ROSANNE Hodge and Nikita Robb, both East Londoners, are to represent South Africa at the 2009 Billabong ISA World Surfing Games at Playa Hermosa near San Jose, Costa Rica in August.
Border judge Cyril Nel will also keep the Border flag flying high at the event. He has been appointed by the ISA as one of two head judges for Costa Rica, while Sandile Mqadi has been included on the international judging panel.
The South Africans’ preparations, training and attendance at the event will be supported by a R400000 grant from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund.
The squad consists of four men, two women, two male longboarders, three coaches and a manager…Â Details
Jan Magnussen and Jörg Bergmeister captured pole positions Thursday for the 24 Hours of Le Mans as teams and drivers from the American Le Mans Series asserted themselves well in qualifying for the world’s greatest motor race. At the head of the field, Stephane Sarrazin’s late flying lap of 3:22.888 (150.266 mph) gave himself and Peugeot three straight overall pole positions over Audi in the battle of the two diesel powers.
Sarrazin was 0.762 seconds ahead of three-time American Le Mans Series LMP1 champion Allan McNish in the new Audi R15 TDI. McNish, Dindo Capello and Tom Kristensen debuted the new diesel prototype with a victory at…Â Details
General Motors is cutting factory support for Chevrolet teams competing in NASCAR’s Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series as the automaker restructures under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to a story that will appear in Friday’s edition of SportsBusiness Journal.
According to SBJ’s Michael Smith, who wrote the story, the cost-cutting measures are likely to have the greatest affect on larger organizations, such as Kevin Harvick Inc., which fields teams in both series, and Rusty Wallace Inc. and JR Motorsports, which field teams in the Nationwide Series.