Hello ESPN Programmers.
NASCAR Now is an interesting 5-10 minutes each day.
Too bad you waste 1/2 to and hour of our time getting it to us.
You have some good news and insights from some great participants, and we’re glad that you dropped most of the embarrassing poseurs. I don’t object to Daugherty per se, but not […]

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It’s perhaps divine retribution that pouting Alonso crashes out of Japan in a solo accident, trying to catch up with Louie who shows signs of being the new Rainmeister!
And even Hamilton has to endure a humbling scare with a blameless collision but gets away relatively unscathed.
And ever devious Ferrari claims to be left out of […]

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Commentary during the coverage of F1 practice at Spa on SPEED:
Discussion of how draconian the penalty was; constructor’s points, big bucks and McLaren gets no travel money, are to be relegated down to the end of the pit lane next to Spyker.  The bombshell was that Alsono instigated the whole thing by blackmailing the team; he said something […]

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September 14, 2007The FIA yesterday fined Formula 1 racing team McLaren $100 million and removed all of the manufacturers points it has earned thus far this season. McLaren was leading the manufacturers point race but will not be permitted to earn any points for the entire season.
Early in the investigation, the McLaren race cars were […]

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Martin gets another shot in 2008
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Martin will get another chance to win the race he covets most next year.
“The (No.) 01 (Ginn Racing) team is going to give me another shot at it — another crack at it […]

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John Daly recently blasted “Inside Winston Cup” and tonite’s show underlined why he is so totally wrong. IMHO, he appeared to have some dislike of Despain and maybe Waltrip. Today’s show with Biffle and Shrader had the most cogent analysis of the issues involving why cars wind up being low, how cars feel and handle […]

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They were running at Mount Tremblant, one of my favorite tracks (although I only drove it once, and made a mess of it then!) It had prospects of being run in the rain, which I always enjoy. (Sadist that I am!)
Only 17 cars entered. Paul Tracy dinged his car in morning practice, and the steering […]

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Forget hard hitting Presidential primaries, did you see the hard hitting IRL cars at the Iowa 7/8ths mile? Wow, the track was gobbling up the IRL stars like they were pieces of popcorn!
The visuals were great and the director had the good fortune of being on Jeff Simmons in-car when Kanaan lost it and took […]

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Lewis Hamilton chocks up his second F1 win at what may be the last F1 race in Indy for the forseeable future.

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Flyover kudos - OK, I’m primarily a airplane nut, but I’m a card carrying patriot at heart and endure the pre-race pageantry to see the flyboys get their brief minute in the sun at the end of the anthem. Good to get those units some exposure. I was really pleased to see a flyby this […]

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