Yesterday was a beautiful day for driving and the competitors went all out for the final stages of this year’s Targa. The crowd cheered each team as they crossed the official finish line beside St. John’s harbour in the late afternoon. Here are the official results for the four scored classes.
In the classic group, Giannou and Felice took first place in their 1981 Porsche 911 SC, accumulating only 56 seconds in penalties over the course of the week. Gill and Didcock were second in their 1979 Ford Escort RS1800Â Â …Â More
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Formula 1 arrived in Monza on the weekend of Sept. 16, 2001, reeling from the horrors of the 9-11 terrorist attacks in New York and the Pentagon, and the shocking crash of Alex Zanardi in the Champ Car race at Euro Speedway Lausitz a few days later. For its “home” race, the Ferrari team ran with the nose wings of its cars draped in black, in a gesture of sympathy to the victims of the 9-11 attacks. It was an obvious damper on what would have been a celebration of a glorious season for the Scuderia, whose team leader Michael Schumacher had won eight of the 14 races held that season going into Monza. But in Italy, Ferrari would be upstaged by Williams-BMW and its new star, Juan-Pablo Montoya.
After scooping a CART Champ Car title in his rookie season of 1998Â Â …Â More
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Ryan Hunter-Reay is the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series champion after a drive from 22nd to fourth in the season-ending MAVTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway, as prior series points leader Will Power crashed early and despite a valiant effort to return to the track, was overtaken.
Hunter-Reay finished fourth in the race, which ended under yellow after a near identical ending to the Indianapolis 500. Ed Carpenter edged ahead of Dario Franchitti as … More
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FormulaCross first on off road rally action at Willow Springs.
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