NASCAR offers teams pressure valve concession

Feb 23, 12 NASCAR offers teams pressure valve concession

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — After teams experienced some overheating engines in various drafting formations last weekend in the practices leading up to Saturday night’s Budweiser Shootout — which continued in the race itself — NASCAR made a technical change Wednesday morning at Daytona International...

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Duel practice: Kahne to backup, Wolfe on what might have been

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Similar accidents in practice Wednesday at Daytona International Speedway sent Kasey Kahne to a backup car and Brad Keselowski into conservation mode as 49 Sprint Cup teams prepared for Thursday’s Gatorade Duel 150-mile qualifying races. Last weekend’s first events of Speedweeks 2012 forecast...

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Blomqvist joins McLaren’s driver development programme

McLaren have announced on Wednesday that British teenager Tom Blomqvist, son of 1984 world rally champion Stig Blomqvist, has joined the select group of young talent on their driver development programme. “I’m thrilled to get this opportunity with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes,” said Blomqvist. “The competition gets...

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Fantasy Preview: Nothing in stats is truly predictive about Daytona

Feb 22, 12 Fantasy Preview: Nothing in stats is truly predictive about Daytona

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After a long, cold winter without racing NASCAR makes its annual pilgrimage to Daytona Beach. While most of the country huddles under blankets, the drivers and some lucky fans get to spend two weeks basking in the Florida sun. Several practices, exhibition races and a qualification session give fantasy players a ton of data....

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Barcelona day two

Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg was the quickest runner on this week’s second day of testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. Hulkenberg posted a best Wednesday time of 1m 22.608s around the Spanish track to beat the Sauber of Sergio Perez by just four-hundredths of a second. “We started the day with some aero...

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Exclusive Sergio Perez Q&A: Sauber moving in right direction

After a few technical difficulties, this week’s Barcelona test isn’t going wholly to plan for Sauber’s Sergio Perez. But, despite the limited mileage, Perez remains optimistic that the team is making steady progress and that his new car will be competitive once the season gets underway… Q: Sergio, you are...

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