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| Area racing notes: Friedman eyeing Fairbury three-peat - Pantagraph Posted: 05 Aug 2009 03:49 PM PDT Daren Friedman would like to think he's the guy to beat in the late model division at Fairbury American Legion Speedway, and he's got the hardware to back up that notion. The 30-year-old Forrest driver is the two-time reigning track champion at Fairbury, and he owns a slim lead over El Paso's Joe Harlan in this season's points standings. "I've been in this battle before so I'm not quite as nervous this year," Friedman said. Friedman has taken four checkered flags at Fairbury to open a seven-point lead over Harlan. That's a switch from last season when Friedman won the championship despite failing to win a feature race. "Consistency isn't my thing this year," Friedman said. "We've had some bad luck and some parts failures. I started one race on the pole and was in the lead and broke a part on the first lap. I've just had some circumstances there that didn't work. "But all in all we've had a good year. We've got a new car and new shock packages and stuff, and it seems to be running good." With only three points races remaining at Fairbury, it's a two-man battle between Freidman and Harlan. "Joe's a good friend," said Friedman, who is second in the points standings at Farmer City Raceway. "We build his engines, and I sold him his race car this year. I want to win, but if (Harlan) wins that would be great. I'd be happy. "I think we're going to have to finish and win a couple, because Joe is running pretty good, too." Lincoln revises schedule: Lincoln Speedway promoter Don Hammer has announced that the track's three scheduled August dates have been cancelled. "It was a headache last year trying to race during the Logan County Fair, and the state fair is coming up and that's always a bad week," Hammer said. "We thought we would take the month of August off and come back at it on Sept. 6." Lincoln will host a Monster Midwest Series late model event on Aug. 6 and the 4-cylinder (hornets) nationals on Aug. 26. There will be a two-day street stock special on Oct. 2-3. The Oct. 3 program will also feature a Monster Midwest Series race. Hammer, who is also the promoter at Farmer City, has scheduled a demolition derby for Oct. 10 and quad motorcycle races on Oct. 17. Lincoln will conclude its slate on Oct. 23-24 with the $10,000-to-win finale of the Monster Midwest Series. Erb, Cook lead the UMP pack: Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville (late models) and Gary Cook Jr. of Deer Creek (modifieds) maintained their respective leads in the latest UMP DIRTcar Racing national points standings. Erb, who is bidding to win the UMP Summer Nationals and national points crowns for an unprecedented third straight season, holds a 33-point edge over Bloomington's Jason Feger (2,704-2,671). Other area drivers in the top 20 include Gibson City's Kevin Weaver (third), El Paso's Ryan Unzicker (seventh), Bloomington's Eric Smith (13th), Friedman (17th) and Harlan (20th). Cook owns a 76-point lead over Randle Sweeney of Clifty, Ky. Chatsworth's Lance Dehm is 15th.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Auto Racing Package - ESPN.com Posted: 05 Aug 2009 08:25 AM PDT Auto Racing Package for Aug. 5 or thereafter. Questions should be directed to Patrick Horne at (212) 621-1630. Sports Photos, ext. 1918; Graphics, ext. 6907. Reruns of stories and agate are available from http://apexchange.com, from the Service Desk (800-838-4616), or your local AP bureau. NASCAR: CAR--NASCAR-BUSCH'S CHASE DOVER, Del. -- Kyle Busch's chase for the Chase is running out of races. The emotional driver knows he has to get going over the next five races or else he'll be left out of championship contention. "If you don't make the Chase, you run the rest of the year for nothing," he said. By Dan Gelston. MOVED AP Photos PACK201-203. AP Graphic CAR HELUVA GOOD AT THE GLEN - Also: - BC-CAR--NASCAR-Sprint Cup Schedule. MOVED - BC-CAR--NASCAR-Nationwide Schedule. MOVED - BC-CAR--NASCAR-Camping World Schedule. MOVED IRL: CAR--IRL-IndyCar's Makeover UNDATED -- Tony Kanaan could hear the purists getting riled up when IndyCar released its 2010 schedule last week, a schedule that for the first time features more road courses (nine) than ovals (eight). The 2004 series champions' advice? Deal with it. "We used to race in leather helmets 40 years ago, and we don't do that anymore either," Kanaan said. The series' decision, according to league officials, is as much about business as it is about sport. In an attempt to provide a product distinctly different from NASCAR, IndyCar is exploring new markets and trying to create a more diverse identity. By Will Graves. MOVED AP Photo NY162. AP Graphic CAR HONDA INDY 200 FORMULA ONE: CAR--F1-BUTTON LONDON -- Formula One points leader Jenson Button is confident that his three-race slump will end with a victory during warmer conditions at the European Grand Prix in Spain on Aug. 23. "We can put it all down to the cooler climates," Button said. AP Photos LON801-802, NY165. MOVED MOTOCROSS: MOT--MOTOCROSS' MECCA UNDATED -- Ricky Carmichael was already a motorcycle prodigy the first time he qualified for the AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships at Loretta Lynn's ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. Still, he knew all the other wins didn't matter if he couldn't come through at motorcyle racing's Super Bowl. "It can make or break you," said Carmichael, who eventually became a 10-time champion before turning pro. More than 1,000 riders have descended on the farm of the country music legend hoping to follow in the footsteps of superstars like Carmichael and Jeremy McGrath. By Will Graves. MOVED AP Photo NY164. ALSO: - BC-CAR--Auto Racing Glance. MOVED - BC-CAR--Formula One Schedule. MOVED - BC-CAR--IRL Schedule. MOVED - BC-CAR--ALMS Schedule. MOVED - BC-CAR--Grand Am Schedule. MOVED - BC-CAR--NHRA Schedule. MOVED MULTIMEDIA: - An interactive look at this year's major team alignments is in the -sports/nascar09/nascar-teams09 folder. - A comparison of the race cars in NASCAR and the Indy Racing League is in the -sports/nascar09/car-comparison folder.
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| AUTO RACING PACKAGE: Auto Racing Glance - ESPN.com Posted: 05 Aug 2009 07:28 AM PDT All Times EDT NASCAR SPRINT CUP Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips At The Glen Site: Watkins Glen, N.Y. Schedule: Friday, practice (Speed, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.), qualifying (ESPN2, 3-5:30 p.m.); Saturday, practice (Speed, noon-1 p.m.; ESPN2, 1:30-2:30 p.m.); Sunday, race, 2 p.m. (ESPN, 1-5:30 p.m.). Track: Watkins Glen International (road course, 2.45 miles). Race distance: 220.5 miles, 90 laps. Last year: Kyle Busch completed a Sprint Cup road-course sweep, holding off Tony Stewart for his eighth and final victory of the year. Busch also won at Sonoma. Last week: Denny Hamlin won the rain-delayed Pocono race Monday, snapping a 50-race winless streak with his third victory in eight career starts at the Pennsylvania track. Juan Pablo Montoya was second. Fast facts: Stewart tops the season standings with 3,188 points with five races to go before the 12-driver Chase for the championship. Three-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson (2,991) is second, followed by Jeff Gordon (2,989), Kurt Busch (2,751), Hamlin (2,713), Carl Edwards (2,665), Kasey Kahne (2,642), Montoya (2,631), Ryan Newman (2,627), Mark Martin (2,622), Matt Kenseth (2,564) and Greg Biffle (2,563). Kyle Busch, a three-time winner this year, is 13th, 101 points behind Biffle. ... Stewart and Gordon each have a track-record four Sprint Cup victories at Watkins Glen. ... Kahne won the first road-course race of the season June 21 at Sonoma. ... Marcos Ambrose won the Nationwide race last year at the track for his first NASCAR victory, then finished third the next day in the Sprint Cup race. Next race: Carfax 400, Aug. 16, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Mich. On the Net: http://www.nascar.com --- NATIONWIDE Zippo 200 at The Glen Site: Watkins Glen, N.Y. Schedule: Friday, practice (Speed, 1:30-3 p.m.; ESPN2, 5:30-6:30 p.m.); Saturday, qualifying (ESPN2 10 a.m.-noon), race, 3 p.m. (ESPN2, 2:30-6 p.m.). Track: Watkins Glen International (road course, 2.45 miles). Race distance: 200.9 miles, 82 laps. Last year: Tasmania's Marcos Ambrose raced to his first NASCAR victory, easily holding off Kyle Busch. Matt Kenseth was third. Last week: Brad Keselowski passed Busch with eight laps left and held on to win the inaugural Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway. Keselowski also won at Dover in May and took the Sprint Cup race at Talladega in April. Fast facts: Busch, a six-time winner this year, has nine consecutive top-two finishes, tying the series record set by Jack Ingram in 1983. Busch leads the season standings with 3,471 points, followed by Carl Edwards (3,264) and Keselowski (3,099). ... Road racers Ron Fellows and Boris Said are entered. Next race: Carfax 250, Aug. 15, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Mich. On the Net: http://www.nascar.com --- CAMPING WORLD TRUCKS Next race: O'Reilly 200, Aug. 19, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn. Last week: Ron Hornaday Jr. raced to his series-record fifth straight victory, beating Brian Scott in a green-white-checker finish at Nashville Superspeedway. The 51-year-old Hornaday has six wins this year for Kevin Harvick Inc. to push his series-record total to 44 in 239 career starts. He also has a record three season titles. On the Net: http://www.nascar.com --- INDYCAR Honda Indy 200 Site: Lexington, Ohio. Schedule: Friday, practice; Saturday, practice, qualifying (Versus, 6-7 p.m.); Sunday, race, 1:45 p.m. (Versus, 1-4 p.m.). Track: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (road course, 2.258 miles). Race distance: 191.25 miles, 85 laps. Last year: Ryan Briscoe raced to the second of his two 2008 victories, taking advantage of team owner Roger Penske's decision to pit out of sequence of the other contenders. Teammate Helio Castroneves finished second. Last week: Briscoe won the Kentucky 300 for his second victory of the year, slipping past Ed Carpenter yards from the finish and winning by 0.162 seconds. Briscoe took the lead in the season standings. Fast facts: Briscoe, also the winner of the season-opening race in St. Petersburg, Fla., has 416 points in the championship standings. Scott Dixon is second with 408, followed by Dario Franchitti (405), Castroneves (341) and Danica Patrick (309). ... Dixon won the 2007 race at Mid-Ohio. Next race: Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, Aug. 23, Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Calif. On the Net: http://www.indycar.com --- FORMULA ONE Hungarian Grand Prix Next race: Grand Prix of Europe, Aug. 23, Streets of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Last race: McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix on July 26, the defending series champion's first victory of the year. Ferrari's Felipe Massa was seriously injured in qualifying when he was hit in the helmet by debris and crashed into a tire barrier at 120 mph. He had surgery to repair multiple skull fractures, and returned home to Brazil this week. On the Net: http://www.formula1.com --- NHRA FULL THROTTLE Next race: Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, Aug. 13-16, Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minn. Last event: Antron Brown swept the NHRA's Western swing, beating Cory McClenathan on July 26 in the Top Fuel final at Infineon Raceway. Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won. On the Net: http://www.nhra.com --- OTHER RACES AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES: Acura Sports Car Challenge, Saturday (NBC, Sunday, 2:30-4:30 p.m.), Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio. On the Net: http://www.americanlemans.com FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS: Mid-Ohio 100, Sunday (Versus, Monday, 4-5 p.m.), Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio. On the Net: http://www.indycar.com GRAND-AM ROLEX SPORTS CAR SERIES: Crown Royal 200 at The Glen, Friday (Speed, 8-10 p.m.), Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, N.Y. On the Net: http://www.grand-am.com WORLD OF OUTLAWS: Sprint Car: Friday-Saturday, I-55 Raceway, Pevely, Mo. Super Dirtcar: Friday, Brewerton Speedway, Brewerton, N.Y.; Saturday, Canandaigua Speedway, Canandaigua, N.Y. On the Net: http://www.worldofoutlaws.com U.S. AUTO RACING CLUB: Silver Crown: Thursday, Oswego Speedway, Oswego, N.Y. Sprint Car: Sunday, Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, Iowa. On the Net: http://www.usacracing.com
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| Freddie Spencer to Teach Riding and Racing at VIR - Who Won Posted: 31 Jul 2009 03:19 PM PDT VIRginia International Raceway Friday, July 31, 2009 Freddie Spencer to Teach Riding and Racing at VIR by Crystal France DANVILLE, Va. -- Three-time World Champion motorcycle racer Freddie Spencer brings his expertise to VIRginia International Raceway with Team Pro-Motion's motorcycle riding schools, August 1-3.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Full Week of Motorcycle Activities at VIR Includes Boston Moto School ... - Who Won Posted: 31 Jul 2009 03:19 PM PDT VIRginia International Raceway Friday, July 31, 2009 Full Week of Motorcycle Activities at VIR Includes Boston Moto School on Three Courses by John Davison DANVILLE, Va. -- Boston Moto welcomes riders to their 3-day trackday event from August 3rd thru 5th at Virginia International Raceway as part of a full week of on-track motorcycle riding action.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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