This may come as a shock, but on October 9, 2010 the Downtown Throwdown in Seattle, WA, got rained on. Not only did it rain, but over the five or so hours of action in Occidental Park, it went from a light northwest-style drizzle, to pounding east coast-style down pour and back again, a couple times. Competitors stripped off their soaked sweatshirts when they got too heavy, and the crowd huddled in plastic bags, but seeing at it was pretty much an a fall day in Washington, no one really let a little inclement weather get in the way of a good time  … Details
Valentino Rossi described his return to the top step of the MotoGP podium as a huge satisfaction after ending a six-month victory drought at Sepang.
The outgoing world champion had not won a race since the season-opener in Qatar, with his shoulder and leg injuries and their after-effects leading to the longest barren spell in his MotoGP career.
But he came through to take the Malaysian Grand Prix win at Sepang today, despite dropping to 11th with a poor start … Details
With the survey responses pouring in, the sailing fans are showing a strong preference for the 34th America’s Cup to be sailed in monohulls.
After just the first day of polling of Sail-World readers world-wide, a massive 67.65% of those who responded would rather watch a match race between monohulls than multihulls.
Interestingly the response is coming not from armchair sailors but hardcore racing sailors, with 85% of the responders describing themselves as racing sailors and 54% say they race each week. Only 7% classed themselves in the ‘no longer sail’ category  … Details & Pictures
Matt Hagan raced to the No. 1 qualifying position and set a national performance record in Funny Car Saturday at the Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway. Larry Dixon, Allen Johnson and Hector Arana also will lead their categories into Sunday’s 11 a.m. eliminations as No. 1 qualifiers at the fourth of six playoff races in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship.
Hagan powered his DieHard Dodge Charger to … Details