FORMULA One star Mark Webber lay in agony on the road, glanced at the shattered shinbone protruding through his bloody flesh and casually asked paramedics: “When can I drive again?â€
The Red Bull racer suffered a career-threatening compound fracture of his right leg in a 50mph head-on collision with a 4×4 car during his own charity bicycle race in Tasmania.
But, in an exclusive interview, Webber insists he will be fit to test Red Bull’s new F1 car in Jerez… More info
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IMBA, the International Mountain Bicycling Association, is urging all mountain bikers to support a proposed rule change under which it will be easier for the U.S. National Park Service to expand trails for mountain biking in various parks.
And while you’re at it, the organization wants you to join IMBA. The argument is that increased numbers in IMBA ranks will flow more emails and letters to the Park Service – there’s a suggested letter in favor of the rule change on the IMBA Website.Since there are less than 10 days… More info
LONDON
— What would be the ideal address for Iron Maiden’s new hotel in London? How about 666 Satan’s Passage, or 1 Louder Than Ten Lane? Alas, it’s located in one of the quieter corners of Soho, with the city’s largest toy shop and a rather nice Zara around the corner.
On a recent morning, workmen unloaded vans outside the two genteel Victorian townhouses that have been knocked together to create the Sanctum Soho Hotel. The workers’ cigarettes were pretty much the only indication of antisocial activity: No champagne bottles crashed to the ground, no one was peeing out a top-floor window, and the only vinyl platform boots in sight belonged to gentlemen who can usually be found in that corner of Soho anyway…
…There was a time when you could drive a motorcycle down a hotel corridor, if you were on that month’s cover of Creem. Keith Richards could set fire to his hotel room, and Keith Moon could take the screws out of the furniture in his so that it would fall apart when the next guest arrived, and they’d still be invited back…Â More info
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Tonight, the NASCAR season has its unofficial start with the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway. Despite the end of pre-Daytona 500 testing, NASCAR’s gotten plenty of ink in the lead-up to Speedweeks.
Most of it has involved the new format of the Shootout. And when you have multiple stars, including Dale Earnhardt Jr., come out and say they hate it, people are gonna listen (especially to Junior) and writers are gonna write.
Meanwhile, the IndyCar world is slowly starting to come out of a deafening quiet. The whole “Milka Duno to Newman/Haas/Lanigan” rumor that Robin Miller threw up earlier this week got fans riled up. If they were in off-season hiberation, they’ve been roused awake thanks to that particular doozy…Â More info