John Bertrand and his crew of Ben Ainslie and Andrew Palfrey (AUS) have reclaimed the 2009 Audi Etchells World Championship lead today on Port Phillip in a thrilling Race 6 finish with Graeme Taylor/Ben Morrison-Jack/Grant Wharington (AUS), who won the race, Bertrand having to tack to lay the finish and having no alternative but to follow Taylor’s stern over the finish line.
Taylor led around every mark in big 16-24 knot winds, until just before the final leeward mark, when Bertrand gained control of the race. However, coming up the beat to the finish on the windward leeward course, Bertrand was to the left of the course, Taylor closer to the middle. It was not until the final seconds that a clear picture of who would win emerged, such was the closeness of the race. …Â Details
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A cold but sunny day saw many of our fastest sailors converge on West Kirby to do battle on the GPS speed ladder.
Fastest of the day was again Farrell Oshea on his new Moo with a maximum speed of 45 knots and a 42.2 knot 5 times 10 second average.
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Rookies and drivers outside the top 10 in the IndyCar Series standings are going to be getting a little extra track time in 2009.
Those drivers will get an extra 30 to 45 minutes of practice at most of the IndyCar venues before the tracks are opened to all participants. The extra sessions will begin with a 30-minute practice on April 17 at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the second event on the schedule.
“We’re trying things that help encourage new drivers in the series, in particular … Details
The tired NASCAR axiom of “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday” has been outdated for the past decade, if not longer, but the executives who run Rick Hendrick‘s NASCAR team and auto dealerships brought it back to life last month at Daytona.
Hendrickcars.com, the Web site that aggregates all of the used cars at Hendrick’s 80 dealerships, was the sponsor on Tony Stewart‘s winning car at the season-opening Nationwide Series race. Not only did Stewart’s car lead much of the race and capture the checkered flag, Stewart also mentioned the site in his post-race interview on FOX…. Details