Archive for March, 2011

Mar 28

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Connor De Phillippi Wins Star Mazda St. Pete

CONNOR DE PHILLIPPI SCORES BACK-TO-BACK VICTORIES… SIX MONTHS APART – WITH A WIN FROM THE SECOND ROW IN STAR MAZDA ROUND 1 AT THE G.P. OF ST. PETE Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (March 26, 2011) – Connor De Phillippi, the California racer who won the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear season finale from the pole at Road Atlanta, scored his second victory in a row – six months later – winning Round 1 of the 2011 season at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in the Team Pelfrey / Justice Brothers Products / Trademark Garage Floors Mazda. Starting from the inside of the second row, De Phillippi kept ... FULL STORY »

2011 Firestone Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Race Results

Firestone Indy Lights Grand Prix of St Petersburg ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Results Sunday of the Grand Prix of St Petersburg Firestone Indy Lights Series event on the 1.8 mile St Petersburg Street Circuit, with order of finish, starting ... FULL STORY »

Telemundo Driver Oriol Servia Finished Ninth in the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Oriol Servia, No. 02 Telemundo Newman/Haas Racing Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “I saw a mega-pile up of cars in front of me and thought I was fine but then I had a car on each side of me and got boxed ... FULL STORY »

Firestone IZOD IndyCar Series race report — St. Petersburg

FIRESTONE FIREHAWK RACE REPORT IZOD IndyCar Series - Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Albert Whitted Airport/Streets of St. Petersburg, Fla. Sunday, March 27, 2010 - Round 1 of 17 Top-5 Finishers: 1. Dario Franchitti; 2. Will Power; 3. Tony ... FULL STORY »

2011 IZOD IndyCar Series Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Race Results

IZOD IndyCar Series Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Results Sunday of the Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 1.8-mile St. Petersburg Street Circuit, with order of finish, starting ... FULL STORY »

Frustrating Finish for Stewart at Fontana

Office Depot/Mobil 1 Driver Fades from Third to 13th in Final Nine Laps Date: March 27, 2011 Event: Auto Club 400 (Round 5 of 36) Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Location: Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. (2-mile oval) Start/Finish: ... FULL STORY »

California Driver Kevin Harvick Wins Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Calif. (March 27, 2011) – Kevin Harvick (No. 29 Jimmy John Chevrolet) claimed his first victory at Auto Club Speedway in a stellar finish at Sunday’s Auto Club 400 before an announced crowd of ... FULL STORY »

Regan Smith, Furniture Row Racing Encounter Problems in California
Posted 03.28.11
FONTANA, Calif. (March 27, 2011) -- It was a not-so-kind Murphy's Law day for Regan Smith and the Furniture Row Racing team. It did seem as if everything went wrong for Smith, who brought home a crippled race car to a 27th-place finish in Sunday's Auto Club 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup ...FULL STORY »

Kyle Busch Dominates, but Settles for Solid Third-Place Finish at Fontana
Posted 03.28.11
Interstate Batteries Team Leads Race-High 151 Laps, Gains Two Spots in the Standings Date: March 27, 2011 Event: Auto Club 400 (Round 5 of 36) Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Location: Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. (2-mile oval) Start/Finish: 8th/3rd (Running, completed 200 of 200 laps) Winner: Kevin Harvick ...FULL STORY »

2011 NSCS & NCWTS Martinsville Speedway Weekend Track Event Schedule
Posted 03.28.11
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY 2011 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES EVENT SCHEDULE Wednesday, March 30TH 10:00 AM 2:00 PM Martinsville Speedway Pace Car Rides Thursday, March 31ST 11:00 AM ...FULL STORY »

Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Starts the Season Strong
Posted 03.27.11
March 27, 2011 – (St. Petersburg, FL) – The Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg showcased the highest level of skill and competition starting the season with strong attendance, indicating the importance of racing in the City of St. Petersburg. After more than five months off, ...FULL STORY »

Newman Finishes 5th in California; Moves to Second in Driver Points
Posted 03.27.11
FONTANA, Calif. (March 27, 2011) -- The torrid early-season pace continues for Ryan Newman, who posted a fifth-place finish in Sunday's Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup race. It was Newman's fourth straight top-10 result and his third top-five in the first-five races of the 2011 campaign. The fifth-place finish at Auto Club ...FULL STORY »

Franchitti Dominant in Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Victory
Posted 03.27.11
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- There are multiple advantages to starting on the front row on IZOD IndyCar Series road/street course. In the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, one was avoiding the six-car pile-up in Turn 1 of the first lap. Dario Franchitti and pole sitter Will Power were ...FULL STORY »

Kevin Harvick Wins at “Home” Track in California
Posted 03.27.11
Team Chevy Drivers Claim Three of Top-Five Finishing Positions and Five of Top-10 in the Final Order Fontana, Calif (March 27, 2010) - Kevin Harvick got to sample the sweet taste of winning in his home state of California by scoring his first career victory at Auto ...FULL STORY »

Toyota Motorsports, 2011 NSCS Auto Club 400 Race Recaps
Posted 03.27.11
Kyle Busch (third) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Auto Club Speedway. Busch started eighth and led 151 (of 200) laps at the two-mile race track in southern California. Camry drivers Brian Vickers (eighth) and Kasey Kahne (10th) also earned top-10 finishes. Other Camry ...FULL STORY »

Changing Times Silence National Speed Sport News
Posted 03.27.11
One of the best friends auto racing ever had passed into history last week as National Speed Sport News – ‘America's Motorsports Authority’ – published its final issue. Since August 16, 1934, National Speed Sport News served the racing community with coverage of national, regional and local racing events. In an ...FULL STORY »

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