Sidetracks: Don?t forget about the Nationwide race

But don’t — not if you care about racing. Whether you approve of Cup drivers racing the Nationwide cars, it does keep things interesting when racers at the top of their game compete against young men and women aching to … Continue reading

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Scott Speed Sues Red Bull After Team Releases Him

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A NASCAR driver usually don't sue his car owner after parting ways, since taking legal action could dissuade potential future car owners from getting involved with the driver.

But after more than seven years with Red Bull in both Formula One and NASCAR, Scott Speed has made that move, suing his former team for alleged breach of contract in a complaint asking the court to award him $6.5 million, SceneDaily.com reported late Friday.

Red Bull "significantly reduced its financial commitment to Speed's race team and was unable and/or unwilling to provide [Speed] with 'supporting equipment' satisfactory for a driver of [his] skill to [be] effective [to] compete in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series," Speed's complaint states, according to SceneDaily.

Speed's complaint also provides a rare, inside look at the money being paid in the Sprint Cup series for a driver at his level.

According to SceneDaily, the lawsuit says Speed signed a three-year deal in September 2007 for a salary of $300,000 in 2008, $500,000 in 2009 and $1 million in 2010. He was to receive 50 percent of his purse winnings for each top-10 finish, 45 percent for finishing 11th through 20th and 40 percent for finishes of 21st or worse.

 

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McLaren Announces MP4-12C Race Car for European GT3 Series

McLaren plans to launch a race-ready GT3 version of its upcoming MP4-12C supercar in time for the 2012 season. The GT3 car will be offered in limited numbers to European race teams and, as a preview, the company will campaign a development model at several GT races in Europe next year. There are few details so far, [...] Related posts:
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Season Rewind: ARCA Racing Series

ARCA RACING SERIES CHAMPION: Patrick Sheltra Patrick Sheltra won two races en route to his first ARCA Racing Series championship. (Adam Fenwick Photo) For the third-straight season, the battle for the ARCA Racing Series championship came down to the season finale, held this year at Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway

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Unique Animals Add to Family Fun and Entertainment at Carolina Christmas

Families enjoy the petting zoo at Carolina Christmas. Photo: Charlotte Motor SpeedwayCONCORD, N.C. (Dec. 15, 2010) – Camels and buffaloes and goats, oh my! Exotic and domestic animals add a unique twist to Carolina Christmas at Charlotte Motor Speedway, now through Jan. 2, 2011 with a petting zoo, pony rides and a live Nativity scene...more»

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Report: Americans using 8% less gasoline than 2006 peak, will never go up again

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Peak oil, according to the great and all-knowing Wikipedia, "is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline." Regardless of your opinions on whether or not the planet has entered into its Peak Oil stage, it would seem that the United States has at least entered the stage of steady decline in usage.

Here's the hard data according to the Associated Press: Americans averaged about 8.2 million barrels of oil, or 344 gallons, per day in 2010, which is an eight percent drop since the country's peak in 2006. Experts seem to agree that gasoline usage in the States will continue to drop - as much as 20 percent by the year 2030, despite millions of additional cars on the roads - barring any unexpected periods of economic boom or another meteoric drop in fuel prices.

Before environmentalists get too excited, though, the falling trend of gasoline usage only applies to the United States, which is still by far the world's largest consumer of oil. Demand from emerging countries, especially China and India, will more than make up for the declining usage in the U.S., leading to an expected record of 88.3 million barrels of oil produced in 2011. The more things change, they more they stay the same...

[Source: The Associated Press via Google | Image: Farther Along via CC 2.0]

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