NASCAR: Kyle Busch loses points, crew chief fined

June 13, 2011 in NASCAR
Tags: Dave Rogers, kyle busch, pocono, sprint cup

Kyle Busch and his team have been penalised six championship points and his crew chief Dave Rogers fined $25,000 for a technical infringement with the #18 at Pocono Raceway. Kyle Busch has lost six Sprint Cup championship points after his #18 car failed technical inspection after the 5-Hour Energy 500 at Pocono Raceway on Sunday [...]

NASCAR: Shifting fortunes at Pocono favour Gordon

June 13, 2011 in NASCAR
Tags: carl edwards, denny hamlin, jeff gordon, juan montoya, kevin harvick, kurt busch, kyle busch, pocono

Jeff Gordon saw off challenges from Juan Montoya and Kurt Busch to win the 5-Hour Energy 500 Pocono Cup race, after Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin both hit problems. Prior to the start of the 5-Hour Energy 500 at Pocono Raceway, the big talking point – apart from who punched who, and who was fined [...]

F1: Button pulls off extraordinary Canadian victory

June 13, 2011 in F1
Tags: Canada, fernando alonso, ferrari, jenson button, lewis hamilton, mark webber, mclaren, michael schumacher, montreal, sebastian vettel

McLaren’s day went from hope to despair only to finish in ecstasy in a quite extraordinary Canadian Grand Prix that took more than four hours to complete. All pictures by arrangement and prior agreement with CrashNet/CrashPA At one point during the Canadian Grand Prix, so much had gone wrong for the McLaren team and their [...]

Brief break in transmission

June 13, 2011 in F1, Miscellany
Tags: blog business, lewis hamilton, monaco

A small side note, apologising for the break in service in F1 race reports for Barcelona and Monaco. This was due to having too much on in the motor sports field in May, with Monaco in particular coinciding with both the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR race in the US that I was [...]