Archive for March 25th, 2007

Eric Medlen Dies

Funny Car driver Eric Medlen died Friday at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida after suffering a head injury in a testing accident on March 19.
Medlen was one of the up and coming stars in the National Hot Rod Association Drag Racing Championship POWERade Series, racing the Castrol Funny Car out of the John Force Racing [...]

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Designer – Driver

Formula One engineer Adrian Newey want to race at Lemans:
The designer of championship winning Formula One cars, who is also an avid amateur racer, is aiming to share a Ferrari 430 GT2 with two other British drivers, despite the fact that the team has not yet secured a starting slot for the June race. Newey [...]

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Weldon Wins at Homestead

Target Chip Gannasi Racing driver Dan Weldon won the IRL race at Homestead Saturday night. His teammate Scott Dixon was second.
“It’s great to be at Homestead and win three in a row,” said Wheldon. “I’m not sure how we’ve done it, because I’ve done it with two different teams.” Wheldon overcame one mishap in the [...]

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Boring F1?

It looks like there are a lot of people who feel the same way as my wife. She is just not excited about Formula One racing without Michael Schumacher.
According to the latest official TV ratings, 1.41 million Germans tuned into Sunday’s coverage of the Australian Grand Prix live. That compares with free to air broadcaster [...]

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