The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is holding an online auction to help the American Red Cross’ disaster relief efforts following this week’s earthquake in Haiti.
Items on offer include a helmet signed by the majority of the 2009 Indianapolis 500 participants as well as many other pieces of signed Indy memorabilia. The auction can be accessed  … Details
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A solid 6- to 8-foot swell graced the lineup for the opening day of the Da Hui presents the Sponsor Me Sunset Open, at Sunset Beach today and featured the most star-studded field to ever contest a 1-star World Qualifying Series event. Local power house Pancho Sullivan set a high bar for the 80 competitors who hit the water, posting the highest heat score of the day: 16.5 out of 20.Â
This is the first event of the strengthened 2010 Association of Surfing Professionals Hawaii tour and  … Details
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Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah pulled to within three minutes of overall leader Carlos Sainz by finishing second on today’s thirteenth and penultimate stage of the Dakar Rally.Â
Sainz was the first car to start the 368km stage between San Rafael and Santa Rosa, but was second fastest behind his rival at the first of the day’s control points after 51km. From there on the pair were  … Details
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Havasu’s Deb Robison and Larry Smith scored their first win of the season at the 10.5-mile Open Ocean Paddling race at Santa Barbara, Calif. Saturday.
The Santa Barbara event was run under warm sunny conditions with a high surf advisory of 10 foot-plus waves. Robison and Smith, paddling a two-person outrigger canoe, battled the entire five-mile upwind portion of the course with the eventual second place finishing team of Carla and Matt Stephens, of Oceanside, Calif … Details
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