Jimmie Johnson came to Daytona International Speedway with a new beard and a cut finger, two topics that have so far overshadowed his status as NASCAR’s three-time defending champion.
So just how overlooked is Johnson’s on-track achievements? Carl Edwards was picked over Johnson to win this year’s Sprint Cup championship.
“What about me?” Johnson wondered on Wednesday, the first full day of preparations for the season-opening Daytona 500. “I just thought, “Damn, if you won three championships in a row, you’d think you’d be a favorite.”‘…Â More info
You know, it’s easy for reviewers to turn a game like NASCAR Kart Racing into a whipping boy. I was truly expecting to gleefully run the game through the wringer, ready to slam it for being all sorts of terrible things and ruining the Wii library with its expected cash-in crumminess. The problem: the game isn’t bad. Oh sure, it’s a shameful Mario Kart clone with NASCAR rednecks instead of Nintendo mascots, but for what it’s worth the game isn’t an embarrassment to the Wii line-up. NASCAR Kart Racing is actually, you know, fun. .. More info
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MotorcycleUSA.com announced today it has aligned energies with the ATV Promoters Group to become an Associate Sponsor and the Holeshot Award Sponsor for the 2009 ITP/Moose Racing AMA ATV Motocross Championship presented by Parts Unlimited. There are 11 rounds in the 2009 series with two Pro Motos per round for a total of 22 Holeshots which www.Motorcycle-USA.com will pay $250 to the fastest ATV Pro pilot to cross the Holeshot line.
“Supporting the ATV Motocross Championship makes perfect sense for MotorcycleUSA.com,†claims Ken Hutchison, Vice President, MotorcycleUSA… More info
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The introduction of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) in Formula One remains one of the hottest topics of debate in the build-up to the new season.
Arguments have raged for months about the development costs of the devices, whether they will be safe and what difference they will make to the racing.
So having heard from the teams, autosport.com wanted to gauge what FIA president Max Mosley thought of KERS when he met a few journalists for a pre-season chat. Here are his thoughts…. More info