Kobayashi happy with rookie season

Kamui Kobayashi says he was pleased with his rookie Formula 1 season, despite some difficult times early on. The 24-year-old Japanese finished 12th in the championship with a best result of sixth at Silverstone, while his Sauber team finished eighth in the constructors

Source: http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/kobayashi-happy-with-rookie-season/

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Download the C/D iPad App!

Our iPad app is now live in the iTunes app store. Better still, the first three issues are free. Just download the app, tap on the October, November, and December issues, and before you can say “I have seen the future and it is good”?okay, maybe not that fast?you will have a quarter-year’s worth of [...] Related posts:
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Toyota Teases Prius MPV Prior to Detroit Debut

Toyota has revealed an interior teaser shot of a model that promises to expand upon the Prius lineup (which currently numbers one vehicle) and to entertain “the entire family.” Read between the lines, and this is the inside of the upcoming Prius mini-minivan. The image appeared on Toyota Prius Projects, a company website that recounts [...] Related posts:
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STR predicts big 2011 for Alguersuari

Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost has predicted that 2011 could be a big season for Jaime Alguersuari, who Tost feels has made major progress during 2010. The 20-year-old Spaniard finished the season by beating Felipe Massa to ninth place in Abu Dhabi.

Source: http://www.inracingnews.com/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/str-predicts-big-2011-for-alguersuari/

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NASCAR Boasts Closest Battle in Chase History With One To Go

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Half predicting, half declaring next week's NASCAR season finale will be "one hell of a show," Jimmie Johnson emerged from his fifth-place finishing No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet smiling and feeling good about his chances for an unprecedented fifth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.

You'd have thought he won the race. He's not even leading the standings.

That designation belongs to the unhappiest of Sunday afternoon drivers, Denny Hamlin, who, after leading a race-best 190 laps, had to pit for fuel with 14 laps remaining at Phoenix International Raceway.

Hamlin heads to next week's final showdown at Homestead-Miami Speedway a scant 15 points ahead of Johnson in the closest championship fight since the Chase playoff format was installed in 2004. Third place Kevin Harvick is still very much in the thick of things, 46 points behind Hamlin.

The in-car television camera showed Hamlin yanking off his driving gloves and throwing them one by one against the dashboard of his 12th place No. 11 FedEx Toyota after the race's cool-down lap. Sitting on pit wall immediately after the race, he threw a water bottle and sullenly awaited his television interview.

"Yeah, it's pretty disappointing,'' Hamlin said, taking a long pause before answering questions. "We were in a good position there to look pretty good going into next week.

"It's tough to not be happy having a points lead going into the last race but. ... I was sitting pretty.''

 

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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/11/14/nascar-boasts-closest-battle-in-chase-history-with-one-to-go/

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Three Crew Chiefs Say What Their Drivers Must Do to Win Sprint Cup

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Denny Hamlin is said to be over his minor meltdown after the Phoenix race, and his crew chief, Mike Ford, is feeling good because they've had the best car and done the most winning down the stretch in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

Kevin Harvick is bringing a new car to the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend and as the third-place driver, will race flat out, crew chief Gil Martin said. But before Harvick goes for broke, the team is hanging out the "Gone Fishing" sign and headed to the Keys.

And Jimmie Johnson? Well, he's just a better driver than the other two, or so says crew chief Chad Knaus.

It may be that some of the things said Tuesday in a triple-header media conference featuring the three contending crew chiefs will - for motivational purposes - end up taped to one or another team's tool box in the garage at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Or it may be that it's just a lot of hot air that disappears into the air like so much exhaust smoke out of their engines.

 

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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/11/16/three-crew-chiefs-say-what-their-drivers-must-do-to-win-sprint-c/

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Slow Down Traffic: It?s Doctor?s Orders

Health Commissioner Tom Farley, a sometimes-bike commuter, offered strong support for slower traffic speeds last Friday. Photo: Daily News Last Friday, Transportation Alternatives kicked off a new phase of its campaign for safer streets with the Stop Speeding Summit, bringing together doctors, elected officials, transportation advocates and engineers to outline the high costs of high vehicle [...]

Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/11/22/slow-down-traffic-its-doctors-orders/

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