Maybe crew chief Gil Martin summed up the major crew swap his Richard Childress Racing operation had engineered prior to Saturday night’s Crown Royal 400.
His driver, Kevin Harvick was wheeling a torn-to-pieces No. 29 Chevrolet around Richmond International Raceway late in the race when Martin keyed his in-car radio button.
“I hate to tell you this,” Martin said ruefully. “But the only cars faster than you right now are the two leaders.” … Details
Sources close to the legal action over the 33rd America’s Cup, confirmed today that Societe Nautique de Geneve had lodged papers with the New York Supreme Court, late last week, seeking to have the Challenger, Golden Gate Yacht Club disqualified.
The charge is that of not furnishing the Customs House Registry document (CHR) ‘as soon as possible’.
The Challenger, as of 7 April 2009, has been sailing a 90ft long by 90ft trimaran for eight months, since early September 2008.
While SNG, as Defender, did not recognise Golden Gate Yacht Club as the Challenger until ordered to do so by the New York Appeal Court, SNG made rasping overtures about the provision of the Customs House Registry document, which is issued in the USA by the US Coast Guard…Â Details
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway has made the reputation of racing greats: A.J. Foyt, Rick Mears, the Unser family.
It’s been a testing ground for safety features such as rearview mirrors and seat belts, well before they became commonplace in Americans’ everyday lives. It’s been a movie set, and the place where Janet Guthrie struck a blow for female athletes by becoming the first woman racer at the Indy 500 in 1977.
And, as of this year, Indy has been part of American driving and racing for a century.
“Not only is this the same joint, the (first) surface is still there … the crushed rock and tar is still there,†speedway historian Donald Davidson said.
The common perception that bricks were used first as the first track surface is …Â Details