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Weekend round up – 13th May 2012 #NASCAR #F1 #Indycar

Posted on May 17, 2012 by truckertoggle

This weekend saw the NASCAR teams at one of its classic venues, Darlington, for the Southern 500 under the lights and the F1 teams were at the Barcelona circuit not too far from some of Spain’s historic tracks (think Sitges and Pedralbes) and both races saw a comeback win for teams with a pedigree of race and title wins.

Meanwhile the month of May saw more action at Indy as we ramp up for the 500, another race with a bit of a pedigree. Continue reading →

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Weekend round up – 29th April 2012 #IndyCar #DTM #NASCAR

Posted on April 29, 2012 by truckertoggle

On quite a good weekend for fans of tin top motor racing we saw the #BTCC boys in action at Thruxton and the #WTCC in Slovakia, plus the new look #DTM getting under way at Hockenheim as well as the usual #NASCAR fare from Ricmond. #IndyCar and #F2 also provided action for the single seater fans, so here we go with this week’s round up: Continue reading →

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Weekend round up – 16th April 2012 #F1 #NASCAR # IndyCar

Posted on April 16, 2012 by truckertoggle

#F1 from China saw Lewis needing a gearbox change and taking a 5 place penalty. Seb was experimenting with an older, and supposedly less effective, exhaust arrangement and Lotus had their protest of the Mercedes DRS activated duct system rejected. Phew! And that was before we got to race.

Once the lights changed the Mercedes duo ran off ahead of Button until their first stops when MSC was released with his right front wheel not done up and he quickly pulled off and parked. Things then got a bit processional until later in the race when a slow stop for JB pitched him out into the midst of a bunch of cars fighting amongst themselves for what would become 2nd through about 8th. In the end Button and Hamilton nailed the 2nd and 3rd spots ahead of the Red Bull duo with Webbo winning that inter team battle despite having almost flipped his car after a wild ride over the kerb. Grosjean finally managed to get to the end of a GP and was a fine 6th ahead of the Williams pair. Lewis leads the title race a couple of points up on JB and Alonso slipped back having only managed to make 9th at the flag.

#NASCAR Down in Fort Worth the MWR Toyotas continued to perform well with Martin Truex taking pole and then finishing sixth with team mate Mark Martin finishing third for another solid pair of top tens. Greg Biffle snaffled the win from Jimmy Johnson with a great late run in a race that saw few caution periods (good to see). All four Hendrick cars finished in the top 10, but Biffle’s win postponed the 200th win celebrations for another week at least. Biffle now leads the standings by 19 points.

#IndyCar from Long Beach saw all of the Chevy runners take a grid penalty for a precautionary engine change after the Sonoma tests so Dario was the beneficiary ending up starting from pole. But it was Will Power, who had had to start 12th instead of from the front row after taking his 10  place penalty, who came through to win from a hard charging Simon Pagenaud. Takuma Sato had looked like getting third until being turned around on the last lap and dropping to 8th, one place ahead of fellow F1 refugee Rubens.

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Weekend roundup – w/e 1st April 2012 #NACSAR #IndyCar #F1 #BTCC

Posted on April 2, 2012 by truckertoggle

#NASCAR at Martinsville. Good to see the modern cars at one of the sport’s spiritual homes. Kasey Kahne racked up pole for Hendrick, but went out with engine woes leaving the #24 and #48 to slug it out for what looked like a certain 200th win for Hendrick, but a late caution (when Rooti  stopped on the track) it all went wrong on the restart with Boywer’s #15 starting fast and getting a run down the inside into turn one and then the #15, #24 and #48 all spun leaving Ryan Newman and AJ to run out the last couple of laps pretty much side by side and finishing in that order. Junior got 3rd and a consolation for Hendrick.

#IndyCar from Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama with an odd looking top six shootout for pole after problems for some of the usual suspects, but round one winner Helio Castroneves picked up the pole for Penske this time out, but could only translate that into third whilst retaining the championship lead. Will Power lost last time out due to a poor strategy when starting from pole, but this time started well down the grid and won with a perfect fuel and tyre strategy. Dixon slotted in between the Penske pair for second. Rubens got into the top 10 on his second outing and looks like he might be getting the hang of things.

#F1 and it is good to see that we might be getting the French grand prix back onto the calendar. Ricard is a decent enough circuit too even if it is a bit isolated, but with a good date the weather should be cracking down South: It would be good to have it back in July so that it is adjacent to the British GP again. Our fingers will be crossed for a successful negotiation.

#BTCC got under way at Brands Hatch this weekend with Rob Collard (BMW), Matt Neal (Honda) and Jason Plato (MG) picking up the wins. Close and colourful action for the faithful on a bright day at the Kentich circuit. Almost wish we had gone…

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Weekend roundup – 25th March 2012 #F1 #NASCAR #Indycar

Posted on March 26, 2012 by thatconsultantbloke

#F1 – So another pole for Lewis and a front row lock out for McLaren with Schumi showing good form to take 3rd on the grid, but that’s not how the race worked out in Sepang. Given how bad the Ferrari is supposed to be who would have thought that with two races done Alonso would have one win and be leading the championship?

The couple of problems that Lewis had seemed to have a disproportionate impact on his race and it was a shame that JB got himself into trouble early on and spoiled his chances and this could have been win number two for him otherwise.

Good stuff from Perez though and we don’t see any conspiracy in him settling for second after that wild moment with a few laps to go. Maldonado binned a good finish in Australia trying to get by Alonso at the end and it would have been easy for Perez to do the same here.

So not the championship table we might have expected at this stage, but an interesting start to the season.

#NASCAR – Another pole for Denny Hamlin at Fontana, but he lost the lead on lap one to his team mate the younger ugly brother. Smoke judged it right at the end though, having got the lead he held into the rain and picked up the win when the race was called with 71 laps still on the board.

So what is going on with the #48 and that penalty appeal? If the car was right why leave the fine in place? If it was wrong why overturn the suspensions and the docked points? Doesn’t make any sense to us.

#IndyCar – And we’re off for another season with a run around the streets of St Pete with Will Power taking pole as Penske locked out the front row. Horrible looking cars, but I suppose that we’ll get used to them: it isn’t the first time that the look of cars has changed and won’t be the last.

Down in sunny Florida Will couldn’t turn pole into a win though and ended up a disappointing 7th well back from winner and Penske team mate Helio after the wrong call on fuel strategy. F1 refugee Rubens was back in 17th on his debut and didn’t really feature.

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