something greater than they were.
In a brief span Monday afternoon, two prominent NASCAR media members described the moments after the green flag waved for the final restart as "seven-wide." While cars may have been using seven different lanes, they most certainly were not "seven-wide."
It's like the NASCAR version of the fish story with an event that happened hours, not years, ago. And it shouldn't be necessary to trumpet what was a thrilling race. Sometimes things need no exaggeration.
Give it a listen. Click here to listen or click here to download. Find us on iTunes here.
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Sunday
Casey Mears says Marcos Ambrose's punch 'got me pretty good'
Casey Mears participated in Jimmie Johnson's charity 5K race Sunday morning and admitted that yes, Marcos Ambrose did land the punch he threw towards Mears Saturday night.
Mears said his left-eye area, the place where Ambrose connected, was fine and had a sense of humor about the incident.
It's OK, he got me good though," Mears said. "He did. That's one thing I can say, is that out of all the NASCAR fights or punches or when you see people swing, usually it's a lot of fly swatting. He actually connected, so that was pretty good."
Ambrose was 18th while Mears was 19th. Mears also didn't rule out retaliation in the future, though we're not sure what the on-track protocol for punch revenge is.
"I don't think it something you just forget," Mears said. "Obviously, that's kind of where it sits."
NASCAR is investigatiing the incident and penalties, if there are any, will likely be announced on Tuesday.
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Nick Bromberg is the editor of From The Marbles on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at nickbromberg@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @NickBromberg
Saturday
2014 Assen World Superbike Superpole One Results
The top two riders of this session proceed to Superpole two.
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Friday
Thursday
TopSpeed Podcast Episode 008 - "We like Auto Shows More Than we Like Mark"
Happy Thursday everyone! It is time once again for the TopSpeed Podcast. This week we are a man down as Mark is in North Carolina checking out the all-new 2015 Hyundai Genesis. We are very jealous of him, and poke lots of fun.
Once we get down to business, we cover Weekly Wheels in which Justin discusses a very expensive tiny Mazda, and I wax poetically about how freaking fast the Nissan GT-R is.
News this week is once again full of auto show happenings. We discuss our best and worst picks for New York, cover a few pieces of the NYC show we missed last week, and then we talk about some of the reveals that took place at Beijing. Some of the Beijing news included the new VW NMC concept and the Audi TT Offroad concept.
This week we did also do video! It should be uploaded later tonight and we will update the post tomorrow
The Questions and Answers segment was short this week as we only had one submission, so don’t forget to send us questions in the comments, on the Twitters (@TopSpeedPodcast) or in an email: Podcast@TopSpeed.com
Since there is only two of us, we decided to put Own Drive Burn on hold until Mark returns. Don’t forget to send us suggestions for those as well.
We want to thank everyone for listening, and we hope everyone has a great weekend. If you liked this week’s Podcast, why don’t you give us a rating or a review over at iTunes. It makes us feel happy inside when you do that. Click play below or above to listen to the podcast.
Weekly Wheels: Mazda3, Nissan GT-R
Hosts: Christian Moe, Justin Cupler
TopSpeed Podcast Episode 008 - "We like Auto Shows More Than we Like Mark" originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 24 April 2014 16:00 EST.
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Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone says Gene Haas will have the chance to go F1 racing
Things have gone from "unlikely" to likely for a 2015 Formula 1 team for Gene Haas in the mind of F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone.
After previously downplaying Haas' chances, Ecclestone said Sunday at Bahrain that his bid "will be accepted." Haas, co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing with Tony Stewart, has been vying for the chance to field a Formula 1 team (independent of Stewart).
"I've spoken to (International Automobile Federation president) Jean Todt and we agreed yesterday that another two teams want to come in, we'll let them in," Ecclestone said (via Eurosport).
The other team is reportedly an entry with Romanian backing. Haas has Formula 1 connections as his North Carolina wind tunnels have previously been used by F1 teams.
If you're not familiar with Formula 1, it can make NASCAR look pretty reasonable financially. Earlier in the week, Ecclestone said Haas would need to be prepared to spend $1 billion over four years. Yes, that's billion with a "b." Haas told the AP that he hadn't heard from Ecclestone.
"We haven't been notified by the FIA, but Bernie is kind of half Formula One, so I'm sure what he says goes," Haas said Sunday. "I have no doubt that even if Mr. Ecclestone says he's OK with it, there's probably another few weeks of legal paperwork" before FIA would issue a license.
USF1 made an ill-fated attempt to join the F1 grid in 2010 but never made it to a race after a project that initially showed some promise. USF1 was even on the Formula 1 entry list as well, but the team may not have even had a car prepared. The guess is here that the Haas team has learned from USF1's mistakes.
2010 was the last time new teams entered F1, and Carterham and Marussia, who entered then, are the backmarkers of the Formula 1 field and haven't scored a point to-date in the series. Initial struggles likely won't deter Haas. Before giving Stewart half of his team in 2009, Haas teams ran 284 Sprint Cup races from 2002-2008 with one top five and 14 top 10s. (Since joining with Stewart, SHR has 21 wins in 420 races.)
The last American driver to compete in Formula 1 was Scott Speed, who ran from 2006-2007. He finished on the lead lap once. If Haas' new team makes it to the grid and wants an American driver, there aren't many notable options. Conor Daly, an American driver who has competed in one race in GP2, a lower series, would be the most recognized choice who isn't currently participating full-time in an American series.
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Wednesday
Matt Kenseth says he's (sort of) watching the points standings
Matt Kenseth is winless.
Through seven Sprint Cup Series races, it's hardly a shocking statement. Jimmie Johnson is winless too. So is Tony Stewart. And Jeff Gordon. Kasey Kahne, too. But with seven different winners in the first seven Sprint Cup Series races, it may be jarring to some to see Kenseth's name not on the list after he won seven races last year.
However, when you look through the list of seven winners, there aren't any surprises. It's not like someone has jumped up and snagged an unexpected win or two unless you thought Dale Earnhardt Jr. was in the midst of another four-year winless streak.
Kenseth isn't surprised either.
?I can?t say I?m totally shocked, I think whenever you throw a pretty big rules change at everybody some people are going to pick up on it sooner than others," he said Thursday. "I think it always spreads the field out a little bit because some guys are going to hit it and some guys are going to miss it and I think that always creates passing and mixes the field up and makes the racing more interesting in my mind. I think that everybody every week is probably gaining on it and the field is going to get closer together as we keep rolling through the year here.� It?s been interesting because there?s been a lot of different winners and been some guys that have won a lot that haven?t won yet.?
He won last year's race at Darlington after taking the lead after a late restart. It was his third win of the year, though Darlington was the 11th race of the season in 2013 and not the eighth.
Even as he's winless this season, he's higher in the points standings now than he was at this point a year ago. However, Kenseth said he isn't staring at the standings. It's more of a quick look.
"I don?t know about close attention, you always kind of know where you?re at once the week is over you maybe glance at the standings," Kenseth said. "They always park in order of points so when you show up parked the next week you kind of know where you?re at. That really hasn?t changed. I don?t know I think maybe when you get closer to the 26 cutoff then you probably study it a little more and see where everybody is and who?s in and who?s out and that kind of thing."
And based on past history in Chase seasons, a winless driver or two or three is likely to make the Chase anyway. If Kenseth keeps this pace up, he'll likely be just fine when it comes to September.
"Is there going to be 10 winners? Is there going to be 20 winners? I don?t know ? the way it?s going. How important are your points going to be?" Kenseth asked. "I would think, history suggests that there?s going to be a few guys added by points that didn?t win."
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Tuesday
Monday
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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Sunday
Saturday
Nico Rosberg: ?I?ve got my eyes set on Lewis??
Nico Rosberg starts the Chinese GP from fourth place, separated from Lewis Hamilton by the two Red Bulls ? and thus he has to get past them to take the fight to his team mate. Rosberg says tyres will be … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2014/04/19/nico-rosberg-ive-got-my-eyes-set-on-lewis/
Friday
The Chrome Horn Post-Bristol Debrief: No accidental caution lights here
Another post-race Chrome Horn? You got it.
Join Nick Bromberg and Geoffrey Miller as we talk the caution light problem at the end of the race, Carl Edwards, the danger inherent to drivers who led laps Sunday night, Danica's collision with Clint Bowyer, and a lot of rain delay talk. OK, so the last one isn't true.
Click here to listen in your browser or here to download.
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Nick Bromberg is the editor of From The Marbles on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at nickbromberg@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @NickBromberg
Skip Barber Paolo Barilla Rubens Barrichello Michael Bartels
Chrome Horn Post-Fontana Debrief: There's no need to exaggerate a great race
It's some mid-week Chrome Horn action for you.
Join Geoffrey Miller and yours truly as we discuss everything and anything Fontana, including the tire issues, NASCAR officials getting their uniforms caught in the fence, and how the race was a very good one even without the final restart.
And speaking of that final restart, I'll dive in to why there's absolutely no need to exaggerate the moments that happened on Sunday and turn them into something greater than they were.
In a brief span Monday afternoon, two prominent NASCAR media members described the moments after the green flag waved for the final restart as "seven-wide." While cars may have been using seven different lanes, they most certainly were not "seven-wide."
It's like the NASCAR version of the fish story with an event that happened hours, not years, ago. And it shouldn't be necessary to trumpet what was a thrilling race. Sometimes things need no exaggeration.
Give it a listen. Click here to listen or click here to download. Find us on iTunes here.
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Nick Bromberg is the editor of From The Marbles on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at nickbromberg@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @NickBromberg
Sebastien Bourdais Thierry Boutsen Johnny Boyd David Brabham
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