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- Hamilton kick starts 2008 F1 season with Australian Grand Prix title …
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- Funny Car champ Pedredon takes Gatornationals for first ’08 win -…
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- Auto Racing | Bowyer ahead of Kahne rain
- People throng Auto Fair
Hamilton kick starts 2008 F1 season with Australian Grand Prix title …
ESPN – Mar 16, 2008
Last year’s Formula One runner-up was never seriously threatenedSunday in winning an accident-filled Australian Grand Prix to openthe season. “What a dream start to the season and my championshipchallenge” the British driver said. “The three safety carperiods meant that there was never time to relax and the wholesituation was like a bit like Canada last year when I claimed myfirst victory. “The McLaren driver started from the pole and stayed ahead of themayhem to claim his fifth victory in 18 GP starts. The 23-year-oldfinished in 1 hour 34 minutes and 50.
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– It may not be your daddy’s Bristol but four new tires still trump four old ones. Jeff Burton proved that in Sunday’s Food City 500 Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway as he took the lead from Denny Hamlin after a restart on a green-white-checkered finish that took the race six laps beyond its posted distance of 500 laps. Burton crossed the finish line. 588 seconds ahead of Kevin Harvick.
Funny Car champ Pedredon takes Gatornationals for first ’08 win -…
ESPN – Mar 16, 2008
– Defending Funny Car series championTony Pedregon raced to his first victory of the season and 37th ofhis career Sunday beating Gary Densham in the ACDelco NHRAGatornationals. Pedregon had a run of 4. 921 seconds at 315. 27 mph in his ChevyImpala at the historic Gainesville Raceway. Densham’s Impalafinished in 4.
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SportingNews.com – Mar 16, 2008
except for the power steering. Gets his third straight top five and shaves 43 points off of Busch’s lead.
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SportingNews.com – Mar 16, 2008
) Speedway for the only time in 76 Nationwide Series races from 1986 to 2007. Marlin leads 21 laps and retires with engine failure after 295 of 320 laps. March 181973: David Pearson leads 491 of 492 laps of the Carolina 500 at Rockingham to record his first of 11 victories in 1973.
Auto Racing | Bowyer ahead of Kahne rain
Seattle Times – Mar 16, 2008
— Clint Bowyer outraced Kasey Kahne and the rain to win the Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway when it was stopped just past the halfway point Saturday. Rain delayed the start of the race by two hours and when the field finally went green all the drivers knew they were running against the weather. With dark clouds rolling in the goal was simply to make it to the halfway point — when NASCAR considers a race official — and be out front whenever the rain resumed. So Bowyer used strategy. He was one of a handful of cars not to pit when Mike Bliss spun to bring out the sixth caution 100 laps into the event.
People throng Auto Fair
Times of India – Mar 16, 2008
The two-day fair would continue on Sunday aswell. The fair saw a granddisplay of some of the best cars in the country. Denizens braved a reasonablyhot afternoon to have a glimpse of “their dream cars”. The dealers around nineof them were seen busy for a good part of the day as inquisitive”visitors-to-be-turned-into-possible car buyers” trooped into their stalls.