Following a thrilling victory in Barcelona, when he overtook Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo in the very last corner of the race, reigning MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi revealed he has set a couple of new challenges for the future. Aside from going after his 100th win in the FIM Road Racing World Championship, Rossi is also looking to debut in the famous North American NASCAR Series or the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
First thing’s first, however, as Rossi admitted the first objective is to clinch his 100th win in the series. The Italian rider admitted this will more than likely come during the course of this year, as he needs to keep winning races if he wants to defend his world title. As he goes for both targets this season, at least one more win is a must in 2009.
Last night I broke the news here on B/R that popular British motor programme Top Gear ended their long running joke, The Stig, a man who drives new vehicles around the show’s very own Test Circuit.
The current Stig (since 2004) has never revealed himself, and because of this he has become a cult icon in the United Kingdom as well as overseas. After months of speculation and a lot of controversy, Top Gear ended an era when they revealed The Stig’s identity to be none other than the greatest Formula One driver of all time, Michael Schumacher.
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TRG’s Duncan Ende and Spencer Pumpelly finished third in Saturday’s running of the Grand-Am Rolex Series KONI Sports Car Challenge race today at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Mid-Ohio’s 2.2-mile twisty rolling terrain does not favor the Porsche GS cars, but the team had a solid run. Duncan Ende and Spencer Pumpelly had the No. 39 DigiTrust Group/Adam’s Polishes/Racer’s Roast Coffee/Intercity Lines/TRG Porsche 997 setup and ready to race. Ende, once again, had a monster qualifying effort, putting the No. 39 on the second row. Early contact in the race resulted in a bent wheel and a pit stop under green, hampering what could have been a possible win. The duo were able get up on the podium proving that well driven Porsche can still hang with the big V-8s.
“We had another good qualifying run,” Ende said. “Spencer and I are really clicking on the setup of the car. We had a very strong race considering that …Â Details
Video Automobile Sports Car F1Â – Top Gear: The Stig, revealed – Like the Sith revealing themselves to the Jedi, the Stig has revealed himself to Top Gear’s live studio audience. Maybe … Details
You saw it on the telly, now see what the atmosphere was like in the studio with our behind the scenes footage shot during the live show recording exclusively for TopGear.com. See more behind the s…