Racing
I’ve been to my share of Indy 500′s. Attending my fourth straight, this is probably the wildest one I have seen. There were many lead changes throughout the race. Really, anybody had a chance, even if you were in last place the whole time. It also helped their chances with how many crashes there were as well in the race. In the final lap, Takuma Sato looked...
Dan Wheldon died tragically in the season finale of the IndyCar season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Now, the league will plan to honor last year’s Indy 500 winner by handing out white sunglasses to all in attendance for the race on Sunday. ABC 6′s sports reporter Dave Furst shows us what the sunglasses will look like: This is a great way for IndyCar to do...
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Brad Keselowski used Bristol Motor Speedway last fall to cement his spot in NASCAR’s championship race. Back at the track Sunday, Keselowski again made his way to Victory Lane. And he again began to think about a Sprint Cup title. Keselowski led a career-best and race-high 232 laps, then held off Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth on a late...
MELBOURNE, Australia — McLaren driver Jenson Button won the Formula One season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, taking the checkered flag Down Under for the third time in four years. Button beat reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull by 2.1 seconds after the race turned into a 17-lap shootout when Vitaly Petrov stopped on the main straight,...
LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu is known as the “Honey Badger”. A nickname that was given to him by students. It led to merchandise sales and eventually a drink was named after it. Someone wants to shaer the nickname with him. Danica Patrick. She wants to be known as the “Honey Badger” of NASCAR. Danica Patrick said during her media availability...
LAS VEGAS — Dan Wheldon, the 2011 Indianapolis 500 winner and one of the most popular drivers in open-wheel racing, died Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in a horrific multi-car crash on Lap12 of the IndyCar Series season finale. Officials decided to call the race, but the drivers did a five-lap tribute to Wheldon. IndyCar Series CEO Randy Bernard made the official...
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT LOUDON, N.H. — Tony Stewart made it 2 for 2 in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, pulling ahead when Clint Bowyer ran out of gas with two laps left to win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday. Stewart is on a roll when the season matters most, following last week’s Chase opening victory at Chicagoland Speedway with another...
You might be able to argue who the greatest motorcycle racer of all time is, but when it comes to being one of the most successful, there’s no doubt 32-year-old legend Valentino Rossi of Italy belongs on the list. Rossi, who hails from Urbino, learned how to race at an early age and was influenced greatly by his father Graziano, who was also a Grand Prix winner....
Ever heard of Mall Baby Racing? Well, apparently, it’s turning into quite a popular sport in a Hong Kong mall. I mean, people are actually serious about this!!! Look: No results as notable as baby crashes…it was basically the babies either moved or they didn’t. The one baby in my picture [below] (back left corner of the ring) was seriously off-roading...
By Akiem Bailum 2006: “Nextel Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson” 2007: “Nextel Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson” 2008: “Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson” 2009: “Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson” 2010: “Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson” These have been different movies that seem to have the same ending…a crowning of the #48. He is who we thought he is...
Written Jonathan MathisThis week’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race goes under the lights in Atlanta Sunday for the second to last race until the Chase to Championship begins September 20 in New Hampshire.This will be the second time the series has visited in Atlanta with the first coming in early March where Kurt Busch thoroughly dominated in what still is his only win of the...
