Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi reached another milestone in his career today, joining an elite group of riders who have stood on the premier class podium 100 times today after riding his Fiat Yamaha M1 to second place in Jerez. The seven-time world champion formed part of a podium double for the Fiat Yamaha Team as [...]
Archive for March, 2008
FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix
Full race results from the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez, round two of the 2008 MotoGP season.
1. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 45min 35.121 secs
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B) 45min 38.004 secs
3. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 45min 39.460 secs
4. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 45min 45.263 secs
5. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 46min 2.645 secs
6. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Tech 3 (M) 46min 2.929 secs
7. John [...]
Source: Race results - Jerez 2008
FIA-GT3: Lloyd and Leslie reported killed in plane crash
Published March 31st, 2008 in FIA-GT3. 0 CommentsRichard Lloyd and David Leslie have been reported as having died in a
plane crash near Kent, England according to the British media. Neither
of their deaths have been officially confirmed.
The two were among five on board the private Cessna Citation 501 when the
pilot made a mayday call to Biggin Hill Airfield before the plane went
down near [...]
Source: AMA-SC: Toronto: Race results
Sorby Turns in Solid Performance in
Toronto for Team Pirelli
Rome, Ga. — Toronto’s Rogers Centre played host to the only
international Monster Energy® Supercross race of the 2008 AMA Supercross
season, and four Pirelli riders qualified for the premier class main
event followed by five riders in the AMA Supercross Lites class main
event.
MotoXXX/Tamer/Hooters/Honda’s Eric Sorby, of Lake Elsinore, Calif.,
rode [...]
Reed Wins Seventh AMA Supercross Race in Toronto
Skinner Scores his First AMA Supercross Lites Win
TORONTO (March 29, 2008) — Team San Manuel Yamaha’s Chad
Reed, of Tampa, Fla., won his seventh Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an
FIM World Championship race of the season before 36,888 fans at Rogers
Centre, marking his second consecutive race win in Toronto. Honda’s
Shaun [...]
Suzuki takes away valuable lessons from a rain-swept Argentina
The SX4 WRC of P-G Andersson has scored a manufacturers’ point for Suzuki
after an extremely challenging event featuring some of the worst conditions
in recent memory. Just three stages made up the final day, but two of them
were the most legendary and difficult of the whole event: Giulio [...]
Villagra posts personal best on Munchi’s home soil
The Munchi’s Ford World Rally Team have continued their impressive
run in the FIA World Rally Championship picking up four valuable
manufacturers’ points on Rally Argentina this weekend. The team
maintains fifth in the Manufacturers’ Championship ahead of Suzuki’s
works outfit in just their second event for the season.
Federico Villagra/Jorge Companc topped [...]
WRC: Rally Argentina: Stobart M-Sport final leg summary
Published March 31st, 2008 in WRC. 0 CommentsGalli glides into points for Stobart
Italian crew Gigi Galli/Giovanni Bernacchini have helped the Stobart
VK M-Sport Ford rally team to three vital manufacturers’ points on the
fourth round of the FIA World Rally Championship this weekend. Galli’s
seventh place in his Stobart Ford Focus RS WRC07 sees him maintain
fifth in the Drivers’ Championship and the team hold fourth [...]
Law and Brumos Show Competitive Speed and Potential at Gainsco Grand
Prix
The weekend may not have ended as well as Darren Law, David Donohue and
the Brumos crew may have wanted, but the #58 team served notice that they
have every intention of being a competitive force throughout the
remainder of the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented [...]
PORSCHE LEADS BOTH CLASSES DURING GRAND-AM’S GRAND PRIX OF MIAMI; BOTH
DP AND GT TEAMS FINISH ON THE PODIUM, BUT FALL JUST SHORT OF VICTORY
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (March 30, 2008) — David Donohue captured the Daytona
Prototype pole in the #58 Brumos Porsche Riley for the Saturday’s
Gainsco Grand Prix of Miami, and led the first eleven laps of [...]
GRANDAM: Homestead: Chip Ganassi Racing race report
Published March 31st, 2008 in GRANDAM. 0 CommentsPruett Leads Team TELMEX to Second Consecutive Win, Extends Championship
Points Lead
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (March 30, 2008)-Momentum and horsepower led to Chip
Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates’ (CGRFS) second consecutive
Grand-Am win this season after Scott Pruett regained the lead for the
final 22 laps in the timed two hour, forty-five minute Grand Prix of
Miami. The weekend started with [...]
WJ Rebounds to Post a Quarterfinal Finish in Houston
On Friday evening at the O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals in Houston,
TX, Warren Johnson’s GM Performance Parts GXP had a blown engine
and was in dire need of bodywork, having hit the wall in the evening
qualifying session. However, by the start of eliminations on Sunday
morning, thanks to a [...]
Kurt Johnson Powers to a Runner-Up Finish in Houston
After being the dominant car in qualifying and earning the No. 1
qualifying position at the O’Reilly Spring Nationals in Houston, TX,
Kurt Johnson and the ACDelco Cobalt Racing team entered Sunday’s final
eliminations at Houston Raceway Park determined to turn that performance
into their first win of the 2008 season.
The [...]
BROWN WINS AT HOUSTON,
EARNS FIRST CAREER TOP FUEL WIN
Becomes first NHRA driver to win in Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle
BAYTOWN, Texas (March 30, 2008) — Antron Brown made NHRA history
Sunday afternoon at Houston Raceway Park as the 32-year-old raced his
David Powers-owned Matco Tools dragster to the win at the 21st annual
O’Reilly Spring Nationals. He [...]
The Le Mans Series GT battle is heating up, after a winter full of testing Porsche seems to be ready to fight the Ferrari’s that were so dominant in 2007 in GT2 while in the GT1 category the championship winning Saleen has changed owners and will again fight the other GT1s. The 1000 kilometers of [...]
David Leslie and Richard Lloyd killed in plane accident
Published March 31st, 2008 in LE MANS. 0 CommentsA tragic plane accident took the lives of 5 people outside of Kent in the UK today. Among the deceased were ex-drivers David Leslie and Richard Lloyd who were on their way to Nogaro for the FIA GT3 equalisation test where they were running the Team Apex Jaguar.
David Leslie had a strong driver career on [...]
In the very first edition of the St. Petersburg race last year Audi managed to grab their only street race victory of the season thanks to a clean, (almost) uneventful race. Will things be similar this year? The circuit is tight (remember the heavy shunt of Tomas Enge that took him out for quite some [...]
After the confirmation of the Pérez Companc GT2 team a few months ago a new GT1 team from Argentina seems to be preparing its participation on the FIA-GT championship. Talking to Carburando Radio in Uruguay, Argentinian star José María “Pechito” López mentioned he was involved in a new iniiative together with TC2000 top driver Martín [...]
After two days of testing at Paul Ricard just four weeks ago the Le Mans Series is set for its first race weekend of the 2008 season. Many new cars have joined the series for this year, with the ultimate battle expected in LMP1, between Team Peugeot Total with its Peugeot 908 and Audi Sport [...]
