A1GP: Rounds 5 and 6 – Sepang, Malaysia – 23 November

November 23, 2008 in A1GP
Tags: Albuquerque, Carroll, Jani, Zaugg

Hard fought battles and some bad luck for some of the top A1GP drivers means that we go into the Christmas hiatus with a new team at the top of the championship standings.
Sprint race
There was drama on the formation lap for the Malaysian sprint race: a concertina effect suddenly compressed the field and in the [...]

NASCAR – Ford 400 – Homestead-Miami Speedway – Sun Nov 16

November 17, 2008 in NASCAR
Tags: carl edwards, earnhardt, jimmie johnson

And so we come to the end of the chase, and of NASCAR for 2008. And while the Spring Cup was still technically up for grabs between Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson, realistically it was only ever going to go one way.
With everything looking fairly set, but nothing actually locked, it made for a tense [...]

NASCAR – Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, Phoenix International Raceway – Sun Nov 9

November 10, 2008 in NASCAR
Tags: busch, earnhardt, edwards, johnson, sprint cup

The mission of the Sprint Cup contenders this weekend: to stop Jimmie Johnson from marching away with maximum points at all costs, before the title was completely decided. Did they manage it?
Carl Edwards started back in 15th and it fell to his team mate Jamie McMurray starting 2nd to do his best to contain polesitter [...]

A1GP: Rounds 3 and 4 – Chengdu, China – 9 November

November 9, 2008 in A1GP
Tags: andretti, Carroll, doornbos, Jani, Zaugg

A1GP’s new “Powered by Ferrari era” got underway properly after the slightly shambolic affair at Zandvoort in October, with two solid races and two somewhat surprising but thoroughly deserving victors.
Sprint race
Adam Carroll got off to a perfect start from pole position, holding off Robert Doornbos as the two of them scampered off into an untroubled [...]

NASCAR – Dickies 500 – Texas Motor Speedway – Sunday Nov 2

November 3, 2008 in NASCAR
Tags: busch, earnhardt, edwards, johnson, mcmurray

While Jimmie Johnson once again faced early disaster and a long fight back, Carl Edwards looked to be sweeping to a win – until a late pit strategy miscalculation threw the race wide open.
In a surprisingly yellow flag-free race (there were only five period under caution at this notoriously incident-prone speedway), extended green flag running [...]

F1: Round 18 – Interlagos, Brazil – Sun Nov 2

November 2, 2008 in F1
Tags: alonso, hamilton, massa, raikkonen

Lewis Hamilton grabbed the F1 driver’s title in the last corner of the last race of the season, in the most dramatic championship decider F1 has ever seen – leaving race winner Felipe Massa in tears on the podium.
As if the showdown between Hamilton and Massa – on Massa’s home turf – wasn’t climactic enough, [...]