Toyota’s Formula 1 chiefs have been assured that the Japanese manufacturer is not planning a withdrawal from the sport later this year – but the team has been warned to prepare itself for major costs cuts.
The Cologne-based outfit has been told it must wait until a board meeting in Tokyo on November 15 to get it 2010 budget signed off – which has prompted fears that … Details
Bobby Labonte has signed a seven-race deal to drive the TRG Motorsports No. 71 TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet Impala SS, starting with this weekend’s Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The 2000 Sprint Cup champion aims to keep his streak of 568 NASCAR Sprint Cup starts, dating back to the 1993 Daytona 500, intact following his departure earlier this week from Yates Racing, where he gave way to Erik Darnell.
“This whole thing came together over the last 24 hours,” Labonte said. “Slugger (Richard “Slugger” Labbe, TRG Motorsports crew chief) called me yesterday morning and …Â Details
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Ferrari is expecting Giancarlo Fisichella to deliver valuable points for the outfit for the rest of the season, after officially confirming that the Italian will race for the Maranello team for the remainder of 2009. Fisichella is being drafted in as teammate to Kimi Raikkonen after temporary stand-in Luca Badoer failed to impress during his two race stint with the team.
“We have chosen Fisichella because…Â Details
Jessica Zemken talks into her cell phone and spells herlast name slowly, then gives her credit card number and expiration date withoutbatting an eye.
“I’m getting good at using this credit card,†Zemken said. “That’s not agood sign.â€
Three years after what was her banner season, the 23-year-old aspiringsprint car driver is struggling like never before. Not even finishing ahead oftwo-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart in a dirt race has helpedZemken realize her dream of racing full-time.
“Nobody in the sprint car world is going to put me in a car because I’m a girl … Details
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