NASCAR: Round 19 – LifeLock.com 400, Chicagoland Speedway, July 11

July 12, 2009 in NASCAR
Tags: dale earnhardt jr, jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, kyle busch, mark martin

Things are starting to get serious in the Chase for the Spring Cup now. And this week’s outing at Chicagoland was to have a major effect on the fortunes of some of the leading names, as the points standings close up dramatically.
At the green flag, Brian Vickers took the initial lead from poll for Red [...]

IRL: Round 10 – Honda Indy, Toronto – July 12

July 12, 2009 in IRL
Tags: dario franchitti, ganassi, helio castroneves, paul tracy, will power

Toronto proved to be a tale of two pit stops for Dario Franchitti: one looked to have lost him the race, while the other was that rare stroke of luck that conjours race victories from thin air when all around are collisions and incidents aplenty.
Franchitti led the field to the green flag on the streets [...]

F1: Round 9 – Nurburgring, Germany – 12 July

July 12, 2009 in F1
Tags: brawn, ferrari, mark webber, mclaren, red bull, sebastian vettel

There was a sense of destiny – or perhaps of downright Aussie stubborn determination – that said right form the start that this was going to be Mark Webber’s day at long last. Even if he had to pull the Red Bull around the track with his teeth, Webber seemed hell-bent on snatching his maiden [...]

GP2: Rounds 9/10 – Nurburgring, Germany – July 11/12

July 12, 2009 in GP2

Feature race
Nico Hulkenberg got off pole position in the feature race this afternoon, swept into the lead and controlled the race from there until the finish without any dramas or problems. He eventually crossed the line 13.9s clear of Piquet GP’s Roldan Rodriguez who got delayed by getting jumped by Lucas di Grassi (Racing Engineering) [...]