There are only two tracks currently on the Sprint Cup schedule where Jeff Gordon hasn’t won. Texas Motor Speedway is one of them.
This doesn’t mean the four-time Cup champion can’t break his 47-race winless streak in this weekend’s Samsung 500. His record at TMS is actually quite good, with eight top 10s, including six top fives, in just 13 starts at the 1.5-mile track on the outskirts of Dallas. And he will start second.
What is in question when it comes to Gordon these days is … Details and Video
Mexico is beefing up security involving the 62nd Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race, according to federal, state and local authorities.
‘We know there’s violence in some places, but it’s not spread all around the country,’ Carlos RodrÃguez y Quezada, a consul of Mexico based in Santa Ana, was quoted in the Daily Pilot of Costa Mesa. ‘People have asked for more arrangements to be more safe,’ and he said such measures have been taken.
The race, organized since 1948 by the Newport Ocean Sailing Association (NOSA), will start April 24 off Newport Beach. But the undercurrent of concern is not about sailing to Ensenada 60 miles below the border but for families and friends of competitors who would drive there…Â Details
Brawn GP’s Jenson Button knows he will start Sunday’s Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix from pole position but is less certain about how his car will perform in the rain forecast for the event.
The British driver followed up his pole in Australia last weekend with another strong performance around the Sepang circuit Saturday, setting a best time of 1 minute, 35.181 seconds—more than half a second ahead of last year’s pole time.
Button will start ahead of the Toyota pair of Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock, with Williams’ Nico Rosberg in fourth. That grid again illustrated the advantage of the three teams whose contentious diffuser designs will be ruled on by the sport’s authorities later this month… Details
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There were no public moves on the America’s Cup front overnight (NZT).
Sources close to the two principal parties confirmed they had adopted a low key strategy, in an attempt to get a positive basis for the negotiations which were expected to start next week.
This approach is in marked contrast to earlier post-decision days when a PR barrage was launched between the parties provoking some bitter comments and entrenched attitudes.
It seems that the … Details