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Italy’s Jarno Trulli claimed pole position for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix to lead a Toyota 1-2 on the front row at the Sakhir circuit.

Trulli clocked a time of one minute 33.431 seconds in the final qualifying session to edge out teammate Timo Glock.

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel, who won the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai last week and championship leader Jenson Button in his Brawn GP, will start from the second row…  Details & Pictures 

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Block out your calendar on April 25th & 26th for this year’s exciting edition of the Logjam! Old Boards, No Cords with great surfers and a venue to match: beautiful Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz, California. Enjoy the great sliders in front of Jack O’Neill’s home from 7am-4pm on Saturday with semis and finals from 8am-2pm on Sunday, near the intersection of 38th Avenue and East Cliff Drive.

This year’s event will benefit and is being held in honor of the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum.

Big Stick Surfing Association is a non-profit organization and the funds raised from the gigantic raffle go right back to the local Santa Cruz community by funding the Student Scholarship Program, Ride-A-Wave, Santa Cruz Surfrider Foundation, and the Junior Lifeguards program. If you are interested in being a sponsor, please take a look at our PROSPECTUS, and contact us…  Details

 NASCAR and Goodyear made progress in finding a suitable tire for Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but drivers who participated in testing at the 2.5-mile oval this week said work remains to solve the durability issues that turned last year’s Allstate 400 at the Brickyard into a debacle.

Ryan Newman of Stewart-Haas Racing said teams worked through several compounds and constructions bud “didn’t really see anything that is ideal.”

Red Bull Racing’s Brian Vickers said the tires …  Details

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According to a source at General Motors, the company will announce next Monday its new “faster, deeper” reorganization plan, which will likely include a death sentence for the Pontiac brand.

Inside Line called Tom Wilkinson, news relations PR man for General Motors, who said: “There’s nothing I can share with you at this time. Keep your eyes on our media site. Officially, nothing has changed with Pontiac’s niche-brand status, until you hear differently.” …  Details