Tonight at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California, Carroll Shelby and Co. unveiled what is by far the most radical Mustang ever built for the street. Named after Don “The Snake” Prudhomme, who drove a top fuel car for Shelby in the 1968 season, the new Shelby features a 750 horsepower (over 800 on race fuel) version of the GT500’s 5.4-liter V8 thanks to an upgraded Kenne Bell supercharger…Â More infoÂ
It’s still the Budweiser Shootout, but the traditional non-points prelude to the Daytona 500 will have a different look and feel Saturday night.
With a record 28-car field, including several drivers who wouldn’t have qualified under the old rules, the 31st Shootout will seem more like an exhibition race than an all-star race.
Defending champion Dale Earnhardt Jr., for one, doesn’t like it.
“It just (stinks), because I’m such a historian of the sport,” Earnhardt said…Â More info
Max Mosley has confirmed reports that a prospective American team is looking into racing in Formula One next year. It emerged this week that USF1, …Â More info
Italian Formula One team Toro Rosso confirmed Friday that Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais will be their number two driver for the 2009 season alongside Swiss racer Sebastien Buemi.
The 29-year-old endured an anxious wait to know if he would be retained by the Italian stable as number two after a modest debut campaign behind the wheel of a Toro Rosso car last season.
The four-time ChampCar winner in the United States beat off a strong challenge for the drive from Japanese veteran Takuma Sato.
“It was a very long winter but the wait is finally over,” said the relieved driver from Le Mans…Â More info