Becomes youngest driver to win Cup pole by one day
Streaking around .533-mile Bristol Motor Speedway in 15.396 seconds (124.630 mph) Friday, Joey Logano won the first pole of his Cup career, becoming the youngest driver to win a top qualifying spot in NASCAR’s top series — by one day.
Technically, Logano won the 21 Means 21 Pole Award since he’s under the legal drinking age. Drivers who are 21 and older win the Coors Light Pole Award …Â Details
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The Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals was held this weekend at the Gainesville Raceway. The weather seemed to be perfect for racing this weekend with Karen Stoffer and her Suzuki/Geico Powersports motorcycle setting a national record with a time of 6.847 in the quarter mile. Karen stated after the run, ” We’ve still got the good conditions out there that we had yesterday, and everyone’s got the nerves out after the first round. I’m not sure it can go any lower than that, but I’m not going to set it in stone just yet.” Â
Karen Stoffer has been involved with Motorcycle Drag Racing since 1990 when she was picked to be Rookie of the year at the Los Angeles County Raceway. She was one of the first few women to be licensed in Pro-Stock Motorcycle Racing … Details
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Audi is considering production of a road-going version of its R8 GT3 racing car, to rival the Porsche 911 GT3.
The V10-powered, rear-drive Audi R8 GT3 racecar won last year’s FIA European GT Championship in its debut season, and Audi has been overwhelmed with orders for racing cars this year. It is set to deliver an extra 30 cars on top of the more than two dozen it made last year. And now it is thinking about  … Details
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