By Administrator on July 29, 2010Add Comments
We have just received word that Jessica Patterson was injured today at the X-Games. We will post more as we receive more news on her condition.
By Administrator on July 29, 2010Add Comments
Courtesy of JenniferJoCobb.com
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (July 23, 2010) – The No. 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing team struggled to find a handle at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Friday night’s AAA Insurance 200. Cobb’s Driven Ford F?150 was “sliding into the turns and pushing on exit” throughout the event and Cobb was unable to keep pace with the field. Cobb finished the night in 26th?place, completing 191 of 200 laps.
Cobb qualified for the race in 32nd?place. As soon as the race started, Cobb knew she was going to have her hands full. Her truck wasn’t cooperating, despite which lane or groove she tried circling around the .686? mile race track. Read More
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Courtesy of CBS42.com
Taylor Miller started racing Motocross when she was just 5-years-old. At 19, she is the only female pro motocross racer in Alabama.
Miller says she can’t put into words how good it feels to win a race or hit a jump perfectly. According to her, ”it’s like shooting a 3-point in basketball and making nothing but net, or a home run in baseball.”
This week Miller is racing in the biggest event in pro motocross, XGames in LA. Only 12 riders in the world are invited and Miller is one of them. Read More
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Courtesy of LynStJames.com
The 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI cup series has so far been the most exciting season since its inaugural year in 2008 and with both rookies and veterans in the mix of the championship chase it has been dubbed the most competitive season thus far.
19 year old Jamaican karter, Justine Jackson was chosen as one of the series’ 25 drivers and was awarded the Project Podium Scholarship to compete in the 2010 season. With no experience in racing cars Justine had a huge learning curve ahead of her as she went into Round 1 at the VIRginia International Raceway finishing 21st in race 1 and 19th in race 2 having been tapped in turn 1 and spun around losing 23 sec and but able to make up the lost time to the back markers. A great learning weekend for Justine having been 14s of the pace in Practice 1 and ended the weekend 2.5s off the fastest lap of the race! In race 2! Read More
By Administrator on July 28, 2010Add Comments
Courtesy of Go2Geiger.com
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG, Germany — American drag racing superstar Melanie Troxel will return to the Europe for the second time this season to race in the FIA Nitrolympx, which takes place Aug. 13-15 at Germany’s famous Hockenheimring.
Troxel will be piloting the same ‘67 Camaro she drove to the quickest and fastest run on European soil when she zoomed down the quarter-mile in 5.937 seconds at 242.42 mph (390.13 kph) on May 30 at Santa Pod Raceway in England. The Roger Burgess-owned racecar has since improved those marks to 5.911 seconds at 245.78 mph (395.52 kph) with Hasselby, Sweden’s Micke Gullqvist behind the wheel when he drove it to the title of the FHRA Nitro Nationals earlier this month at the Alastaro Circuit in Finland. Read More
By Administrator on July 28, 2010Add Comments
27 June 2010 | Worcestershire driver Cassey Watson reached the heights of sixth in the Trofeo
Abarth 500 GB driver championship, but slipped back three places less than 24 hours later after
her Asetto Corse race car developed a fault to cut short her track-time at Silverstone.
Watson, who’s still yet to turn 19, qualified on the fourth row on the grid at the historic
Northamptonshire bridge grand prix circuit on Saturday (race 9). Yet despite her position, the
Thames driver did well to overcome some initial technical difficulties to claw back three places to
finish fifth, and keep Mardi Gras driver Paul Smith at bay in the leaderboard.
However, Sunday’s race (race 10) proved to be less fruitful for Watson, who was forced to retire
midway through the race after her driver flange failed, coupled with a loss of brakes – the result of
which saw Watson slip back three places in the driver championship.
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By Administrator on July 27, 2010Add Comments
Courtesy of PittsburghLive.com
Donna Mae Mims poses in 1966 beside one of the MGB cars she raced. Click for more images.
Alfa Romeos, Bugattis and other members of the sportscar alphabet are the heart of Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, but this year’s event also is focused on what has been called a “racing triangle.”
The classic cars set the tone for the Grand Prix, but this year’s celebration also focuses on the memory of Donna Mae Mims, a legendary driver who pulled on the brake for the final time in October 2009; her favorite car, the Corvette; and the modified muscle cars of Yenko Racing.
Those three elements tie together in a bit of Western Pennsylvania sports car lore, says Dan DelBianco, president of the Grand Prix, which is sponsored by Shop’n Save.
The crusty blonde everyone refers to simply as Donna Mae was drawn into racing through her love of Corvettes and became the first woman to win the Sports Car Club of America racing championship in 1963.
She bought that car at the Yenko dealership in Canonsburg, which will be celebrated by a Yenko Sports Car Reunion that will bring together some of the remanufactured vehicles put together by car dealer and auto modifier Don Yenko.
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Courtesy of PaddockTalk.com
Michelle Theriault was ready to get back in the driver seat in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at O’Reilly Raceway Park (ORP) Friday night. With no points to fall back on, she had her work cut out for her.
Theriault and her No. 48 ProGold Lubricants team worked hard on their qualifying setup during practice, as they had to qualify into the show. Theriault aimed to make it a three-woman field to join Jennifer Jo Cobb and Johanna Long for the AAA Insurance 200.
With the pressure on during qualifying, Theriault wheeled her ProGold Lubricants Chevrolet around the half-mile oval in a time of 23.877 seconds (103.430 mph). She earned the 30th starting position and her way into the AAA Insurance 200. Read More
