The West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame has announced 10 new members for induction in ceremonies to be held July 3 at Irwindale Speedway in Southern California.
The 2009 class is the sixth in the history of the Hall which inducted its first members in 2002. The Hall, founded in 2001, memorializes significant contributors to the sport’s development and history — including designers, engineers, mechanics, drivers, race track owners, promoters, publicists and members of the motorsports media.
The latest group brings the Hall’s membership to …Â Details
Next week, Formula One powers could spoil the season by ruling that the Jenson Button fairy tale is too good to be true and his back-from-the-dead Brawn GP team has cheated its way to the top of the grid.
If they do, we should protest by switching off our televisions for the next race, the Chinese Grand Prix. The first two races, both won by Button, were too fun for a sudden overturning of the results to be palatable now.
The matter that motorsports’ International Court of Appeal will hear Tuesday is this: Do Brawn, Williams and Toyota have illegal aerodynamic technology on their cars?
Some teams—which this season, remarkably, include Ferrari—contend they do and their lack of the same go-fast bodywork is a main reason why they’re eating Button’s dust… Details
A.J. Allmendinger picked up a sponsor that will keep his Richard Petty Motorsports entry running at least until September.
Allmendinger started the season with just enough sponsorship to take him through the first quarter of the Sprint Cup schedule. RPM officials recently extended his deal through the end of May, and an agreement on Wednesday …Â Details