Helio Castroneves will be back on track less than 24 hours after the Brazilian driver was acquitted of tax evasion charges.
Penske Racing president Tim Cindric said on Friday the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner will return to his No. 3 IndyCar in time for practice and qualifying Saturday for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Cindric said team owner Roger Penske has dispatched a private plane from his headquarters in Detroit to pick up Castroneves in Miami, where the trial was held. Castroneves, who was the series runner-up last year, was expected to arrive in Long Beach on Friday night…Â Details
The judge in charge of the Operacion Puerto doping investigation has refused the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) access to the files.
“The federation want to express their complete disagreement with the decision,†the RFEC said on their website (www.rfec.com) on Friday while instructing legal representatives to continue the fight to be able to see the Puerto evidence.
Charges have not been laid from the probe which …Â Details
American Monster has agreed to a deal with TRG Motorsports to become the primary sponsor on the No. 71 Chevrolet car driven by David Gilliland in the Cup Series. The car will debut this weekend at Phoenix International Raceway.
American Monster is a television concept that will showcase successful, homegrown talent from a variety of competitive arenas. To be an American Monster is to defy the odds and compete at the highest levels relying on little more than your natural talent, innate abilities and pure determination. In 2009, each series will focus on athletes and talent from the Mixed Martial Arts, Monster Trucks, and NASCAR expanding to other sports in the near future. The show will give viewers a behind the scenes view on what it takes to compete against the world’s most sophisticated competition without any of the luxuries of huge budgets, or traditional means of support. The American Monster TV concept will be revealed on FOX Sports Net by the fourth quarter of 2009…Â Details
Nearly 20 years ago some 350 mountain bikers congregated to race cross-country and dual slalom at the Laguna Seca Challenge. The events of that 1991 weekend eventually grew into the Sea Otter Classic, which this year will host multiple thousands of racers competing in the widest range of disciplines of any event in North America.
Just outside Monterey, California, Sea Otter kicked off Thursday with criteriums on the Laguna Seca racetrack, plus dual slalom and downhill practice and qualifying runs. On tap over the four-day weekend are pro and amateur road races, circuit races, cross-country, short track, downhill, dual slalom, super D and more.
Sea Otter organizers claim last year’s event drew 9,500 race entries and some 50,000 spectators over the four-day weekend. Similar numbers are expected this year… Details