Craziest Moment: Kyle Busch spins and gets hit by Joey Logano

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Kyle Busch's second Sunday spin at Kansas wasn't nearly as fortunate as his first, and it collected Joey Logano in the process.

After qualifying fifth, Busch spun on the backstretch on lap six of the STP 400. After pitting and working his way back through the field, he spun again on lap 105, tagging the wall with the right rear in turn four.

As Busch slid down the track, Joey Logano dove to the inside to try to avoid Busch. But Busch's car kept coming towards the grass and Logano smashed into Busch's car.

"Yeah, absolutely no grip for me anyways," Busch said. "But, you know, you're running third and doing fine, car a little tight and you spin out. I don't know what to do with that and then we're back in traffic all day. Traffic is way worse. Just trying to get back up to the front and making some gains but car just snaps out from you every corner."

Logano said that he expected Busch's car to stay near the wall.

"He was spinning out and I saw it the whole time," Logano said. "I saw he got loose and thought 'OK, he's gonna come back across' and he didn't. It looked like he was gonna stay up there because he kind of slapped the wall with the right side after he hit it the first time. So I'm like 'Alright, I'm gonna gun it and get by him here' and as soon as I committed to that I saw him start coming back down."

"At that point you're just lined up to him and hit him a ton."

To say that Busch and Kansas Speedway don't get along may be an understatement. He was involved in two caution flags in last year's fall Cup race and spun and then crashed in Saturday's Camping World Truck Series race. In 12 starts, he has more finishes worse than 30th (four) than he has top 10s (two).

After winning at Texas, Busch had climbed to third in the points standings, 18 points behind Jimmie Johnson. But thanks to Johnson's third place finish, Busch lost 36 points to the points lead and is now seventh in the standings. Logano finished 39th on Sunday and coupled with the 25 point penalty that his team was assessed for rear end housing violations before the Texas race, he's now 20th in the points standings, 124 points behind Johnson.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/craziest-moment-kyle-busch-spins-gets-hit-joey-214610787--nascar.html

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Q&A With Conor Daly

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Ecclestone: Bahrain Must Go On!

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The quote of 2013 so far, courtesy of Clint Bowyer

You have to love Clint Bowyer's often deprecating sense of humor. The driver is a fun follow on Twitter and routinely hosts some of the funniest media opportunities in the garage.

On Thursday, Bowyer was in Talladega for a driver appearance before the track's race on May 5. That topic of Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano came up (ever heard of it?) in the context of Bowyer's run-in with Jeff Gordon last year. And when discussing it (you can read the entire story here), Rawhide offered this gem to the AP:

"We're not the smartest people in the world. We go down the straightaway and turn left. That's literally what we do."

Don't sell yourself short, Clint. And that latter part is why we love racing.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/quote-far-courtesy-clint-bowyer-154607110--nascar.html

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Bahrain? G-O Fish!

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Aston Martin Vanquish AM 310 New Promo Clip

Aston Martin knows that is staking its future short-term events such as the Geneva Motor Show , an event related to the automotive world which should be able to dazzle your prospects just to acquire one of their vehicles instead to rival the likes of Ferrari, Lamborghini or McLaren, brands may have in their catalogs [...]

Source: http://www.autocarblog.co.uk/429-aston-martin-vanquish-am-310-new-promo-clip.html

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McLaren: Perez Showing His Talent

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh believes that Sergio Perez demonstrated his true level of ability during the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Mexican has been criticised for a slow start to 2013, with Whitmarsh himself urging the ex-Sauber man to be more aggressive. He responded in the desert, racing wheel-to-wheel with team-mate Jenson Button, before securing [...]

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Webber Keen On F1 Stay

Mark Webber has distanced himself from claims that he could quit F1, by insisting that he still feels capable of racing. The Aussie is now the oldest driver on the grid at 36, and has been heavily linked with an exit from the sport at the end of 2013. But, Webber is adamant that he [...]

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Lewis Hamilton enters wrong pit stall in Malaysia

Lewis Hamilton showed that old habits can be hard to break for some of the best drivers in the world.

Hamilton is in his first season (and second race of the year) driving for his new team Mercedes after spending his entire career with McLaren Mercedes. So when he entered the pits for his first stop of the day in Sunday's race at Malaysia, Hamilton saw the McLaren crew at the ready and pulled right on in. Oops. (Video at the 33 second mark above.)

Sebastian Vettel won the race in a fun display of F1 team orders. He passed teammate Mark Webber for second after he was told not to push the pace as the two were going 1-2. Hamilton finished third after Mercedes boss Ross Brawn told his teammate Nico Rosberg to keep a gap back to fourth.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/lewis-hamilton-enters-wrong-pit-stall-malaysia-184216450--nascar.html

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Women on the F1 podium

While it is great to see Red Bull Racing putting Gill Jones, the team’s head of trackside electronics, on the podium in Bahrain, it is NOT the first time that a woman has been on the podium, receiving the trophy for the winning Constructor. Back in 1986, Williams drivers Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet finished [...]

Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/women-on-the-f1-podium/

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How I Saw it? That is How You Start a Season Edition

The 2013 season finally kicked off this weekend, and after a hotly contested race with multiple passing locations James Hinchcliffe took his maiden trip to victory lane. As far as street courses go, we were treated to another awesome race … Continue reading →

Source: http://anotherindycarblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/how-i-saw-it-that-is-how-you-start-a-season-edition/

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Peugeot unveils novel Air Car technology

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Never forget how great Michael Schumacher was

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2012/10/never_forget_how_great_schumac.html

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Matt Kenseth sets track record in Kansas qualifying

KANSAS CITY, Kan. ? Matt Kenseth snatched the pole from former teammate Carl Edwards and will start first in Sunday's STP 400 at Kansas Speedway.

Kenseth, the next-to-last car to qualify, went out two cars after Edwards and his lap of 191.864 MPH is a track record on the newly repaved and reconfigured surface. The previous record was set before last year's fall race in the first race on Kansas' steeper progressively banked track. This year, the combination of cool temperatures and a new car helped Kenseth break that record.

Ricky Stenhouse, the man who replaced Kenseth in the No. 17 when Kenseth moved to Joe Gibbs Racing before 2013, qualified third and Sam Hornish will start fourth in his first Cup start of the season.

Jeff Gordon crashed on his qualifying lap and will take the green shotgun on the field in a backup car. The back end of Gordon's car came around on him in turn two as he was in the throttle and the impact pancaked the rear of his car.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/matt-kenseth-sets-track-record-kansas-qualifying-224514361--nascar.html

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Q: A Silver tone type finish

Nico Rosberg surprised the F1 circus by taking pole position in Bahrain, beating Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber. Felipe Massa went out on hard tyres and ended up sixth overall, a great effort given that he will gain two grid spots as a result of penalties for Hamilton and Webber. This … … Continue reading →

Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/q-a-silver-tone-type-finish/

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2013 Austin Moto2 And Moto3 Sunday Post-Race Press Releases

Press releases from the Moto2 and Moto3 teams after the races at Austin, Texas:

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2

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2013

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2013 COTA Moto3 QP Result

Results and summary of qualifying for Moto3:

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Tony George Elected To Board

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MG CS concept

Posted on 04.20.2013 19:10 by Simona

British manufacturer MG hasn’t put anything on the market for quite some time now, but it looks like the company is preparing a big comeback. The company will unveil the CS Concept later this month at the 2013 Shanghai Motor Show. The concept is designed to slot into the compact SUV sector and will likely see production at some point.

The concept has been specially designed to attract younger buyers, so it features a distinctive, sporty style and youthful appearance, but in the same time it can be immediately recognized as an MG model.

The concept received newly designed headlights with a multi-faceted ?shard? structure which refract light in different colors and shapes from the side. Still, it is pretty easy to recognize the new CS concept, thanks to the iconic MG’s trademark octagon from the front.

Full details on the new MG CS Concept will be unveiled during its official debut in Shanghai.

Hit the jump for the press release.

Update 4/20/2013: MG has released three new images of the upcoming MG CS Concept, but they don’t reveal anything new except that they are far more realistic than the sketches we saw earlier. You can see these images in the Gallery.

MG CS concept originally appeared on topspeed.com on Saturday, 20 April 2013 19:10 EST.

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Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/mg-motors/2013-mg-cs-concept-ar152600.html

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INDYCAR: Power Rankings (Baltimore)

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FIA and FOM issue Bahrain statement

The F�d�ration Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and Formula One Management (FOM) have issued a statement confirming that they believe the Bahrain GP should go ahead this weekend. “The FIA and FOM also strongly believe that sport can often be a force for good and that the staging of the Grand Prix in Bahrain will come [...]

Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/fia-and-fom-issue-bahrain-statement/

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MG CS concept

Posted on 04.12.2013 18:00 by Simona

British manufacturer MG hasn’t put anything on the market for quite some time now, but it looks like the company is preparing a big comeback. The company will unveil the CS Concept later this month at the 2013 Shanghai Motor Show. The concept is designed to slot into the compact SUV sector and will likely see production at some point.

The concept has been specially designed to attract younger buyers, so it features a distinctive, sporty style and youthful appearance, but in the same time it can be immediately recognized as an MG model.

The concept received newly designed headlights with a multi-faceted ?shard? structure which refract light in different colors and shapes from the side. Still, it is pretty easy to recognize the new CS concept, thanks to the iconic MG’s trademark octagon from the front.

Full details on the new MG CS Concept will be unveiled during its official debut in Shanghai.

Hit the jump for the press release.

Update 4/20/2013: MG has released three new images of the upcoming MG CS Concept, but they don’t reveal anything new except that they are far more realistic than the sketches we saw earlier. You can see these images in the Gallery.

MG CS concept originally appeared on topspeed.com on Saturday, 20 April 2013 19:10 EST.

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Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/mg-motors/2013-mg-cs-concept-ar152600.html

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2013 Austin MotoGP Saturday Round Up: Of Maiden Poles And Riding A Punishing Track

One record down, one to go. By qualifying on pole in just his second MotoGP race, at the age of 20 years and 61 days, Marc Marquez becomes the youngest premier class polesitter in history, deposing the legendary Freddie Spencer of the crown he has held for 31 years. On Sunday, Marc Marquez will go after the next target: the record as the youngest winner of a premier class Grand Prix, also held by Spencer. If he fails to win on Sunday - a very distinct possibility - he still has until Indianapolis to take Spencer's record, making it very far from safe.

Marquez' pole was the crowning glory of an utterly impressive weekend so far. The Repsol Honda youngster has dominated most of practice, leading his teammate by a quarter of a second or more in every session but one. He was immediately fast, but his race rhythm is just as impressive. In FP3, as grip on the track improved, Marquez cranked out 2'04s and 2'05s like they were going out of style. He was consistent, too. Not quite Jorge Lorenzo consistent, but he was running a pace that would have let him build up a lead, with only Dani Pedrosa able to stay close.

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