Sun, 28 August 2011, Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix – Casey Stoner was the clear victor at the 2011 Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix, crossing the finish line nearly five seconds ahead of Dani Pedrosa and Ben Spies. Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) took the early race lead, until team mate Stoner overtook the Spaniard on lap [...]
Sat 27th Aug, 2011 – JR Motorsports is delighted to report that, having covered a total race distance of 440kms in three hours, its Nissan NISMO GT-R GT3 proved 100% reliable in its first ever competitive outing. The fourth round of the Blancpain Endurance Series at the Magny-Cours circuit in central France saw the car [...]
Sat 27th 2011, Indianapolis – Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda) has yet to finish on the podium in two career starts at the Indianapolis circuit but his new pole position record of 1’38.850 indicates that may soon be changing. The Australian will start from pole position for the seventh time in the 2011 season in Sunday’s [...]
27 August 2011, Magny Cours, France – Maxime Martin took the chequered flag at the end of the 3-hour Blancpain Endurance Series race in Magny Cours, to give himself, Bas Leinders, Marcus Paltalla, the Marc VDS Racing Team and BMW their first victory in the series. Martin finished ahead of the nr9 AutOrlando Porsche of Paolo [...]
Aug 25th 2011 – Danica Patrick has moved over full time to Nascar. After six years racing in IndyCar, and five of those with Honda/Dallara for Andretti Autosport, the American beauty will move over to Nascar full time. Having participated in Nascar part time in 2010, she had her best career finish of 4th in series on March [...]
Aug 25th 2011 – Following today’s (Thursday 25 August) Annual General Meeting (AGM), the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) is delighted to announce that Derek Warwick has been elected as BRDC President. Warwick, whose distinguished motor racing career includes 11 seasons and 147 starts in Formula One, wins in the prestigious Le Mans 24 hours [...]
Aug 25th 2011 – JRM has confirmed that it will enter its Nissan NISMO GT-R GT3 in this weekend’s fourth round of the Blancpain Endurance Series at Magny-Cours. The event marks the first ever competitive outing for the new car, which is being jointly developed between NISMO (Nissan Motorsports International Co. Ltd.) and JRM (JR Motorsports). [...]
BRAINERD, Minnesota (August 25, 2011) – At the 30th Annual Luca Oil NHRA Nationals, Brainerd, Minnesota, Yas Marina Circuit’s Hot Rod Fuller reached the fastest speed of his career to date. Fuller rocketed down the drag strip in the qualifying round of the race at an impressive 322.11mph (518.57 km/h), setting a new personal best [...]
GENNEP,August 18th, 2011 – With less than five month to go before the seventh running of the Dunlop 24H Dubai gets underway at the Dubai Autodrome (January 12 till 14th, 2012), the starting grid shapes up as more and more teams are entering the first international endurance race of the new year for GTs, touring [...]
Dubai based Vendetta Racing team flew over to the UK to campaign in the the Hottrax Sorrymate.com Endurance 3hrs held at Lincolnshires famous 2.17ml Cadwell Park with its famous ‘Mountain’ section. Scotsman Alan Boyter teamed up with the Isle of Man specialist Cornwall rider Steve Blackney for the round, using the Yamaha R6. The team www.vendettaracinguae.com have [...]
