MotoGP Next race: Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat
Valencia, November 11
Formula
1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Kimi Raikkonen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of Fernando
Alonso while Sebastian Vettel held on to his championship lead
despite starting from the pit lane, finishing third.
American Le Mans
Series Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta
The American Le Mans Series headed to Braselton, GA this past
weekend for the 15th annual Petit Le Mans and the conclusion of
its 2012 season. While some of the championships had already been
decided earlier in the season there were still several titles up
for grabs.
MotoGP AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan
In an exciting MotoGP race at the AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan in
Motegi it was Repsol Honda Team’s Dani Pedrosa who closed the gap
in the title fight further with a strong win ahead of Jorge
Lorenzo and Álvaro Bautista.
American Le Mans Series
Next race: Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta, October 17-20
MotoGP
Next race: Gran Premio Iveco de Aragon, September 30
AMA Pro Racing Triumph Big Kahuna Miami presented by Dunlop Tire and
LeoVince
The remarkable Josh Hayes stormed from more than 15 seconds back
to claim his 30th career victory and secure a third-consecutive
AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike crown on Sunday at
Homestead-Miami Speedway.
American Le Mans Series American Le Mans Series, presented by Tequila Patron VIR
240
Muscle Milk Pickett Racing returned to its winning ways Saturday
in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón.
GRAND-AM Road Racing Continental Tire Sports Car Festival, powered by
Mazda Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge –
Saturday
Take your pick: Demolition derby or street fight on a road
course.
Both pretty much summed up Saturday’s Continental Tire Sports Car
Challenge at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca – a race nobody wanted to
win.
GRAND-AM Road Racing Montreal 200
Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas had their second win of the season in
the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series’ Montreal 200, clinching the
Ganassi operation’s 150th win in all forms of major motorsports.
Pruett, who drove the anchor leg, led the final 37 of 66 laps in
the two-hour race in the No. 01 TELMEX BMW/Riley. Pruett slipped
by Ryan Dalziel’s No. 8 Starworks Motorsport Ford/Riley for the
lead just past the halfway mark, and then kept the advantage
after the final series of pit stops several minutes later.
GRAND-AM Road Racing Continental Tire 200, Watkins Glen International
Ryan Dalziel held off teammate Sebastien Bourdias to give
Starworks Motorsports its second consecutive Rolex Series victory
in Satruday evening’s Continental Tire 200 pesented by Dunn Tire.
GRAND-AM Road Racing
Next race: Continental Tire 200, Watkins Glen
International, August 10-11
American Le Mans Series Mid Ohio Sports Car Challenge
Muscle Milk’s Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr won the American Le Mans
Series race Saturday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Dyson Racing’s Chris Dyson and Guy Smith finished second, a lap
back in a Lola Mazda.
The winner of the GT class was the Corvette driven by Oliver
Gavin and Tommy Milner.
MotoGP Grand Premio d’Italia, Mugello
Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo scored a dominant victory
ahead of Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) and Andrea Dovizioso
(Monster Yamaha Tech3) this weekend at Mugello.
MotoGP German Grand Prix, Sachsenring
It was an incredibly dramatic last lap in Germany Sunday with
Dani Pedrosa taking his first victory of the season in front of
Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso.
Pedrosa got the best start as he led into turn one ahead of
teammate Casey Stoner and the Yamaha Factory Racing duo of Ben
Spies and Jorge Lorenzo. The grid was tightly bunched early on,
with Stoner soon passing his teammate for the lead.
AMA Pro Racing Triumph SuperBike Classic, Barber Motorsports Park
Two-time defending AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike king Josh
Hayes registered the 25th victory of his SuperBike career at
Barber Motorsports Park Sunday.
MotoGP British Grand Prix, Silverstone
Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo wins again!
At the beginning of the race Yamaha’s Ben Spies took the holeshot
ahead of Repsol Honda Team’s Stoner and San Carlo Honda Gresini’s
pole-sitter Álvaro Bautista. Spies made a tremendous start
leading the early stages from Stoner, Bautista and Ducati Team’s
Nicky Hayden.
MotoGP Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya
Jorge Lorenzo stormed to victory in front of his home crowd ahead
of Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso.
Pedrosa blasted to the front from the second row, hotly pursued
by Yamaha´s Ben Spies, who also had a tremendous start from
fourth. Lorenzo pushed his way past Casey Stoner into third.
MotoGP
Next race: Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya, June 3
AMA Pro Racing Miller Motorsports Park
Two-time champion Josh Hayes reclaimed the 2012 AMA Pro National
Guard SuperBike points lead he surrendered with his Infineon
Raceway crash thanks to a perfect-points performance at Miller
Motorsport Park yesterday.
Hayes raced into the lead from pole position and was never
challenged, opening up almost a half-second gap by the conclusion
of the opening lap and only building his advantage from there.
MotoGP Monster Energy Grand Prix de France, Le Mans
In the worst conditions seen all season, it was Repsol Honda
Team’s Dani Pedrosa who got off to one of his trademark starts
followed by teammate Casey Stoner. Their lead was short lived, as
Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo charged past the pair and
instantly pulled out a gap. Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Cal Crutchlow
also made a good start in fourth, followed by a surging Rossi in
fifth.
American Le Mans Series American Le Mans Monterey, presented by Patron
Muscle Milk Pickett Racing cruised to its second straight victory
at the American Le mans Monterey, presented by Patrón. But
another thrilling GT battle stole the show as Corvette Racing’s
Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner also took their second consecutive
class win.
American Le Mans Series Next race: American Le Mans Monterey, presented
by Patron, May 11-12 Click here for more information
and schedule of events.
MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix, Estoril
The Repsol Honda Team pair of Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner gave
the crowd action from the start, as the two touched going into
turn one, with Stoner taking the lead into turn two.
American Le Mans Series Next race: American Le Mans Monterey, presented
by Patron, May 11-12
MotoGP
Next race: Gran Premio bwin de España, Jerez, Spain,
April 29
AMA Pro Racing Triumph Big Kahuna Atlanta, Road Atlanta
AMA Pro SuperBike champion Josh Hayes won the Triumph Big Kahuna
Atlanta on Sunday at Road Atlanta, a day after a surprising loss
to Blake Young. Hayes, riding a Yamaha, beat Young by 5.214
seconds.
American Le Mans Series Tequila Patron American Le Mans Series at Long
Beach
Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr won the Tequila Patrón American Le Mans
Series at Long Beach for the second straight season. The Muscle
Milk Honda Performance Development ARX-03a stopped twice during
the race’s sole caution period and ran the final 56 minutes
without another stop to win over Dyson Racing.
American Le Mans Series
Next race: Tequila Patron American Le Mans Series at
Long Beach, April 13-14
MotoGP Commericalbank Grand Prix of Qatar
Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) claimed a victory at the
Losail circuit, finally claiming his first Grand Prix of Qatar
win in the MotoGP class. Lorenzo took the lead from the start and
held off rival and reining World Champion Casey Stoner (Repsol
Honda) for the first few laps before conceding the lead and
tucking into second. He then played the waiting game, never
letting Stoner more than two second ahead. With seven laps to go
he stared to close the distance as Stoner’s pace dropped, holding
off a determined Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) on his tail to take
the lead. Lorenzo crossed the line 0.852 seconds ahead of
Pedrosa. Stoner finished third.
AMA Pro Racing
Next race: Tiumph Big Kahuna Atlanta, Road Atlanta,
April 18-20
GRAND-AM Road Racing
Next race: Grand Prix of Miami, April 27-29
Formula 1
Next race: UBS Chinese Grand Prix, April 15
IndyCar
Next race: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 15
NASCAR
Next race: Samsung Mobile 500, Texas Motor Speedway,
April 14
NHRA
Next race: NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, zMax Dragway, April
13-15
American Le Mans Series
Next race: Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach –
April 13-14
MotoGP
First race of the season: Commericalbank Grand Prix of Qatar –
April 8
AMA Pro Racing
Next race: Triumph Big Kahuna Atlanta – Road Atlanta
GRAND-AM Road Racing Porsche 250 – Barber Motorsports Park
It was a day of firsts in the Porsche 250: the first victory for
the Corvette DP, the first DP triumph for Spirit of Daytona and
Richard Westbrook followed up his first pole on Friday with his
first DP victory. Antonio Garcia, who gave Spirit of Daytona its
first DP pole at Barber last year, got his second career Rolex
Series victory. The team led 84 laps, with Garcia prevailing in a
three-lap sprint to the checkered flag after a late-race
caution.
Sylvain Tremblay and Jonathan Bomarito lapped the GT field in the
No.70 SpeedSource Mazda RX-8, denying the No. 69 AIM Autosport
Team FXDD drivers Emil Assentato and Jeff Segal from giving the
new Ferrari 458 Italia Grand Am its first victory.
Barber 200 – Barber Motorsports Park
Rum Bum Racing rolled out a new Porsche Carrera painted in its
familiar No. 13 blue and yellow – and drivers Matt Plumb and Nick
Longhi won in the car’s maiden voyage. Plumb held off the
Aston Martin Vantage of Scott Maxwell by .618 seconds to take the
checkered flag.
Gregory Liefooghe and David Levine won in ST in the No. 81 BMW
328i, giving BimmerWorld Racing its first victory since Mid-Ohio
in 2010.
Formula 1
Next race: UBS Chinese Grand Prix – April 15
IndyCar
Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama – Barber Motorsports Park
The lap that Will Power lost in Round 2 of qualifications – the
one that ended his streak of 20 appearances in the Firestone Fast
Six – is but a distant memory for the driver of the No. 12
Verizon Team Penske car.
For Power, who started ninth in the third Honda Indy Grand Prix
of Alabama, got that lap back and more over the course of 90 laps
on the 2.38-mile, 17-turn road course he drove on multiple times
in the past two months in developing the Chevrolet engine and new
Dallara chassis.
Power, who inherited the point when Team Penske teammate Helio
Castroneves pulled off for this final service stop on Lap 68,
held off Scott Dixon for the remaining laps that included a Lap
74 restart and won for the second year in a row at the
picturesque venue.
NASCAR
Goody’s Fast Relief 500 – Martinsville Speedway
In the wake of a controversial late-race caution, Ryan Newman
spoiled an afternoon of Hendrick hegemony with an opportunistic
victory. Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson had dominated the action
for 497 laps; an untimely caution flag flew on Lap 498 and sent
the race to overtime.
Gordon and Johnson stayed out on old tires as the lead-lap cars
behind them came to the pits for tires and fuel. On the restart
on Lap 504, Clint Bowyer took Johnson and Gordon three-wide into
the first corner, and all three cars spun, ruining a potential
200th victory party for Hendrick Motorsports.
After the dust settled, Newman cleared runner-up AJ Allmendinger
on the second lap of a green-white-checkered restart and held on
to win by .342 seconds. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ran third.
NHRA SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals – Las Vegas Motor
Speedway
Robert Hight raced to his third consecutive Funny Car victory of
the season Sunday. Spencer Massey (Top Fuel) and Allen Johnson
(Pro Stock) also were winners at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag
Racing Series event.
World Superbike Imola
Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) waited until half race
distance to put a move on early leader Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing
Team) but when he did he rode at lap record pace and took his
second win of the year in some style. Sykes had his best every
dry race performance on the Kawasaki in second place, with Leon
Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) and Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing)
disputing the final podium place. It went to Haslam, by a second
from his Italian rival.
Fifth was Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing) but just behind Marco
Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) and Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki
Racing Team) finally passed long-time fifth place runner, Lorenzo
Zanetti (Pata Racing Team Ducati). Zanetti was a still-impressive
eighth.
Sources: series websites, press releases and various
independent motorsports websites
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