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Round Thee of the NASCAR iRacing.com World Championship Series saw Richard Towler steer through wrecks, smoke and lapped traffic into victory lane at Bristol Motor Speedway. The first ever NiCWS race at a short track will go down as one of the most exciting races in sim racing history.
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Reigning Italian Formula 3 champion and Ferrari Driver Academy protege Daniel Zampieri will contest the 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 season with Pons Racing. Double world motorcycle champion Sito Pons’s eponymous team claimed four victories in 2009 with Marcos Martinez, and previously carried Lotus Formula 1 driver Heikki Kovalainen to the World Series by Nissan title in 2004. “I am very pleased to sign with such a leading team in World Series as Pons Racing,” said Zampieri

Fortec Motorsport has announced that Estonian racer Sten Pentus will contest a second consecutive season of Formula Renault 3.5 with the team. With limited previous experience, Pentus gained plaudits in his debut season by finishing second in the opening meeting at Barcelona, on his way to 12th overall in the standings.

Nico Rosberg is optimistic that he will be able to hold his own against Mercedes team-mate Michael Schumacher this season and says that he is looking forward to proving himself against the seven-times world champion. Rosberg, who left Williams at the end of last year to join the championship-winning former Brawn outfit, ended the final pre-season Barcelona test with a faster time than Schumacher

Sarah Fisher says she has no qualms about stepping aside for Graham Rahal at the St Petersburg and Barber Motorsports Park IndyCar rounds - hailing the 21-year-old American as an “incredible talent.” Rahal revealed last night that he had secured a two-round deal with Sarah Fisher Racing, having been searching for a new drive following his winter split with Newman/Haas/Lanigan, which was prompted by a sponsor departure. Fisher had initially planned to drive at St Pete and Barber herself as part of her expanded nine-round 2010 programme with her own team

Mercedes boss Norbert Haug has called for patience for the new teams coming into Formula 1 this year, but he admits they will have to make big steps to put on a decent showing.

Graham Rahal has completed a shock deal with Sarah Fisher Racing for two early season IndyCar races. The American had been searching for a new drive since the loss of sponsor McDonalds brought his Newman/Haas/Lanigan stint to an end last winter.

Monster World Rally Team driver Ken Block has talked about how Colin McRae inspired him to start rallying.

World champion Jenson Button won a prestigious Laureus award on Wednesday evening, the Briton receiving the Breakthrough of the Year accolade.

Dale Coyne Racing has named Alex Lloyd as the driver of its second car for this weekend’s IndyCar opener in Sao Paulo. The team will announce its full 2010 driver plans at round two of the championship in St Petersburg two weeks later

By Leanne Fahy
It’s that time of year again. Yes that’s right, it’s March and that can only mean one thing – engines are being fired up, drivers are signing their lives away for another year behind the wheel, and we’re all getting ready to spend every living minute trackside.
British GT is back for another year [...]

Lowe’s Motor Speedway hosted Week Five of 2010 Season One’s Advanced Legends Cup Series, where a week’s worth of online racing on the quarter mile track produced some 20 new race winners and more lead changes than you can count.
At the halfway point of the season, the championship points race in Division One is led [...]

Tech 1 Racing team boss Simon Abadie was impressed with the performance of the GP3 car at the championship’s inaugural test at Paul Ricard last week.

Jacques Villeneuve is set to join the BBC’s Radio 5 Live commentary team for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The 1997 Formula 1 world champion, who has been disappointed in recent weeks after his plans to return to F1 this year with Stefan GP collapsed when the team was not granted a last-minute 2010 entry, will move into the commentary box for the first race of the season. The incumbent Radio 5 Live team consists of David Croft and ex-Honda driver Anthony Davidson

Jean-Eric Vergne today set the fastest time at Oulton Park as British Formula 3 challengers gathered for the penultimate pre-season test. The Frenchman, driving for Carlin Motorsport, managed to better Max Chilton’s 2009 pole position time at the Cheshire track with a 1m27.444s. Colombian Carlos Huertas was hot on the Frenchman’s heels, taking his Raikkonen Robertson Racing machine to within four-tenths of the pacesetter at the end of the day, having dominated the morning

Bruno Senna says there will not be a problem with disparity in speed between cars this weekend in Bahrain, as long as the drivers respect each other.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR has expanded its regional racing television coverage to feature 28 events this year on Speed and nine events on Versus. The expanded calendar includes 21 events from the NASCAR K&N Pro Series and seven races from the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour.

Bruno Senna had a few scares in the last few weeks as Campos was restructured as Hispania, but despite briefly fearing he was about to lose his Formula 1 seat, the team was saved and he will make his grand prix debut this weekend. AUTOSPORT was there to hear Senna’s thoughts on the task ahead and the last few nervous months as the Brazilian met reporters in the Bahrain paddock today

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Bruno Senna says he can finally enjoy being a Formula 1 driver now - after admitting the uncertainty about his future that clouded the last few weeks had been hard to accept.

The assets of the A1GP championship have been put up for sale by the Administrator and Liquidator acting for the series’ organisers. Twenty of the Powered by Ferrari second generation cars are available, plus 12 of the original Lola-Zyteks used for A1GP’s first three seasons