NASCAR – Bank of America 500, Lowe’s Motor Speedway – Sat Oct 11

October 12, 2008 in NASCAR
Tags: biffle, burton, busch, earnhardt, johnson

Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon and Brian Vickers all dominated the race for long stints at various points and looked set to win the Bank of America 500 night race at Charlotte, but in the end it was a case of consistency and timing that won the day.
Johnson got off to a good start [...]

F1: Round 16 – Fuji, Japan – Sun Oct 12

October 12, 2008 in F1
Tags: alonso, hamilton, kubica, massa, piquet, raikkonen

Critical mistakes by the championship rivals opened up the Japanese Grand Prix and allowed Fernando Alonso to take one of the most unexpected back-to-back victories of the season – and of his entire career.
The mistakes by Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa both came on the first two laps. In Hamilton’s case it was a poor [...]