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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Rally legend Ove Andersson has died tragically following an accident in South Africa.
The incident occurred while he was competing in the Milligan Vintage Trial, when the classic car he was driving suffered a frontal collision around a blind corner.
The 70-year-old was the inspirational figure leading Toyota’s motorsport program in the modern era, responsible for the […]
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
LeMans 24 Hours
Peugeot heads into the second day of qualifying for Sunday’s LeMans 24 Hours race in a strong position.
The French carmaker filled the first three positions of the provisional grid at the end of day one on Thursday, showing a clear advantage over the Audis that have dominated the legendary race in recent years.
After […]
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Nascar
Marcos Ambrose is heading to Kentucky for his last Nascar Nationwide race before he steps up to the Sprint Cup for the first time on June 22.
The Australian will be out get his Nationwide championship back on track after a gutting result in Nashville where he was caught up in someone else’s crash.
The Nashville disappointment […]
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Subaru view: The new STI rally car made its debut in Greece.
WRC
Chris Atkinson is hoping his new Subaru doesn’t let him down in Rally Turkey that begins on Friday.
The Australian, who sits third in the World Rally Championship, was knocked out of contention in last month’s Acropolis Rally when his brand new WRC08 STI Subaru […]
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
WSBK
Troy Bayliss is looking to get his World Superbike Championship campaign back on track after his disastrous run in the US in Germany this weekend.
The superbikes will return to the Nurburgring, a track the championship has not visited since 1999.
Back then, it was Carl Fogarty and Troy Corser who won aboard factory Ducatis.
Fast forward […]
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Nascar
Marcos Ambrose was caught up in someone else’s accident in Lebanon, Tennessee yesterday.
Any chance of top ten finish vanished on lap 78 when Steven Wallace spun trying to pass a lapped car.
Ambrose had nowhere to go and was forced up into the wall and also suffered contact to his left front guard.
The Australian, who qualified […]
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
V8s
Jamie Whincup headed up a Ford dominated Sandown meeting yesterday.
The Triple Eight driver finished the round in front of FPR’s Mark Winterbottom, with SBR’s
James Courtney coming home in third.
SBR’s young gun Shane van Gisbergen put in an impressive performance in the wet and slippery conditions to finish fourth giving Ford the top four spots.
Holden’s Russell […]
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Comeback drive: Briscoe fought back for third place.
IndyCars
Australian Ryan Briscoe has continued his good run of form by finishing third at Fort Worth in the IndyCar shootout at the weekend.
The Team Penske driver fought back from a driver through penalty that put him a lap down and then later needed his nose cone replaced after […]
Monday, June 9th, 2008
F1
Lewis Hamilton has been given a 10 spot grid penalty after crashing into Kimi Raikkonen in the pitlane in Canada.
BMW’s Robert Kubica won the race, which was not only his first win but also BMW’s first, which was full of action.
Hamilton (above) was in a good position to challenge for the race win and pitted […]
Monday, June 9th, 2008
1 Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber
“I’m very happy at having won the first race for BMW Sauber. I’m also happy for Poland and all my fans.” (Before his last pitstop) I had just eight laps to increase the gap to 21 seconds, which was a huge challenge. I finally managed to get a 24 second […]