BMW-Sauber protested the legality of cars used by the Brawn, Toyota and Williams teams at the Malaysian Grand Prix in a repeat of actions taken by others in Australia last week. Race stewards again rejected the protest, just as officials had in Melbourne. BMW-Sauber said it would appeal…Â Details
David Brabham and Scott Sharp led an Acura 1-2 sweep Saturday in the Acura Sports Car Challenge, the second race of the 2009 American Le Mans Series, through the streets of St Petersburg.
The veteran driving pair drove the No. 9 Patrón Highcroft Racing Acura ARX-02a prototype sports car to the lead on Lap 43 and recorded a 32-second victory over the Mexican duo of Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz in the No. 15 Lowe’s Fernandez Racing Acura ARX-01b in the 93-lap feature. The 1-2 Acura finish marked Acura’s first ALMS sweep since last August in the streets of Detroit, when the automaker placed 1-2-3 overall.
 Saturday’s Acura sweep also made American Le Mans Series history with Acura taking wins in both the LMP1 and LMP2 class in the same event. No auto manufacturer had accomplished that feat in ALMS’ ten years… Details
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ROSS BRAWN is the hero of the hour after being thrust into the public consciousness with the stunning debut 1-2 in Australia of his eponymous Grand Prix team. But he has actually been around the motor racing block more than a few times and helped steer Michael Schumacher to his seven world championships.
I worked with him in both F1 and sports car racing and got to know, like and immensely respect the man that Jenson Button calls “the big bearâ€. It is a fair nickname because he … Details
NASA this weekend named its “off-world racing” champions in the 16th annual Great Moonbuggy Race: Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y. won the college division; and Erie High School Team 2 from Erie, Kan., and Huntsville Center for Technology Team 2 from Huntsville, Ala., tied for first place in the high school division.
The three teams bested a field of competitors that included 68 teams from 20 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Germany, India and Romania.
Rochester Institute and Huntsville Center for Technology were the …Â Details
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