Patrick Long is known as a consummate sportscar racer but the Porsche factory driver has expanded his resume in 2009 to include stock cars. To date, he’s driven in three NASCAR Camping World Series East races — one road course and two oval-track events. And the glib California native has done very well, including a near-win at Watkins Glen International over the weekend.
“I grew up around street racing, midgets and sprint cars,” Long said. “While I have made my trade in sports cars, someone saw my talent and asked, ‘Would you want to try a road course in a stock car?’ I said sure as I am the kind of guy that wants to race in everything from the Baja, to rally’s to championship indoor races. My goal is to …Â Details
More than 20,000 spectators turned out for the Mountain Bike World Cup event near Fort William over the weekend, which involved more than 300 riders.
The competition, one in a series of 12, has been voted the best mountain bike event in the world three years running.
It was held at the Nevis range ski area and in the Leanachan Forest.
The men’s downhill went to…Â Details
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A University of Minnesota team and its car, called Centaurus, lapped the competition at a race in Texas.
Adem Rudin always loved airplanes and rockets. Still does. Then, just before he began studying aerospace engineering at the University of Minnesota, he spotted solar cars.
He found them to be “really frickin’ cool.”
Four years later, Rudin has helped lead the university’s solar car team to a victory at the 2009 Formula Sun Grand Prix…Â Details