Source: http://anotherindycarblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/vegas-positioning/
Saturday
Vegas Positioning
The loss of Las Vegas Motor Speedway is a thematic one. In a time when indycar racing is scraping by in anonymity and irrelevance, we are running away from a facility that actually wanted to see us run. Add to … Continue reading
Super Bowl Ad: Chevrolet Silverado throws rocks at Ford with apocalyptic commercial
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Leave it to Chevrolet to throw the first punch in its long-standing rivalry with Ford.
The Bowtie’s newest Super Bowl commercial takes a stab at its crosstown rival with a commercial that’s set just after the world ended, confirming the Mayan predictions. In the ad, a group of friends, all of which were driving Silverados, miraculously survived the global catastrophe to round up and see how each one was doing.
Everybody was accounted for except for their friend Dave, who lost his life because he, as one of the buddies explained, "drove a Ford." Way to be subtle, Chevy.
The Chevy ad is expected to run during the first quarter of Super Bowl XLVI and just as sure as those Mayan predictions are nothing more than myths and fables, you can expect that this new Chevy Silverado commercial will draw strong reactions from both camps.
So allow us to say, "It’s on, Chevrolet. It is most definitely on."
Super Bowl Ad: Chevrolet Silverado throws rocks at Ford with apocalyptic commercial originally appeared on topspeed.com on Saturday, 4 February 2012 09:00 EST.
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Michael Shank Racing No. 60 team wins Rolex 24
AJ Allmendinger drove the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Ford to victory lane in the Rolex 24 at Daytona Sunday afternoon.
Allmendinger, who drove almost three hours on the final stint, shared driving duties with IndyCar's Justin Wilson, Oswaldo Negri and John Pew for Shank's first Rolex 24 win.
It was Allmendinger's first Rolex 24 win as well, and his first win since 2006, when he won five times in CART. Allmendinger moved from Richard Petty Motorsports' No. 43 car to the Penske Racing No. 22 in the Sprint Cup Series in the offseason after Kurt Busch and Penske parted ways.
It was also the longest Rolex 24 ever, with 761 laps completed.
The Starworks Motorsport No. 8 Ford with Ryan Dalziel behind the wheel at the end finished second. Ganassi's No. 01 with Scott Pruett, Joey Hand, Graham Rahal and Memo Rojas, the defending champions of the race, were also in contention for the win until a gear issue put them laps down with approximately two hours left.
Shank's No. 6 Ford that included Michael McDowell finished third and the Ganassi Cup and IndyCar team of Jamie McMurray, Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti finished fourth.
The Magnus Racing No. 44, with Andy Lally behind the wheel at the finish, won the GT division. It was Magnus Racing's first Grand-Am win and Lally's fourth Rolex 24 class win.
Elliott Sadler to drive for Childress in Daytona 500
Elliott Sadler will be back in the Sprint Cup Series for the Daytona 500.
Sadler, who is driving a full Nationwide Series schedule for Richard Childress Racing, will drive the No. 33 for the team on February 26 with sponsorship from General Mills and Kroger.
"It's great to be back in the Daytona 500," Sadler said in a release. "I've had a lot of success in this race in the past and want to thank General Mills, Kroger and Richard Childress for this opportunity."
Sadler has five top 10s in his last seven Daytona 500s.
The No. 33 is locked into the race because that's the car that Clint Bowyer drove for RCR last year before moving on to Michael Waltrip Racing. With General Mills moving to a reduced role with RCR car Jeff Burton and the No. 31, enough sponsorship couldn't be found to run the car full-time in addition to Burton and Kevin Harvick, who finished third in the points standings.
Gil Martin, Harvick's 2o11 crew chief, will be Sadler's crew chief. Shane Wilson, who was crew chief for Bowyer and the No. 33 last year, is Harvick's new crew chief.
2012 Sepang 1 MotoGP Test Day 3 Press Releases
Press releases issued by the teams and Bridgestone after the final day of testing for the MotoGP class at Sepang:
Year:
2012
Friday
2012 Sepang 1 MotoGP Test Day 2 Press Releases
Press releases from the MotoGP teams after the second day of testing at Sepang:
Year:
2012
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Thursday
Get your Twitter handle on Brad Keselowski?s truck
Brad Keselowski is racing in the Camping World Truck Series season opener at Daytonda on Friday, February 24, and through a promotion with his race sponsors Reese Towpower and Cooper Standard, you can be one of 5,000 people to have your Twitter handle on the decklid of the truck.
There's a catch of course, but hey, you can get your twitter handle on a truck for the price of a few follows and retweets. That's not bad, right?
The details: Retweet this tweet of Keselowski's with your prediction, and follow him, Reese Towpower and Cooper Standard on Twitter. The companies will then draw 5,000 names from the pool of retweets, and those folks will get their Twitter handles on the decklid. And 10 more will get the grand prize, their Twitter names on the side of Keselowski's truck. The 5,000 winners will be drawn February 8th, while the grand prize winners will be drawn February 10th.
So if you want to be NASCAR-famous, get Tweeting. But since we're the ones that told you about this, give us a follow on Twitter at @YahooMarbles, @YahooNASCAR,�@JayBusbee and @NickBromberg too. It's only fair, right?
Wednesday
Kyle and Kurt Busch join forces in Nationwide Series
Kyle Busch announced Thursday that he and brother Kurt Busch will team up to compete in the Nationwide Series in 2012 for Kyle's team, Kyle Busch Motorsports, with full-season sponsorship from Monster Energy.
Kyle Busch will drive 13-15 races for his team as it moves up from the Camping World Truck Series, while Kurt Busch will drive the rest, including standalone Nationwide races, as the team competes for the Nationwide owner's championship. Kurt will also compete in the Nationwide Series restrictor plate races for Phoenix Racing, his new Sprint Cup Series team. The pairing means that Kurt will be driving a Chevrolet in the Cup Series and a Toyota in the Nationwide Series -- a rare occurrence.
"We've had a lot of talks about how this whole deal is going to work out, what we're both looking to get out of this and what a great opportunity this is to race in the Nationwide Series," Kyle Busch said. "Kurt's never done a full Nationwide deal, he's always had the itch but never really cared about it."
The two donned matching Monster Energy shirts for the announcement.
Because of the arrival of Monster Energy as the team's sponsor, NOS, a competing energy drink, will no longer sponsor Kyle. Kyle will also not compete in the� Truck Series this year at the suggestion of his Sprint Cup owner Joe Gibbs. If he runs 15 Nationwide races and all 36 Sprint Cup Series events, that's 51 2012 events. Kyle ran 71 NASCAR events in 2011 and 81 NASCAR events in 2010. On the opposite end of the spectrum is Kurt. He's run just 12 Nationwide races in his career so far.
Earlier in the week, Carl Edwards announced that -- as of now -- he wouldn't be participating at all in the Nationwide Series in 2012 and Brad Keselowski is expected to run a partial schedule as well again. That may provide us with some sorely-needed new faces in victory lane in the Nationwide Series. The trio won 21 of 34 Nationwide races last year.
So, what do you think about the Busch brothers running for the same team? Will they be the perfect antidote for each other as they look to distance themselves from tumultuous conclusions to 2011 or will their intensity combining cause a spontaneous combustion? Drop us a line in the comments.
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Relive the speeches from the 2012 NASCAR Hall of Fame induction ceremony
Friday night, Richie Evans, Dale Inman, Darrell Waltrip, Glen Wood and Cale Yarborough were the third class inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Did you miss the tape delayed broadcast of the 2012 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductions on Sunday evening or simply want to watch the speeches again? We've got you covered.
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Button and Hamilton on the MP2-27
Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton have been talking about the new MP4-27 and the season ahead. “It’s a very exiting day for us all,” said Jenson. “You know, I think this is the moment when we see how hard we’ve all been working and it’s a very, very exciting day. But first of all I [...]
Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/button-and-hamilton-on-the-mp2-27/
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Tony Fernandes: ?I want us to achieve a point somewhere in 2012??
Caterham boss Tony Fernandes is in optimistic mood in the light of the launch of the new CT01, the first 2012 F1 car to break cover. The Malaysian entrepreneur expects the rebranded team to make good progress this year. ?This … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2012/01/26/tony-fernandes-i-want-us-to-achieve-a-point-somewhere-in-2012/
2011 Season Review: McLaren and Ferrari
2011 was a season of immense frustration for two of Formula One?s most iconic teams. For Ferrari it was the season that came and went with little success and for McLaren it was season in which a new team leader was established. Lewis Hamilton Hamilton confessed at the end of last season that he had [...]
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Formula1Fancast/~3/VAioxUUKH3g/2011-season-review-mclaren-and-ferrari
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