Stewart takes Busch Race
Tony Stewart found the perfect hole to drive through, to be ahead of the big crash on the last lap to win the Hershey's 300 at Daytona - his second win in a row
at Daytona.
"I don't ever remember being part of something like that," Stewart said. "I'm not real excited about being in that situation tomorrow [in the 500], but if that happens with five laps to go, trust me, I'm not backing out of it."
In the Craftsman Truck race on Friday night, Mark Martin took the win.
Tracy Meets another Andretti
Canadian Champ Car Champion Paul Tracy made his Busch series debut at Daytona in the Hershey's 300 and starting from 37th, Tracy made his way to the top 10 and then met John Andretti, who bumped him from behind sending Tracy into the wall. Tracy ended
up 26th, but had the best quote of the race: "The only good thing is now I can say I've been hit by every Andretti I ever raced against."
Finally Some Good News!
In the latest IEG Sponsorship Report, which is a Chicago-based trade magazine, they say that, "U.S. corporations have increased their sponsorship in motorsports by 5 percent in the last year with a total of $2.9 billion being spent in the sport in 2006."
Most of the increase is due to new companies becoming involved rather than increased spending by the existing sponsors. The growth is mainly supported by financial services companies, which have finally come around to the fact that motorsport reaches more viewers than golf or tennis. It would also seem that NASCAR
is the big winner, but the report also pointed out that AMD and Intel are doing battle in Formula 1, which is more focused on the technology, rather than individual driver competence - the only real race often being between team members.
F1 - Raikonnen Gets 'Real'
In what might be a glimpse of things to come, Kimi Raikkonen powered his new McLaren MP4-21 to a blistering pace at Valencia in Spain last week. Raikkonen set a time of 1:09.983, compared to second fast man Giancarlo Fisichella in his Renault R26, who was just over a second slower. While that is telling on speed, McLaren was "concentrating on short runs," which may tell us McLaren is still nervous about pushing long runs on its new V8.
Speed Talk
Most of us weren't too surprised to see Scott Speed's comments in the latest
F1Racing magazine, given his reputation as, well, different. But even by Speed's standards, the quotes will make news around the F1 world.
On himself, and his own makeup, Speed said. "I think that, fundamentally, I'm self-centered, I'm arrogant and very competitive, and those three things make it quite difficult to deal with me off the track," he says. "But they're definitely the reasons I've gone so far in racing."
And here is why, one Mr. Michael Schumacher probably isn't looking for Speed's address come Christmas card sending time.
"I don't think there's any one driver out there who is two-tenths better than anyone else. I mean look at Schumacher, for example. Say what you like, but when things are not running right, he's pushing harder and making more mistakes. He's like everyone else."
Formula 1 is about making news, any news, and for Scott Speed, he's off to a blistering start.
Tony Stewart found the perfect hole to drive through, to be ahead of the big crash on the last lap to win the Hershey's 300 at Daytona - his second win in a row
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| Mark Martin takes the checkered flag to win the FlexFuel 250 in his Roush Racing prepared Ford F-150. (Photo: Autostock) |
"I don't ever remember being part of something like that," Stewart said. "I'm not real excited about being in that situation tomorrow [in the 500], but if that happens with five laps to go, trust me, I'm not backing out of it."
In the Craftsman Truck race on Friday night, Mark Martin took the win.
Tracy Meets another Andretti
Canadian Champ Car Champion Paul Tracy made his Busch series debut at Daytona in the Hershey's 300 and starting from 37th, Tracy made his way to the top 10 and then met John Andretti, who bumped him from behind sending Tracy into the wall. Tracy ended
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| Canadian Champ Car Champion Paul Tracy. shown here at practice at Daytona, was doing well in his Busch series debut until John Andretti bumped him off the track. (Photo: Bob LeSieur, General Motors of Canada) |
Finally Some Good News!
In the latest IEG Sponsorship Report, which is a Chicago-based trade magazine, they say that, "U.S. corporations have increased their sponsorship in motorsports by 5 percent in the last year with a total of $2.9 billion being spent in the sport in 2006."
Most of the increase is due to new companies becoming involved rather than increased spending by the existing sponsors. The growth is mainly supported by financial services companies, which have finally come around to the fact that motorsport reaches more viewers than golf or tennis. It would also seem that NASCAR
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| Kimi Raikkonen powered his new McLaren MP4-21 to a blistering pace at Valencia in Spain last week. (Photo: McLaren-Mercedes) |
F1 - Raikonnen Gets 'Real'
In what might be a glimpse of things to come, Kimi Raikkonen powered his new McLaren MP4-21 to a blistering pace at Valencia in Spain last week. Raikkonen set a time of 1:09.983, compared to second fast man Giancarlo Fisichella in his Renault R26, who was just over a second slower. While that is telling on speed, McLaren was "concentrating on short runs," which may tell us McLaren is still nervous about pushing long runs on its new V8.
Speed Talk
Most of us weren't too surprised to see Scott Speed's comments in the latest
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| Confident? No doubt. (Photo: Red Bull F1) |
On himself, and his own makeup, Speed said. "I think that, fundamentally, I'm self-centered, I'm arrogant and very competitive, and those three things make it quite difficult to deal with me off the track," he says. "But they're definitely the reasons I've gone so far in racing."
And here is why, one Mr. Michael Schumacher probably isn't looking for Speed's address come Christmas card sending time.
"I don't think there's any one driver out there who is two-tenths better than anyone else. I mean look at Schumacher, for example. Say what you like, but when things are not running right, he's pushing harder and making more mistakes. He's like everyone else."
Formula 1 is about making news, any news, and for Scott Speed, he's off to a blistering start.
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