Newman bullish on team’s chances
Jan 14, 2009 NASCAR
Ryan Newman believes both Stewart-Haas drivers can make the Chase for the Sprint Cup in the team’s debut season
HOF and Yates join for Sprint Cup
Jan 14, 2009 NASCAR
Hall of Fame Racing will partner with Yates Racing for the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, the two teams announced on Tuesday
Ducati reveal Desmosedici GP9
Jan 14, 2009 MotoGP
Ducati have released the first official images of their 2009 MotoGP challenger, which features a radical carbon fibre chassis
Ezpeleta expects Kawasaki bikes to race
Jan 14, 2009 MotoGP
Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta says he expects a Kawasaki team to race in 2009, having confirmed that he has agreed to let the company withdraw from its commitment to stay in MotoGP until 2011 provided it participates this season
MotoGP to make radical cost cuts
Jan 14, 2009 MotoGP
Ducati team boss Livio Suppo says that the MotoGP manufacturers will follow Formula One’s example and make radical cost-cutting changes, but that most of the measures will have to wait until 2010
Hayden sure he can adapt to Ducati
Jan 14, 2009 MotoGP
Former world champion Nicky Hayden is confident he will be able to get to grips with the Ducati GP9, but admits that he is not yet up to speed at his new team.
Oakes completes Carlin line-up
Jan 14, 2009 F3
Carlin Motorsport have completed their British Formula 3 line-up for this season by signing Oliver Oakes
New Ducati aims to be ‘more rideable’
Jan 14, 2009 MotoGP
Ducati say their 2009 bike will be a more rider-friendly machine than the powerful but aggressive machines used for the past two seasons
Labonte joins Hall of Fame Racing
Jan 14, 2009 NASCAR
Bobby Labonte will drive the No.96 Hall of Fame Ford in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Webber ready to sling crutches
Jan 14, 2009 Formula One
Mark Webber anticipates that he will be off crutches in mid-January and back in full training ahead of the new Formula One season.
Tost: New rules tough on small teams
Jan 14, 2009 Formula One
Scuderia Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost believes that this year’s raft of Formula One rule changes will make it harder for the Italian outfit to repeat their form of 2008
Yates Racing to run Hall of Fame’s team (AP)
Jan 14, 2009 Motor Sport
Hall of Fame Racing became the latest NASCAR team to use a merger to stave off collapse, aligning Tuesday with Yates Racing to keep its operation running into the new season.
Sainz remains Dakar leader; biker Guerrero injured (AP)
Jan 14, 2009 Motor Sport
Carlos Sainz of Spain won his fourth straight stage in Dakar Rally on Tuesday to keep his overall lead after a day of racing in the world’s driest desert. Spain’s Cristobal Guerrero seriously injured his head when he fell off his motorbike. He was taken by helicopter to the Regional Hospital in Copiapo.
Your Turn: Caution ahead (Yahoo! Sports)
Jan 14, 2009 Motor Sport
What’s on your mind this week? How about lengthy cautions and pansy racing.
Power to fill in for Castroneves during trial (PA SportsTicker)
Jan 14, 2009 Motor Sport
MOORESVILLE, North Carolina (Ticker) — Will Power will take the wheel of the Team Penske No. 3 Dallara/Honda while Helio Castroneves fights tax evasion charges in court, Penske Racing announced Tuesday.
IRL accelerates sponsorship push in glum economy (AP)
Jan 14, 2009 Motor Sport
The Indy Racing League is pulling out of the economic pits as it battles for sponsorship.
IRL champion eager for new season to start (AP)
Jan 14, 2009 Motor Sport
Scott Dixon’s incredible season is finally beginning to sink in.
Court case puts Castroneves out of driver’s seat (AP)
Jan 14, 2009 Motor Sport
Helio Castroneves is being replaced on Team Penske by Australian driver Will Power — at least until the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner’s tax evasion trial is resolved.
IRL accelerates sponsorship push in glum economy (AP)
Jan 14, 2009 Motor Sport
The Indy Racing League is pulling out of the economic pits as it battles for sponsorship.
IRL champion eager for new season to start (AP)
Jan 14, 2009 Motor Sport
Scott Dixon’s incredible season is finally beginning to sink in.
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