Lepper Wins USTCC at Thunderhill Raceway

  by Ali Arsham
Tom Lepper driving the Cobalt California/Red Line Oil Chevrolet Cobalt SS took the win at the Thunderhill Raceway round of the Nitto Tires United States Touring Car Championship (USTCC).  David Bongiovanni took second place in the GoodSport Racing Mitsubishi Evo and along with it the driver's points championship

Team-by-team summary: Friday, Turkey

  Formula 1
FERRARI
Felipe Massa topped the morning session despite a flurry of spins, while Kimi Raikkonen was stranded in the pits with a gearbox problem.  Raikkonen then headed the afternoon time sheet, but his fastest lap was a couple of tenths shy of Massa's morning best, and only fractionally faster than Lewis Hamilton's McLaren.  "I struggled a bit to find the right settings," the championship leader said.

Turkish GP: Friday Quotes

  Formula 1
Kimi Raikkonen (1st, 1:27.543): "Not the best of Fridays. This morning, I only managed one timed lap before a gearbox problem meant I could not go out for the rest of the session. In the afternoon, I struggled a bit to find the right settings on the car. One of the main problems today was getting the tires up to the correct temperature, but I think that tomorrow, partly as the grip level on the track improves and partly as we work to improve the set-up, it will be a different situation."

Turkish GP: Thursday Press Conference

  Formula 1
Drivers participating in today's F1 press conference from Istanbul, Turkey ahead of this weekend's grand prix were Jenson Button (Honda), Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren Mercedes), Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber), Kazuki Nakajima (Williams).  What follows is a full transcript of what they had to say.

An interview with Bobby and Graham Rahal

  Ahead of Indy 500
We'll get started with the morning media availability. Joined by Bobby and Graham Rahal. Bobby is the winner of the 1986 Indianapolis 500, actually here this month with two cars, his full-time team with driver Ryan Hunter-Reay and an entry with Alex Lloyd in a partnership with Chip Ganassi for a second car. Graham is here making his Indy 500 debut. Graham, I guess we'll start with you. You've been on the track now three days. Talk about your experience here thus far.

Scenes from A1GP at Brands Hatch - Sunday

  by Gary Parravani

India wins A1GP season finale

  A1GP Feature Race
On a track nearly impossible to pass on, Narain Karthikeyan held off heavy pressure from local hero Robbie Kerr to give Team India their second A1GP victory in the series finale at Brands Hatch on Sunday. Karthikeyan make a number of unforced errors, but because Brands Hatch is hard to pass on, Kerr simply could not find a way past the Indian, who added to his Zhuhai, China Feature Race win earlier in the season.

Kerr wins race, Jani title at Brands Hatch

  A1GP Sprint Race
A1 Team Switzerland has won the 2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, after finishing fourth in this morning's sensational Brands Hatch Sprint race in the UK, in which Great Britain's Robbie Kerr took a fantastic home race victory ahead of USA and Ireland.

Bowyer wins Richmond after Hamlin & Earnhardt falter

  by Pete McCole
Clint Bowyer found himself in the right place at the right time to notch his first victory of the season Saturday night, ducking underneath Kyle Busch and the spinning car of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. with two laps to go to win the Crown Royal 400 at Richmond International Raceway. Bowyer lead the final three laps of the green-white-checker overtime session to beat out Busch and Mark Martin. Press Conference

Scenes from A1GP Brands Hatch qualifying

  by Gary Parravani

GBR and India on Pole at Brands Hatch

  A1GP
GBR's Robbie Kerr put in a sensational performance to qualify in pole position for tomorrow morning's Sprint race at the A1GP Brands Hatch, Great Britain, much to the delight of his home fans. The British racer will also start the Feature race from the front row of the grid, lining up in second place alongside Narain Karthikeyan, who has secured India's first pole position.

Local boy makes good at Richmond

  NASCAR Nationwide Series
Local favorite Denny Hamlin went to victory lane at his home track, Richmond International Raceway, Friday night. He did so with a well-timed pit stop in the closing laps of the Lipton Tea 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race.  Hamlin used strategy and timing to take his first win at the track located just 15 minutes from his hometown of Chesterfield, Va.