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Motorbike Racing
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Saturday, 11 October 2008 |
Want to own an exclusive British Superbike Champion’s race helmet? Shane Byrne is giving you the chance to do just that!
Shane will be auctioning the one-of-a-kind helmet he wore for the first
race at the 8th round of the season at Oulton Park. The newly crowned
champion and Airwaves Ducati rider has decided to auction the helmet in
order to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
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General News
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Saturday, 11 October 2008 |
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The fourth edition of the FIA
European Touring Car Cup, that will take place next week at the
Salzburgring, Austria, has already met with a brilliant result: a new
record in terms of represented countries.
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Australian & New Zealand Touring Cars
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Saturday, 11 October 2008 |
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Global Jet V8 Supercar driver Michael Trimble has netted a top 10
result from his first V8 Supercar event at the Mount Panorama circuit
with eighth overall in Round 6 of the 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
in Bathurst, New South Wales today.
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Australian & New Zealand Touring Cars
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Saturday, 11 October 2008 |
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Ford Performance Racing will start tomorrow’s
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 from second place after a courageous effort
from Mark Winterbottom.
The nerve-wracking one-lap format saw yesterday’s
top ten drivers get just one crack at a lap around the notorious Mt Panorama.
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Australian & New Zealand Motorsport
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Saturday, 11 October 2008 |
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MINI CHALLENGE driver,
Darren Berry has sustained a broken left ankle following an incident in the
opening lap of race three of MINI CHALLENGE at Mount Panorama, Bathurst
today.
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F1
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Saturday, 11 October 2008 |
Today's Weather: Wet morning practice but dry track for qualifying. Air 21-22°C, track 22-26°C
Best 2008 grid position: 3rd Jarno Trulli (Malaysia)
Best 2008 race result: 2nd Timo Glock (Hungary)
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Formula Renault Worldwide
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Saturday, 11 October 2008 |
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Teenage racer Menasheh Idafar will remain with Derbyshire based team
Hillspeed for his graduation to Formula Renault UK just three weeks from
now, the British-born Bahraini having officially confirmed his participation in
the 2008 winter series.
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NASCAR
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Saturday, 11 October 2008 |
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Marcos Ambrose has had a top 10 finish slip through his fingers to
finish 15th on a long night in the Dollar General 300 at Lowe’s Motor
Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina this weekend.
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Motorbike Racing
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
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The final race weekend of the 2008 British Superbike season got
underway at Brands Hatch today. Newly crowned champion Shane Byrne
finished both free practice sessions in 3rd. His Airwaves Ducati
teammate Leon Camier finished 5th and 6th.
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World Touring Car Championship
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
2009 FIA WTCC CALENDAR APPROVED
On Tuesday in Paris the FIA World Motor Sport Council approved the draft for the 2009 World Touring Car Championship.
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Formula Renault Worldwide
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
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Cars that raced in the
now-defunct Club Class of the Formula Renault BARC Championship have been found
a new home in Class A of the Formula 4 Championship, run by the 750 Motor Club.
Discussions between Formula Renault BARC Championship Manager Simon North and
750 Motor Club’s Robin Knight have resulted in a smooth passage being
made for Formula Renault cars built prior to 2000.
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Sports Cars
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
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David
Brabham is set for the final American Le Mans Series round of the season at Mazda
Raceway Laguna Seca, 17-18 October, where he will be aiming to complete his
last LMP2 race for Patrón Highcroft Racing in style, as the team prepares to
move to LMP1 with Acura for 2009.
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F1
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
Today's Weather: Dry and bright apart from a brief shower between sessions. Air 21-22°C, track 28-36°C
Toyota's Best Japanese GP qualifying: 1st Ralf Schumacher 2005
Toyota's Best Japanese GP race result: 6th Jarno Trulli 2006
Take Note: Jarno Trulli has a new helmet design this weekend after a competition run by Panasonic.
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Australian & New Zealand Touring Cars
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
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IRWIN Racing’s Marcus Marshall will start from 22nd position on the
grid for Sunday’s Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 after an unusual
incident ended any hopes of starting further up the grid.
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Australian & New Zealand Touring Cars
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
Fujitsu Racing’s Jason Bright has missed the top-10 shootout for the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 by just 0.2 of second.
The Fujitsu Racing crew will now turn all their attention to
Sunday’s 1000-kilometre classic without the distraction of the top-10
shootout tomorrow afternoon.
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Drag Racing
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
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Castrol Racing’s Victor Bray has unveiled his exciting new livery that
he will run for the remainder of the 2008/09 ANDRA Top Doorslamer
Championship as a part of the Supercheap Auto 1000 festivities in
Bathurst, NSW today.
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Rallycross
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
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The eleventh
and final round of the 2008 FIA European Rallycross Championship was an
extremely wet but well attended event in the north of Germany near Hamburg. The crowd would be well entertained with a
maximum entry for the event. The
organisers had to turn away almost fifty entries such is the strong interest in
European Rallycross at present.
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UK Motorsport
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
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Leading
Motor Sports Group, SRO (Stephane Ratel Organisation) today announced that it
had sealed a number of key sponsorship agreements on behalf of its two
leading UK based domestic motor racing championships.
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Shows & Events
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
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Next
January’s Autosport International Show will see the public debut of
Lifeline Fire & Safety System’s onboard fire suppression system
Zero “ZERO”. This new product is being aimed specifically at Formula
One. It is also believed to be the smallest and lightest such system
ever to be presented for FIA approval.
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