Danica Patrick has been the subject of the biggest will-she-or-won’t-she story in sports this year: After a lifetime in open-wheel cars, currently IndyCars, she began to run a partial schedule in the NASCAR Nationwide series two years ago, and speculation was that for 2012, she’d leave IndyCar and move to stock cars full-time. On Aug. 25, she announced exactly that: She’ll run the full NASCAR Nationwide season, as well as a partial schedule in the top-tier NASCAR Sprint Cup series. Patrick, who spends much of her time  … More
The 2011 Yamaha Quad-X Series returns to Speedworld MX Park on September 10 for round 7.Â
Yamaha’s Dustin Nelson leads the series with a total of 150 points, followed by Beau Baron and Yamaha teammate Josh Row.
Round 7 will be the second night race of the 2011 season  … More
American Tony Hawk is the greatest skateboarder of all time and gained global notoriety when, in 1999, he performed the first 900 on his board – the equivalent to two-and-a-half revolutions in the air (900 degrees).
At 43, he claims he can still perform the stunt and has gone on to become a multi-millionaire with a series of computer games, as well as film and television appearances.
Hawk admits to a love for speed … More
More than 80 competitors will click their cars into gear and accelerate out of St. John’s next Monday morning to face five days of the best, and maybe the worst, this rugged part of Canada can throw at them as they take part in the milestone 10th annual edition of the 2,200-kilometre Targa Newfoundland Rally.
Included in the strong international field facing what promises to be one of the toughest Targas ever staged will be factory-backed rally racers and some very serious private entries driving modern machinery bearing the badges of Dodge, Fiat, Porsche, Subaru, Mini, Kia, Lotus, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Nissan, BMW, VW and Toyota as well as classics such as a Ford Falcon Sprint, Acadian Canso, Chevy Camaro and a Datsun 240Z.
Plus a lone 1973 Porsche 914Â Â …Â More