The Formula One news this week is both good and bad.
It’s good, because the Honda F1 team will not go out of business after all. It’s been purchased by a group headed by ex-Honda team principal (and former Ferrari brainchild) Ross Brawn and will be known henceforth as Brawn GP.
The 2009 Honda chassis (oops, Brawn chassis – but you know what I mean) will be powered by… Details
If Mark Martin didn’t have bad luck, he probably wouldn’t have any luck at all.
He’s learned that the hard way over his 27 years at NASCAR’s top level. There have been four runner-up championship finishes and a myriad of small disasters on a resume that most likely will still go down as one of the greatest in series history… Details
To this day, race car driver and “Dancing with The Stars†winner Helio Castroneves hasn’t seen a single dime of $5 million in licensing money he was promised under a 1999 contract with Penske Racing. It’s either been parked at Penske or is still idling in a Dutch investment account.
But the Internal Revenue Service says Castroneves owes U.S. income taxes on the money anyway…Â Details
Jeff Gordon didn’t win Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, but he came up clutch when it counted most.
Struggling with a slipping clutch that made nearly every pit stop an adventure, Gordon thought he had a real chance to end a 44-race winless streak that dates to the fall race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in 2007. Instead, he had to settle for second behind Kurt Busch — his third top-10 finish in the four races run so far this season…. Details