George Gillett, whose family is the majority owner of Richard Petty Motorsports, has entered into a “commercial collaboration” agreement with F6, a leading Saudi Arabia-based sports management firm founded and led by Saudi Arabian Prince Faisal bin Fahad bin Abdullah Al Saud.
According to a news release from F6, the agreement includes the Liverpool soccer team and is designed to explore business opportunities in soccer, stock-car racing and interactive media in Saudi Arabia. The framework for a partnership in NASCAR also has been established to consider the development of …Â Details
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Trade Monaco for Darlington? Some people assumed Juan Pablo Montoya had a few screws loose — and not in his race car.Â
There were puzzled expressions all around — except, notably, on the faces of Montoya and car owner Chip Ganassi — when Ganassi announced in the middle of the 2006 season that Montoya would drive for his NASCAR team beginning with the 2007 Sprint Cup schedule.
Yes, Ganassi assured everyone, this was the same Juan Pablo Montoya who had blitzed the racing capitals of Europe and other continents as one of Formula One’s lightning rods. He won races on some of world’s most famous F1 courses and in front of kings and queens and sheiks, and now he was going to race “taxicabs” at such exotic locales as Talladega and Martinsville? … Details
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The former F1 star is fighting to conquer America in a series that avoids off-track scandal
As Formula One desperately tries to put its house in order in Singapore, a purer and arguably more dramatic form of motor sport gets into its stride today on the opposite side of the world – with an ex-Formula One man among the leading contenders.
Juan Pablo Montoya has qualified second for the Nascar race on the Monster Mile oval at Dover in Delaware. Montoya’s presence on the front row ahead of homegrown talent in 42 other saloon cars from Dodge, Ford, Toyota and Chevrolet is a rare event in …Â Details
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The oldest driver in Sprint Cup happens to be the best one in the sport this season. He’s won more races than Tony Stewart. Has more poles than Jimmie Johnson.
He has earned more respect than any other driver in the garage and is the sentimental favorite to win his first Cup title.
At 50 years old, Mark Martin defies his age on the track. Martin may be the elder statesmen, but that hasn’t stopped the gray-haired veteran from chasing the championship.
He leads the points standings heading into Week 2 …Â Details
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