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Dale Earnhardt Jr. would jump at the chance to drive in the Indianapolis 500 if there were not a conflicting NASCAR race on the same day.
Rain washed out his plans for a ride in a two-seat Indy car on Thursday. Instead, he strapped himself behind the wheel and received a 10-minute, stationary lesson in Indy driving from former 500 winner Dan Wheldon.
“Any time you’re around a race car and there’s a driver that has driven that car, you’re going to ask what it drives like, what it feels like, what it does, how it works,†Earnhardt said. “I picked his brains as hard as I could.â€
He said driving at Indianapolis “definitely interests me.â€Â … Details
In addition, international standouts Antoine Meo and Rory Mead have registered for the opening GEICO EnduroCross round @ Vegas’ Orleans July 25th!Â
 The rider list for 2009 GEICO Powersports AMA EnduroCross reads like a who’s who of national and international enduro, cross country, desert racing, trials and motocross greats, beginning with the six-race series’ defending champ and runner-up, Team Monster Energy/Kawasaki’s Ricky Dietrich and Damon Huffman.
Dietrich, the AMA’s Racer of the Year in 2008 thanks in part to his outstanding performance in EnduroCross, returns as the defending champion. But the racer who won the most main events (three) was his teammate, Huffman. The former supercross star ended up …Â Details
Fernando Alonso denied that he had any agreement in place to swap Renault for Ferrari, although the two-time world champion left the door open for a switch after this season.
Italian and Spanish media reports earlier on Thursday said Alonso had agreed to a two-year contract with Ferrari starting in 2011, although it could be brought forward to next season.
“They are only rumors. They have been happening in the last four or five years,†Alonso said Thursday as he prepared for this weekend’s German Grand Prix, before making it clear there had been no contact between the two sides.
Alonso suggested, however, that talks could happen in the future…Â Details