To say that German driver Sebastian Vettel is the “youngest†driver to make his mark on Formula 1 is like saying that Singapore is a “fine†city. By taking part in Friday practice for the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix, Vettel became the youngest Formula 1 driver to drive at a Grand Prix weekend – at the tender age of 19 years and 53 days.
In the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix, Vettel became the youngest driver to lead a Formula 1 race. He also became the “rookiest†driver to get a penalty in F1, being fined $1,000 a mere nine seconds into his career – after speeding in the pitlane. He then went on to become the sixth youngest driver to start a Grand Prix and the youngest driver to score points in a Grand Prix – both in the US GP when he substituted for the recuperating Robert Kubica who had a horrific accident at the previous Canadian GP… Details
What began on August 10, 1916, as an automobile race featuring Barney Oldfield and Eddie Rickenbacker to help promote a new highway to the top of a Colorado mountain will present its 87th edition on Sunday, July 19, as America’s second oldest motor sports race, behind only the fabled Indy 500.
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, with almost 50 auto or truck drivers and 115 motorcycle racers in 11 divisions,including automotive, semi truck, exhibition, open wheel, super stock car, pro truck and motorcycle classes, will attack the 14,110-foot peak in one of the nation‘s most exciting sports events.
The Race to the Clouds takes its competitors to the summit of Pikes Peak, a distance of 19.99 km (12.42 miles) over 156 turns, climbing 1,439Â meters (4,721Â ft) from the start at Mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway at 2,862Â meters (9,390Â ft) on grades averaging 7% over both gravel and paved sections…Â Details
SAN DIEGO—No amount of jet lag could keep helmsman James Spithill from smiling about the prospect of getting back onboard one of the world’s fastest sailboats.
Spithill and other sailors with America’s Cup challenger BMW Oracle Racing are waiting for the shore team to finish preparing their modified 90-foot trimaran to they can resume testing on the Pacific Ocean later this week.
“Once you get a taste of this sort of a boat, you just sort of get addicted to it. We’re all pretty keen to get on with it,” Spithill said Tuesday, a day after arriving from a regatta in France.
The monster trimaran, known as BOR 90, hasn’t sailed since March 3. Since then, San Francisco-based BMW Oracle Racing won its last-chance appeal in New York’s highest court and was declared the rightful Challenger of Record.
The Americans will face bitter rival and two-time defending America’s Cup champion Alinghi of Switzerland in a best-of-3 series starting Feb. 8 for the oldest trophy in international sports.
BOR 90 has been hidden away in a temporary boatshed for four months as it was modified…Â Details
Video Kayak Surfing – Kayak Surfing on 4th of July – On 4th of July, Vassar street kayakers met for a surf session. The ocean was mostly flat, but a few miles south of Ano Nuevo island in Santa Cruz county, we found a break that produced some nice fr…
What began on August 10, 1916, as an automobile race featuring Barney Oldfield and Eddie Rickenbacker to help promote a new highway to the top of a Colorado mountain will present its 87th edition on Sunday, July 19, as America’s second oldest motor sports race, behind only the fabled Indy 500.