Japanese driver Yukinori Taniguchi will replace Harry Vaulkhard at the Bamboo Engineering team in the next three rounds of the WTCC. Vaulkhard has been sidelined from the team after losing one of his sponsors.
Jason Plato is the clear favourite to win the British Touring Car Championship this year, according to his title rival Matt Neal. Honda driver Neal lies third in the standings, 23 points behind Plato and five adrift of Tom Onslow-Cole after amassing only two podium finishes from the six races at Snetterton and Silverstone.
BALTIMORE — Officials with the Baltimore Grand Prix announced today that the American Le Mans Series has been added to the inaugural event scheduled for Sept. 2-4, 2011. Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, along with Baltimore Racing Development (BRD) President Jay Davidson and American Le Mans Series President and CEO Scott Atherton, officially announced that ALMS will join the IZOD IndyCar Series during the inaugural Festival of Speed.
AUSTIN, Texas — Officials with the proposed Formula One track in Austin, Texas, have revealed the layout for the track that is expected to host the return of the United States Grand Prix beginning in 2012. With a complete length of 3.4 miles, the track will combine modern features with details reminiscent of traditional races from the 1960s
Martin Johnson and Lea Wood will both miss this weekend's British Touring Car Championship rounds at Knockhill. Johnson's Boulevard Vauxhall outfit is remaining at its Lincolnshire base for budgetary reasons. "I could pick up a few points at Knockhill, or I could blow an engine that I can't afford to have repaired," said the team owner/driver.
FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — It happened a while ago, but it was only at Spa that Timo Glock confirmed to National Speed Sport News an amusing tale. During the winter some hooligans were pelting Glock’s house with snowballs, so he telephoned the police. “Hello,” said the policeman who answered the phone, “This is Michael Schumacher.” Obviously it was not the seven-time world champion but a policeman with a sense of humor, when Glock said, “Hello, this is Timo Glock and I would like to report…” and he went on to tell the policeman what was going on
Harry Vaulkhard has called time on his World Touring Car Championship campaign after the Bamboo Engineering driver's funds dried up.
MONTREAL — Andrew Ranger took one bump and gave another en route to winning Sunday’s NAPA AutoPro 100 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series late-model race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. After losing the lead briefly to Jason Bowles following contact on the white-flag lap, Ranger muscled past on the final turn of the 2.709-mile road course.
MOSPORT, Ontario — Klaus Graf and Romain Dumas won American Le Mans Series Grand Prix of Mosport Sunday, taking Muscle Milk Team CytoSport’s Porsche RS Spyder to victory in a race called after 2:19 running. A heavy accident between Luke Hines and Jonny Cocker on Mosport Int'l Raceway’s Andretti Straight damaged the Armco safety barrier beyond timely repair