There are only two tracks currently on the Sprint Cup schedule where Jeff Gordon hasn’t won. Texas Motor Speedway is one of them.
This doesn’t mean the four-time Cup champion can’t break his 47-race winless streak in this weekend’s Samsung 500. His record at TMS is actually quite good, with eight top 10s, including six top fives, in just 13 starts at the 1.5-mile track on the outskirts of Dallas. And he will start second.
What is in question when it comes to Gordon these days is … Details and Video
Brawn GP’s Jenson Button knows he will start Sunday’s Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix from pole position but is less certain about how his car will perform in the rain forecast for the event.
The British driver followed up his pole in Australia last weekend with another strong performance around the Sepang circuit Saturday, setting a best time of 1 minute, 35.181 seconds—more than half a second ahead of last year’s pole time.
Button will start ahead of the Toyota pair of Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock, with Williams’ Nico Rosberg in fourth. That grid again illustrated the advantage of the three teams whose contentious diffuser designs will be ruled on by the sport’s authorities later this month… Details
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Makers and sellers of ATVs and motorbikes continue to suffer losses nationwide because of a well-meaning but overbroad regulation aimed at protecting children from lead.
Ever see a kid chewing on the air valve of an ATV tire? Licking the battery? Biting handlebars?
They all can contain lead and that’s the kind of effort it would take for it to endanger kids, critics of the regulation say.
Yet, an immediate halt has been placed on these motor vehicle sales. Also, there’s no grandfather provision for models already sitting in stores… Details
The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission said she would allow retailers of youth-model all-terrain vehicles to unload their older inventory despite new restrictions on lead content that prohibit sales. But it isn’t clear if acting CPSC Chairman Nancy Nord has the authority to grant such permission.
Ms. Nord told her compliance staff Friday to hold off on its enforcement for a year on youth ATVs. A spokesman for Ms. Nord said that, as agency chairman, she can enforce her decision. But CPSC Commissioner Thomas Moore said he hasn’t made a decision, and until he does, Ms. Nord doesn’t have authority to act… Details