Indiana: An open-wheel state or a NASCAR state?
| Indiana: An open-wheel state or a NASCAR state? - NASCAR SPEEDWAY, Ind. -- When I was a sixth grader at IPS School No. 82, my class took a yellow bus to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum for a field trip. I faked sick so I could stay on the bus and racecar track work on my friendship bracelets; I had Source: www.nascar.com ARCA: Bryan Silas Ready For Berlin Battle - PaddockTalk Heading into ARCA s shortest track of the season at Berlin Raceway, sophomore ARCA RE/MAX Series (ARS) driver Bryan Silas returns to the .4-mile race track looking to repeat his recent string of strong qualifying runs but more importantly add a Source: paddocktalk.com Economic crunch hitting NASCAR - NBC Sports A sellout for the first Saturday night race at Chicagoland Speedway, where fans had to buy a weekend package to attend the Cup race, was an encouraging sign for NASCAR, writes columnist Reid Spencer. It's the economy, stupid. That phrase, derived Source: www.msnbc.msn.com Newman, Wallace clash over Penske departure - CBS Sportsline INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Ryan Newman's long goodbye to Penske Racing isn't going quite as smoothly as planned. Two weeks after Newman and racecar track team owner Roger Penske announced the current Daytona 500 champion would not return next season - a decision Newman Source: www.sportsline.com Lee USA's Summer Shootout washed out by rain - Portsmouth Herald The Lee USA Speedway Small Block Supers were scheduled to run the biggest race of the 2008 season last Friday, but rain once again put a damper on the festivities. It rained partway through practice, but the track crew got the place back in shape in Source: www.seacoastonline.com Stewart insists he's ready to put in the hours being an owner takes - ESPN.com INDIANAPOLIS -- Funny that Tony Stewart scheduled Friday's press conference to officially announce his car numbers and racecar track sponsors for next season at 11 a.m. Not 10:30 a.m. Not 9 a.m. But exactly the time fellow Sprint Cup driver/owner Robby Gordon said Source: sports.espn.go.com Newman has history at Indy -- but little success - NASCAR It's the dream of every young racecar driver in the Midwest: winning at Indianapolis Motor Speedway . "Indianapolis is THE racetrack as far as history goes," said Indiana-born Ryan Newman . "It is truly an honor to get to race where so many Source: www.nascar.com First Drive: 2008 KTM X-Bow - Edmunds.com A four-point harness clamps your body tight into a specially designed Recaro seat. Except it isn't really a seat; it's more a slice of orthopedic padding glued to a carbon-fiber shell that's fixed to the carbon-fiber monocoque. There are no doors, no Source: www.edmunds.com Step Brothers - Paste Magazine Studio/Run Time: Columbia Pictures, 95 mins. Ever since he left his starring role on Saturday Nigh Live for superstardom in film, Will Ferrell s many characters have been criticized as all being pretty much the same thing. They re overgrown Source: www.pastemagazine.com |