SAMSULA – May 23, 2007 – Mandi Tonchuk doesn’t mind getting a little dirty. Working on – and driving – race cars has turned into a passion for the Late Model rookie driver at New Smyrna Speedway. As the female half of D.A.D. Motorsports (Dad and Daughter), Tonchuk is hoping to parlay the family business into a full-blown racing career.

“I want to take this as far as I can,” Tonchuk said. “I love it. “The biggest thing right now is to continue to gain experience and to get my name out there. I would love to get in one of the driver development programs and continue to move up the ladder.”
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INDIANAPOLIS (May 19, 2008) – Milka Duno, IndyCar Series driver with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, qualified Saturday, May 17, for the 92nd Indy 500. Driving her #23 CITGO Honda Dallara IndyCar, Duno recorded a four-lap average speed of 220.305 m.p.h. which secured the 27th starting position and her second start in the classic 500-mile race.

“I’m so relieved and very happy with our qualifying run,” said Duno. “It was our goal to earn a place on the grid, and, with the help of my outstanding team, we did it. There was some wind to fight off, which made the car a bit slower. Even with the weather conditions, we came through to qualify for the world’s largest race with four consistent laps. I am more than excited to compete in my second Indianapolis 500.”
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Melanie Troxel, who has three NHRA victories in top fuel competition, won the funny car title at the 8th O’Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway in Bristol, Tenn.

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With her victory in the O’Reilly Thunder Valley Nationals, she becomes the first woman to win NHRA races in both the funny car and top-fuel classes.

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Buckling back into a Legends car owned by her Late Model crew chief, Dave Sciarroni, Bell headed for Madera Speedway in Madera, CA where she was feeling excited about returning to one of her favorite tracks. “Madera was always fast and a lot of fun last season. I felt really comfortable in the car and Dad and Dave did a great job getting the car just where I wanted it.”
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Lancelot Takes Pole at First Women’s World Championship Appearance At Mantova

MANTOVA (ITALY), 17 May 2008

Round two of the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship is once again a wet one as the opening round was last weekend at Sevlievo. Livia Lancelot took her first win there and marked her first outing in Mantova with today’s pole; Maria Franke and two time World Cup Winner Katherine Prumm rounded off the top three.

GPKR’s Livia Lancelot is experiencing an incredible start to the 2008 season as she confirmed her status of title favourite by clocking today’s pole. The French rider was three seconds faster than closest rival Maria Franke, of Kawasaki Elf Pfeil.

The latter still has victory in her sights while Yamaha Van Beers Racing’s Katherine Prumm was a surprise by entering today’s top three.

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Sam Burman (www.samburman.co.uk) is looking forward to a successful weekend’s racing at Cadwell on May 17th and 18th, where she will be racing her Honda RS in 125cc in both the 125 class in the Thundersport Championship.

Sam has had a mixed start to the 2008 season, overcoming crashes, illness and severe weather conditions to get back on the podium at Brands Hatch with a 3rd place finish.
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TanderSport has won for the second time in as many rounds as Leanne Tander pieced together her best ever Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship round, at Mallala Raceway near Adelaide.

Tander scored a pole position, a race win and more points than any other driver at the weekend to fly back into championship contention after a 30-point turnaround in the last two rounds.
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“It’s been a great weekend” – speaking from San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy Shelley summed up her first outing on the World Championship P1 powerboat racing circuit.
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Dawn Boyd from Andover made the long trip to Pembrey circuit in South Wales over the weekend for the latest rounds of this season’s Dunlop Great & British Mini Challenge races.

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Amanda Hennessy Takes Home 1st Place in the Retro Class, Winner For the Second Year in a Row in the One Lap of America!

Atlanta, GA (May 16, 2008)

Another year at the One Lap of America, and another year coming home a winner. Amanda competed in this year’s One Lap of America with co-drivers Thomas Daetwyler and Andreas Blochliger in the Retro Class. The vehicle of choice was a 08 Chevrolet HHR SS.

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