For those of us who love sports with helmets, this isn’t just the weekend after the Super Bowl. It’s NASCAR fantasy draft weekend.
Are you ready?
The weekend before the Daytona 500 is prime time to gather for the selection of your longest-lasting fantasy season — 10 months of fun or agony — so you really want to get it right…Â More info
No driver has been more dominant in the world of professional motorsports over the past five years than Top Fuel’s Tony Schumacher.
The National Hot Rod Association’s 2009 Full Throttle Drag Racing season opens this weekend with the 49th annual Winter Nationals in Pomona, Calif., and Schumacher will begin his quest for a sixth consecutive Top Fuel championship and seventh crown overall…Â More info
The huge success enjoyed at the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix and first Formula One night race will enjoy a boost with developments taking place to increase overtaking.
After consultation between the FIA and the teams, minor changes will be made at turns one, 13 and 14 to improve overtaking. Road surface improvements will be done at turns five, six and seven, and revisions made to the pit-lane entry and exit, as well as the run off area at turn 22.
“While the circuit and the event exceeded expectations around the world, as with any brand new event, there are always things which we now know we can do better,” said Singapore’s technical and race operations director Michael McDonough on the official Formula One website…Â ….More info
…can’t help thinking how revolting this year’s generation of Formula One cars look.
The best looking of the breed is Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren, largely down to a trademark fancy paintjob, but I’ve seen that close up and it is no prettier in person than it is online. The problem is the vast fairground-go-kart like front wings and silly, skinny stepladder rear wings mandated by the regulations.
There have been plenty of ugly F1 cars in the past, but their aesthetic offence has often been an effort to…Â More info Â