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Roush Fenway Racing drivers realize they’ve fallen behind the competition, particularly Hendrick Motorsports. But can they get up in time to make a serious run at the championship?
A year ago, Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle combined for 11 Ford victories. However, since Matt Kenseth started off the 2009 season with back-to-back wins at Daytona and Fontana, the blue oval has looked more like a zero on the manufacturer scoreboard.
Hendrick-built Chevrolets have won the past three races, including Jimmie Johnson’s victory at the Brickyard last weekend, and Friday’s rain-shortened practice at Pocono Raceway looked like more of the same, as all four Hendrick teammates and the satellite Stewart-Haas team taking up six of the top seven places on the lap charts…Â Details
It is a story that has been repeated many times: A car company is founded by a larger-than-life visionary with unconventional ideas. It goes on to create remarkable vehicles.
This story can have many different endings. Some of the plucky startups, like Ferrari and Honda, endure, and their cars become the stuff of legend. Many more – Bricklin and DeLorean, for example – drop out of sight before gaining a commercial foothold.
Among the failures is one of the most fascinating chapters of American automotive history, the story of Preston Tucker and his attempt to break into a market dominated by Detroit’s Big Three in the years …Â Details
At 40-years-old and with a two year break from grand prix racing behind him, Michael Schumacher is all to aware of the physical demands that will be placed on him when he returns to action at the European Grand Prix in Valencia later this month where he will substitute for the injured Felipe Massa.
The seven times world champion, who took physical fitness levels to new extremes when he was competing in Formula One, has not raced a Formula One car since the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix, although he tested for Ferrari in April 2008 in his capacity as a consultant to the team.
Schumacher’s comeback began on Friday when he … Details