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Championship contender Ashley Force Hood needed a last-gasp 4.197-second pass at 292.52 mph in Saturday’s final round of qualifying just to get her Castrol GTX Ford Mustang into the Funny Car field of the ninth annual Las Vegas NHRA Nationals. Read... 

Teammates Kyle Busch and Aric Almirola finished first and second, respectively, in Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, giving owner Billy Ballew the first 1-2 of his NASCAR career. The rest is... 

NASCAR has tweaked a handful of rules for its 2010 Camping World Truck Series season. Primary among them is the use of double-file restarts identical to those introduced this year for the Cup and Nationwide series. Excerpt from:  NASCAR NOTEBOOK: Truck... 

For the seventh time this year rain has forced cancellation of Sprint Cup qualifying and left officials to set Sunday afternoon’s AMP Energy 500 grid by points. Read more: Cup qualifying rained out at Talladega, Johnson starts from pole based on... 

Lewis Hamilton took the pole position after an exciting qualifying session for the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as McLaren continued its late season charge. See more here:  Hamilton grabs pole for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix:  Read More →

Rookie Funny Car racer Matt Hagan posted the fastest 1,000-foot pass in NHRA Funny Car history Friday night, a titanic 4.030-second blast at 313.88 mph to lead opening day action at the ninth annual Las Vegas NHRA Nationals. Read the original post: Matt... 

Dodge driver Kasey Kahne and Toyota driver Denny Hamlin turned identical laps to lead Friday afternoonand#8217;s first NASCAR Sprint Cup practice session at Talladega Superspeedway. Each toured the 2.66-mile track in 48.871 seconds, a lap of 195. Read... 

Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone has finally acknowledged that Donington Park has no chance to host the Formula One British Grand Prix next year, and that the only future for the historic fixture must be at Silverstone. See the original post here: British... 

Bruno Senna, nephew of the late Formula One legend Ayrton Senna, used his Twitter account on Friday to tell the world that he has landed a Formula One deal for next year–but he did not reveal the widely held belief that he will join the new Campos… Excerpt... 

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT JONATHAN WONG: In this class, the BMW 3-series has lived with a target on its back for years. Here is the original:  The 2009 Infiniti G37 Sedan, an AutoWeek Drivers Log:  Read More →

Few were surprised on Friday when NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick confirmed Lance McGrew as Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s and#8220;full-timeand#8221; crew chief next year. Originally posted here: Hendrick confirms Earnhardt Jr.-McGrew team to continue:  Read More →

Recommendation of the Week: Spend a few days with the book Greg Moore: A Legacy of Spirit. Here is the original:  10 Years Later: Remembering Greg Moore:  Read More →

The new Malaysian-backed Lotus Formula One team has named two key executives to its lineup in the form of CEO Riad Asmat and COO Keith Saunt. See the rest here: Lotus names F1 management staff:  Read More →

Expect Williams F1 to confirm on Monday that veteran Rubens Barrichello and rookie Nico Hulkenberg will drive for it in 2010, but thus far, there have been no more definitive moves in the driver market. Go here to read the rest:  F1 driver market still... 

Here’s some of the latest news around the series: Read the original post:  NASCAR notebook: Allmendinger to drive this weekend; Wallace fined; Dick Thompson dies:  Read More →

Memphis Motorsports Park has been shut down and no longer will host events promoted by facility owner Dover Motorsports Inc. Read more here:  Memphis Motorsports Park to close:  Read More →

The first day of action at the brand new Yas Island track in Abu Dhabi passed without drama as the Formula One drivers rapidly got used to the extraordinary new track. Read more from the original source: Formula One drivers happy after day one at Abu... 

The new U.S. F1 Team announced on Friday that it has selected MotorLand Aragon, an 865-acre motorsports complex located in the northern part of Spain in the town of Alcaniz, as its European base. Go here to read the rest: U.S. F1 establishes European... 

Williams F1 announced on Friday that it has indeed signed a long-term engine partnership with Cosworth, as expected for some time. Go here to see the original:  Williams F1 confirms Cosworth deal:  Read More →

There are several vehicles this season that are great for  eating and drinking before the big game. And they aren’t all  just beefed-up trucks and SUVs. Go here to read the rest: Tailgate much? These are the rides you need  Read More →