http://www.inracingnews.com Your Source for all the Latest News in Real World and Virtual Motor Sports Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:27:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/sports-cars/british-gt-class-wars/ 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. [caption id="attachment_16034" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Advanced Legends Cup visited Lowe's Motor ... http://www.inracingnews.com/iracing-news/advanced-legends-cup-advances-from-lowe%e2%80%99s-to-oxford/ 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. Each of the 10 teams was running the car for the first time and Abadie was surprised by its pace. "We had one little problem with ... http://www.inracingnews.com/3rdparty/tech-1-impressed-with-gp3-car/ Jacques Villeneuve is set to join the BBC's Radio 5 Live commentary team for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The 1995 Indy 500 winner and 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 ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/villeneuve-joins-bbc-commentary-team/ 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, ... http://www.inracingnews.com/3rdparty/vergne-fastest-in-f3-testing-again/ 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. The Brazilian rookie was responding to questions about whether the potential lack of speed of his HRT car, and the other new teams, could ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/senna-speed-differences-not-a-problem/ 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 ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/nascar-regional-tv-schedules-announced/ 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 ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/q-and-a-with-bruno-senna/ GLENDORA, Calif. — Former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kurt Busch will make his competitive drag racing debut during this weekend’s 41st running of the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway. The driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge for Penske Racing will get behind the wheel of ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/kurt-busch-prepares-for-drag-racing-debut/ 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 Brazilian, the nephew of three-time world champion Ayrton, secured a deal with Campos Meta at the end of ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/senna-finally-able-to-enjoy-f1/ 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. Maserati and Ferrari sports cars used as ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/sports-cars/a1gp/a1gp-assets-up-for-sale/ No place to run, no place to hide. That is racing at Bristol Motor Speedway in a nutshell. Cramming 20 trucks on a high banked, 1/2 mile race track can turn out a lot like attempting to fly a fighter jet in a gymnasium -- a whole lot of power ... http://www.inracingnews.com/iracing-news/pick-your-poison/ 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. It all ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/towler-lightning-quick-in-thunder-valley/ FIA vice-president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has thrown his weight behind Abu Dhabi's proposed entry to next year's World Rally Championship - but sources have suggested the Emirate's step up to the WRC might not be entirely straightforward. Abu Dhabi's arrival on the proposed WRC calendar for next season - at the ... http://www.inracingnews.com/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/sulayem-backs-abu-dhabi-wrc-bid/ Formula 1 will witness some truly 'titanic' battles on track this season with no team holding a clear advantage heading into the first race of the season. That is the view of Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner, who supports the widely held view that there is little in performance ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/horner-predicts-titanic-title-fight/ Luiz Razia will replace Daniel Zampieri at the Rapax team for the GP2 Asia Series finale in Bahrain this weekend. The 20-year-old Brazilian, who is a test and reserve driver for Virgin's Formula 1 team, won last season's finale at Bahrain. Zampieri, who has been signed up by Ferrari's young driver academy, ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/formula-cars/gp2/razia-to-replace-zampieri-at-rapax/ Karun Chandhok: I am really looking forward to my F1 debut this weekend. It will also be the first time I will be driving the new HRT F1 car so I can't wait to get my hands on it. Fortunately I have driven in Bahrain before in GP2 so that ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/formula-cars/gp2/bahrain-preview-quotes-hispania/ Former grand prix and Indy car driver Eliseo Salazar is working to raise funds for the victims of the recent devastating earthquake in Chile by organising a major charity auction at the end of the month. The 55-year-old, who started 27 grands prix from 1981-1983 and is the only Chilean ever ... http://www.inracingnews.com/indycar/salazar-holds-earthquake-relief-auction/ Karun Chandhok's last minute deal with Hispania completed the Formula 1 grid for 2010, but the Indian makes his grand prix debut for a team that has not tested its car yet. As preparations for the Bahrain Grand Prix got underway at Sakhir today, Chandhok spoke exclusively to AUTOSPORT about his ... http://www.inracingnews.com/indycar-news/irl/q-and-a-with-karun-chandhok/ Formula 1 rookie Karun Chandhok thinks it unfair that the new teams are on the receiving end of criticism that their slow speed could cause trouble in Bahrain this weekend. With the new Virgin Racing, Lotus and HRT outfits likely to be several seconds off the pace on their F1 debuts ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/chandhok-new-team-critics-are-unfair/ The FIA has confirmed that the second round of the World Touring Car Championship at Puebla will not go ahead. The governing body of world motorsport released a short statement explaining that it took the decision because of security concerns in the region. "The FIA, in agreement with promoter KSO, ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/fia-explains-puebla-cancellation/ Darren Turner will race for JMW Motorsport in the Le Mans Series this season. The 36-year-old former McLaren test driver will race an Aston Martin Vantage alongside team-mate Rob Bell, a drive which will tally with his participation in the FIA GT1 World Championship this year - in which he will ... http://www.inracingnews.com/3rdparty/turner-joins-jmw-for-lms-season/ Felipe Massa believes Ferrari could enjoy its best start to a season for several years given its performance in winter testing. The Italian squad was quickest throughout the first test at Valencia and remained among the front pack throughout the month, while also having very few reliability issues. Massa reckons his team ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/massa-expects-best-start-in-years/ Jolyon Palmer will return for a second season in Formula 2 this year. The 19-year-old son of series boss Jonathan Palmer finished 21st in last year's standings with just one points finish. But he took part in all four days of winter testing at Portimao in Portugal and is aiming for his ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/formula-cars/gp2/palmer-to-return-to-formula-2/ Dani Clos is to return to Trident for the final round of the GP2 Asia season in Bahrain this weekend. The Spaniard had driven for the team in Abu Dhabi earlier this year, but Adrian Zaugg took the seat for the previous rounds at Sakhir last month, charging to eighth in ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/formula-cars/gp2/clos-returns-to-trident-for-asia-finale/ Lola has warned that maintaining a single chassis supplier is the only cost-effective option for the next generation IndyCar Series chassis. The Huntingdon firm is one of five contenders for the 2012 IndyCar deal, along with Swift, Dallara and new firms BAT and DeltaWing. The latter has made reintroducing multiple chassis ... http://www.inracingnews.com/indycar-news/irl/lola-single-make-still-best-for-indy/ Yelmer Buurman will drive for the Atech-run AC Milan team in this year's Superleague Formula. The 23-year-old Dutchman has been a Superleague regular since the football-themed series' inception - taking second in the inaugural championship for PSV Eindhoven (Azerti) and taking Zakspeed's Anderlecht entry to fourth last year. Atech ran 2009 ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/formula-cars/superleague/buurman-gets-ac-milan-drive-for-2010/ Jorge Lorenzo is adamant that he will take part in the final MotoGP winter test in Qatar despite his injuries, but will not be pushing for quick times. The Yamaha rider had to sit out the last test at Sepang having sustained a hand injury when he crashed a motocross bike ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/motorcycles/motogp/lorenzo-determined-to-return-for-test/ Rob Collard has made a surprise switch to the WSR BMW squad for this year's British Touring Car Championship. Collard won twice for Motorbase Performance last year on his way to sixth in the standings, and had looked certain to remain with the Kent-based squad. However, he said that the opportunity to ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/touring-cars/btcc/collard-makes-surprise-wsr-return/ Endurance rallying could return to the World Rally Championship next year, if a proposed removal of the maximum number of competitive miles is implemented. Rounds of the WRC are currently permitted to run anything up to 310 competitive miles, an increase from the 220-mile rule which had been in place prior ... http://www.inracingnews.com/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/wrc-set-to-introduce-longer-events/ Carl Edwards says he is keen to bring an end to his feud with Brad Keselowski after the incident between the pair at Atlanta. NASCAR announced yesterday that Edwards was being put on probation after admitting that he deliberately drove into Keselowski in the closing laps last weekend. The collision saw ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/edwards-keen-to-end-feud/ Brad Keselowski says he support NASCAR's decision to put Carl Edwards on probation for deliberately crashing into him near the end of Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta. The Penske driver was sent into a frightening airborne crash following the contact from Edwards, who later admitted he had been intentionally ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/keselowski-accepts-edwards-penalty/ DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR President Mike Helton said Tuesday that NASCAR has placed Carl Edwards on probation for the next three races after Edwards intentionally wrecked Brad Keselowski at Atlanta Motor Speedway Sunday. Unless Edwards does something additional to provoke another punishment from NASCAR, this will be the only penalty ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/edwards-placed-on-probation-for-three-races/ Rubens Barrichello: I'm delighted to be entering my eighteenth season. I'm so motivated and I'm in a much better physical condition than I have been at any other time. I'm also really happy to be driving for AT&T Williams. I've settled in well, and I already feel like I've been ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/bahrain-preview-quotes-williams/ Carl Edwards has been put on probation for the next three Sprint Cup races following his incident with Brad Keselowski during last Sunday's race in Atlanta. Edwards admitted after the accident that he had intentionally caused Keselowski to crash in the closing laps of the event. The incident resulted in a heavy ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/nascar-puts-edwards-on-probation/ INDIANAPOLIS — Three former Indianapolis 500-winning designers have joined forces to create what they hope will be the next generation Indy car. Bruce Ashmore, Alan Mertens and Tim Wardrop announced Friday the creation of BAT Engineering. The trio has already announced plans to submit a comprehensive proposal to the Indy Racing ... http://www.inracingnews.com/indycar/trio-throws-hat-into-indycar-design-ring/ Michael Schumacher, one of the most successful drivers in the history of the sport, is making his return to Formula One this season after three years in retirement. If the 41-year-old Schumacher will be able to regain his former glory is just one of the many fascinating plots in the ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/schumis-second-coming-headlines-2010-opener/ Massa Healed, Ready For New Season, New Teammate At Ferrari The best thing about Felipe Massa’s accident during qualifying for last year’s Hungarian Grand Prix is that he doesn’t remember anything about it. He was traveling at 160 miles per hour in his Ferrari when a steel spring, weighing about 28 ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/return-to-form/ IndyCar Expanding International Presence With Brazil Season Opener As the IZOD IndyCar Series prepares for its first trip to South America, this weekend’s S http://www.inracingnews.com/indycar-news/irl/destination-sao-paulo/ McLaren believes that it is critical that Formula 1's new teams are stabilised as quickly as possible, for the good of the sport. Following on from the withdrawals of BMW and Toyota at the end of 2009, and US F1's inability to make it to the grid this season, the Woking ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/mclaren-calls-for-support-for-new-teams/ McLaren says it is heading to Bahrain fully relaxed about the controversy that has surfaced over its rear wing design - and says it expects the concept to be given the green light by the FIA later this week. FIA technical chief Charlie Whiting will take a look at the rear ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/mclaren-relaxed-over-wing-controversy/ BMW Sauber has a real chance of becoming a thorn in the side of Formula 1's 'big four' teams this year because its car is so good at looking after its tyres, Bridgestone analysis has revealed. With the Swiss-outfit's C29 having already shown some strong pace in pre-season testing, the team's ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/tyre-advantage-boosts-saubers-hopes/ ORECA came out on top on the second day of the official pre-season Le Mans Series test at Paul Ricard. The French squad's AIM-engined chassis was fastest in the hands of Soheil Ayari in both of Monday's session. The ORECA team regular set the best time of the two-day ... http://www.inracingnews.com/3rdparty/oreca-stays-on-top-at-paul-ricard/ Michael Schumacher says he is raring to go and fully prepared for the challenges of his Formula 1 comeback in Bahrain this weekend - even though he is not expecting a strong start to his campaign. The seven-time champion's efforts will be one of the main focuses at the season opener ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/schumacher-eager-to-kick-off-2010-fight/ Michael Schumacher will endure a very hard season on his return to Formula 1, according to Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber. Schumacher, 41, returns to racing at this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix after having retired from the sport at the end of the 2006 season. The seven-time champion has shown competitive ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/webber-schumacher-in-for-a-hard-time/ Work on the new grand prix circuit at Silverstone is nearing completion, the British Grand Prix organisers said on Tuesday. The multi-million pound investment in a new track layout for this year's race, as well as improved spectator facilities, is on schedule to be finished by the end of the month. The ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/motorcycles/motogp/silverstone-works-near-completion/ Same-Day Tribute to 58th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Revisits Legendary GT1 Corvette C6.R The 120 Minutes of Sebring, a tribute to America's oldest sports car race, is slated to run concurrently with this year's Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on March 20.  The third stop on ... http://www.inracingnews.com/iracing-news/2010-iracingcom-world-tour-features-120-minutes-of-online-racing-at-sebring/ [caption id="attachment_15854" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Jeff Segal co-drove the SpeedSource Mazda to the GT win at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday. "][/caption] iRacers went three for four in last weekend’s Grand American Road Racing Series visit to Homestead-Miami Speedway.  Jeff Segal (who joined iRacing in February) teamed with Emil Assentato to pilot the ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/iracers-go-three-for-four-in-grand-am/ HAMPTON, Ga. — Carl Edwards got even, but in the process, he might have bitten off a bit more than he can chew…points-wise, that is. Edwards retaliated against Brad Keselowski near the end of the Kobalt Tools 500 on Sunday, 283 laps after Keselowski sent Edwards for a ride that severely ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/edwards-keselowski-take-battle-to-the-air/ HAMPTON, Ga. — It’s springtime in Atlanta, so there must be some talk about Goodyear tires on race day, right? Right. Depending on where you were at the end and how your day went, there were many differing opinions on how the new-construction tires that Goodyear brought to Atlanta Motor Speedway for ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/more-tire-issues-arise-at-atlanta/ BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Neither US F1 nor StefanGP appeared on the official 2010 entry list released by the FIA. “The USF1 Team have indicated that they will not be in a position to participate in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship,” a FIA statement said. “Having considered the various options, ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/us-f1-stefangp-wont-race-in-2010/ BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Bernie Ecclestone and F-1 sponsor hunters have been trying to break into the Russian market for decades. And Renault has now pulled off a coup by completing a deal to have branding from Lada, Russia’s leading automotive company, on its cars. Vitaly Petrov, Russia’s first F-1 driver, ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/formula-cars/gp2/fia-glad-to-break-into-russian-market/ BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — With single-car F-1 testing rules, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton never were on the track as the same time during the preseason. Button defeated Hamilton in a go-kart race last week, but they head into the season the best of teammates. “Working with [Hamilton] now, he is very, ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other/button-hamilton-getting-along-as-teammates/ INDIANAPOLIS — Three former Indianapolis 500-winning designers have joined forces to create what they hope will be the next generation Indy car. Bruce Ashmore, Alan Mertens and Tim Wardrop announced Friday the creation of BAT Engineering. The trio has already announced plans to submit a comprehensive proposal to the Indy Racing ... http://www.inracingnews.com/indycar/new-designers-step-into-indy-spotlight/ HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Jack Roush earned his 400th victory as a car owner Saturday afternoon at Homestead-Miami Speedway and it couldn’t have come in a better way. Roush’s son, Jack, Jr. along with co-driver Billy Johnson, wheeled their Roush Racing Ford Mustang from 34th on the grid to win the Grand ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/roush-savors-400th-victory/ HAMPTON, Ga. – Diplomacy, at least for race winner Kurt Busch, comes in the form of keeping one’s mouth shut. “The best way for me to approach this is to put myself in both drivers’ situations,” he said of the incident between his Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards. ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/busch-waiting-to-see-nascars-penalty-against-edwards/ The second race of the iRacing Drivers World Championship Road Racing series (iDWCRR) at Virginia International Raceway saw Greger Huttu  maintain his grip on his early lead in the points standings, thanks to a pole-to-flag victory in Saturday's 'primetime' online race. Having qualified at the front, Huttu put on a ... http://www.inracingnews.com/iracing-news/hail-huttu-the-vir-king/ Mike Gascoyne: "Our test season was extremely productive - in general we've had very good reliability, and the team is in very good shape going to the first race." Tony Fernandes: "We are all looking forward to Bahrain; to have Lotus Racing on the grid will be a momentous occasion for ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/bahrain-preview-quotes-lotus/ After months of very hard work, the Lotus team will be back to racing this weekend in Bahrain, where the 2010 season kicks off. Although it has been a race against time for the teams, tech boss Mike Gascoyne remains hopeful about Lotus's chances. AUTOSPORT heard Gascoyne's thoughts ahead of the first ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/interview-with-mike-gascoyne/ Lotus technical chief Mike Gascoyne thinks reliability will be key in giving his team a chance of scoring points in the early races of the season - even though the car is lacking pace. Formula 1's new teams have so far not delivered the kind of speed on track that will ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/gascoyne-reliability-key-to-early-points/ Robert Kubica Q. After four weeks of testing, do you feel ready to go racing? RK: I feel as ready as I can be considering that winter testing has been so limited. I've spent a lot of time with the team and we already have a strong working relationship, which means we ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/formula-cars/gp2/bahrain-preview-quotes-renault/ Renault team principal Eric Boullier is hopeful his team will be able to run close to the four top squads at the start of the season, although he concedes it is very hard to make predictions. "It has been very tough to understand and unpick the details of winter testing and ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/renault-hopes-to-be-close-to-top-four/ The FIA will now wait until the Bahrain Grand Prix to take up McLaren's invite for another look at its rear wing design, following Red Bull Racing's recent complaints. Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner said last week that his team was seeking clarification from the FIA about the rear ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/mclaren-inspection-delayed-until-bahrain/ Stirling Moss is recovering in hospital from serious injuries he suffered in a lift accident at his home over the weekend. The racing legend fell down three floors of a lift shaft following a malfunction with the lift doors - when they opened on the third floor while the lift was ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/moss-injured-in-lift-accident/ Force India boss Vijay Mallya is confident his team can score points regularly this season, following a strong end to 2009. "We finished 2009 on a real high note - our first-ever points, a podium and one place up in the Constructors' Championship," said Mallya in a team preview ahead of ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/force-india-aiming-for-regular-points/ Vijay Mallya, chairman and team principal Q. What are your thoughts ahead of what could be a crucial season for Force India? A: We finished 2009 on a real high note - our first-ever points, a podium and one place up in the Constructors' Championship. That is enough in itself to set ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/miscellaneous/dtm/bahrain-preview-quotes-force-india/ Several World Touring Car drivers have joined together to promote a website aiming to help the son of touring car racer Andre Couto. Couto, who has raced in the WTCC round at Macau every year since 2005, has a six-year-old son, Afonso, who was diagnosed with leukaemia in November. He has ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/wtcc-drivers-help-coutos-son/ The second round of the World Touring Car Championship, at Puebla in Mexico, has been canceled. The event was scheduled to run on April 11, but local authorities informed series bosses last week that the safety of visitors could not be guaranteed due to unrest in the region. The championship took the ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/mexicos-wtcc-round-cancelled/ Juan Pablo Montoya lamented that the incident between Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards in the closing laps at Atlanta hampered his chances of winning his first oval race in NASCAR. The Earnhardt Ganassi driver was a contender up front for most of the distance, leading for a few laps around halfway ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/montoya-laments-late-caution/ Carl Edwards has admitted openly that he intentionally caused Brad Keselowski to crash in the closing laps of Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta. The Roush Fenway racer had an incident with the Penske driver early in the race following a restart, one that he admitted to be his ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/edwards-admits-crash-was-deliberate/ Brad Keselowski expects NASCAR to punish Carl Edwards after the Roush Fenway racer intentionally caused him to crash in the closing laps of Sunday's Sprint Cup series race at Atlanta. Keselowski was running well and inside the top ten when he passed Edwards, who was several laps down, on the front ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/keselowski-calls-for-edwards-penalty/ Yes I finally won again! This feeling was racing through my head after I won my iRacing Legends Cup race at South Boston Speedway. I thought this would never happen, but I guess that miracles really do come true. It started out as a an online race that couldn’t get ... http://www.inracingnews.com/iracing-news/south-boston-legends-cup/ Kurt Busch fended off Matt Kenseth and Juan Pablo Montoya to claim his first win of the season in the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta. The Penske driver, along with Richard Petty's Kasey Kahne, were dominant throughout the race, alternating the lead between them for most of the afternoon. However, Busch's ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/kurt-busch-wins-at-atlanta/ By Ron Lemasters, Jr. HAMPTON, Ga. — “I’m going to have to win this race three times, maybe four. I’ve already won it once.” That was what Kurt Busch said to crew chief Steve Addington as a seven-car melee erupted behind him, just before taking the white flag in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/busch-holds-off-all-comers/ HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Jason von Kluge completed a sweep of the opening weekend of the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge Series with his second victory in as many days Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Von Kluge was joined on the podium by polesitter Pratt Cole, with George Winkler emerging from a thrilling race ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/sports-cars/grand-am-sports-cars-other-news/von-kluge-sweeps-up-down-south/ The French ORECA squad monopolised the top of the timesheets on the opening day of the official Le Mans Series test at Paul Ricard. The team's own petrol-engined contender, the ORECA-AIM 01, ended up fastest in the hands of Soheil Ayari, while Olivier Panis set the second best time of the ... http://www.inracingnews.com/3rdparty/oreca-dominates-ricard-test/ Reigning world champion Gabriele Tarquini won today's second World Touring Car race at Curitiba, leading team-mate Jordi Gene home for a comfortable SEAT 1-2. Gene leapt ahead of pole-sitter Tom Coronel off the line, with the Dutchman then spinning out of the race at the second corner following contact with Alain ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/tarquini-wins-curitiba-race-two/ Sebastien Loeb has moved into the World Rally Championship lead after winning Rally Mexico for the fourth time in his career. Petter Solberg narrowly beat Sebastien Ogier to second in a final stage shootout - just a second separating the pair at the finish - while Rally Sweden winner Mikko Hirvonen ... http://www.inracingnews.com/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/loeb-clinches-rally-mexico-victory/ Yvan Muller began his Chevorlet career with a victory in the World Touring Car season opener at Curitiba today, leading a 1-2-3 for the RML team. The former world champion started from pole and fought off a brief challenge from Jordi Gene's SEAT before controlling the wet race. His team-mate Rob ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/muller-takes-maiden-chevrolet-victory/ OK, so you  just joined iRacing.com and hopped into your first Legends race.  Odds are you got collected in a crash.  There are a few things you can do to avoid the incidents and climb your way to the top of the iRacing leader boards. One of the things you ... http://www.inracingnews.com/iracing-news/how-to-survive-a-legends-race/ Sebastien Loeb is on the brink of victory in Rally Mexico, taking a 40.2-second lead into the last two stages despite easing his pace this morning. Having built up a comfortable advantage yesterday, Loeb was able to drive carefully while running first on the treacherous road today. So while all his ... http://www.inracingnews.com/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/loeb-cruising-towards-mexico-win/ Jack Roush Jr. and Billy Johnson won their second GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Grand Sport race together, the Homestead 200, in the No. 61 ROUSH Performance Products Ford Mustang GT.  The win was also Jack Roush Sr.'s 400th as a car owner.  In nearly 40 years as an ... http://www.inracingnews.com/iracing-news/iracer-takes-400th-win-for-roush/ BMW looks in good shape for today's opening round of the World Touring Car Championship at Curitiba after its two cars set the pace in the morning warm-up. Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus only qualified sixth and seventh for today's first race, but the BMW has topped most sessions so far ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/priaulx-fastest-in-curitiba-warm-up/ Bernie Ecclestone has urged the Indian press and public to give Karun Chandhok time to settle into Formula 1 and get up to speed. Chandhok completed an eleventh hour deal with the new Hispania team, but will go to the Bahrain Grand Prix without any pre-season testing mileage. With growing enthusiasm for ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/give-chandhok-time-urges-ecclestone/ Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he was on the brink of walking away from Formula 1 after he was adjudged to have misled the stewards at last year's Australian Grand Prix. The furor over the evidence Hamilton and McLaren team manager Dave Ryan gave the officials as they investigated Jarno Trulli ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/hamilton-nearly-quit-over-09-scandal/ Jenson Button: I'm really looking forward to getting into my car on Friday morning in Bahrain and knowing that I'm the world champion. It's a responsibility and an honour - but it's something I'm going to enjoy for as long as I can. I don't want to lose that number ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/bahrain-preview-quotes-mclaren/ Jenson Button says the effort McLaren has put into preparing for the new season is greater than anything he has experienced in Formula 1 before - and that his switch to the Woking team is already paying off. The reigning world champion has always maintained that the need for fresh motivation ... http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/button-thrilled-with-mclaren-effort/ Petter Solberg and Sebastien Ogier are both confident of collecting second place on today's final day of Rally Mexico - in what promises to be a fascinating, down-to-the wire scrap. Solberg will start second on the road, with his fellow Citroen C4 WRC driver Ogier directly behind him. The pair are ... http://www.inracingnews.com/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/solberg-and-ogier-promise-hard-fight/ Citroen team principal Olivier Quesnel has denied rumours that he asked Petter Solberg to run first on the road through yesterday's longest day of Rally Mexico. After leading early in the day, Solberg had been expected to drop time on the second loop of Friday stages to ensure himself the best ... http://www.inracingnews.com/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/citroen-denies-solberg-followed-orders/ HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Scott Pruett held off a furious late-race challenge from David Donohue to win Saturday evening’s Grand Prix of Miami Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series event at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Pruett, who shared the Chip Ganassi Racing BMW-powered Riley with Memo Rojas, took control of the race during the ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/sports-cars/grand-am-sports-cars-other-news/pruett-holds-off-donohue-in-miami/ http://www.inracingnews.com/nssn/roush-gives-dad-400th-victory/ HOMESTEAD, Fla. — It could have been a runaway victory, but it turned into a nail-biter. Jason von Kluge led from the pole in Saturday’s opening race of the 2010 Ford Racing Mustang Challenge season at Homestead-Miami Speedway to open a five-second margin over the field. But he had to fight off ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nssn/von-kluge-sizzles-at-miami/ Sebastien Loeb will take a lead of almost one minute into the final three stages of Rally Mexico after a stunning performance on the second leg. The world champion started the day in third, 27 seconds down on overnight leader Petter Solberg, but ended it 55.5s ahead of the Norwegian. Loeb benefited ... http://www.inracingnews.com/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/loeb-pulls-out-huge-lead-in-mexico/ HAMPTON, Ga. — Kevin Harvick made it look E-Z. Harvick was the class of the field Saturday, piloting his No. 2 E-Z-GO Chevrolet to victory in the E-Z-GO 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. “When you have the sponsor on your truck and they sponsor the race ... http://www.inracingnews.com/nascar-news/nascar/harvick-hides-at-atlanta/ After a fine first day in the Monster World Rally Team yesterday, American driver Ken Block retired from Rally Mexico when he went off the road on the first stage this morning. He talked AUTOSPORT through his debut in a Ford Focus RS WRC. Q. What happened this morning? Ken Block: Basically, it ... http://www.inracingnews.com/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/interview-with-ken-block/ Yvan Muller will start his first race for Chevrolet from pole position after snatching the top spot in the final seconds of qualifying at Curitiba on Saturday. The former world champion was leading after the first round of quick laps in Q2, but the result came down to the last run ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/muller-takes-debut-pole-for-chevrolet/ Karun Chandhok is optimistic that the new Hispania team can score points this year despite its troubled build-up to the Formula 1 season. The squad was dramatically restructured in late February, with original founder Adrian Campos departing and Colin Kolles being drafted in to run the team by Jose Ramon Carabante, ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/formula-cars/gp2/chandhok-hispania-can-score-in-2010/ ORECA has unveiled the livery its Peugeot 908 HDi FAP will carry this year, ahead of the car's public debut in the Le Mans Series test at Paul Ricard tomorrow. The French squad has secured the customer Peugeot LMP1 deal for 2010 and will run its 908 in the full LMS ... http://www.inracingnews.com/3rdparty/oreca-unveils-its-peugeot-908/ Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen will make one final attempt at closing the gap to the dominant Citroens on the second afternoon of Rally Mexico. The factory Fords have suffered another miserable loop of stages on the Leon-based event, failing to gain on the C4 WRCs ahead, despite running in a better ... http://www.inracingnews.com/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/ford-pins-hopes-on-set-up-change/ Former GP2 race winner and A1GP frontrunner Clivio Piccione is to switch to sportscars this year, having signed for the Hexis Aston Martin team in the new GT1 World Championship. The 26-year-old had initially hoped to bring his Team Monaco operation into GT1, but when that deal failed to come off, ... http://www.inracingnews.com/other-news/formula-cars/gp2/piccione-switches-to-gt1-with-hexis/