The News Review:
- Lazier makes Indy field in frantic finish – Auto
- SportingNews.com – Your expert source for NASCAR Auto Racing stats,…
- US auto workers’ strike could end with tentative deal
- SportingNews.com – Your expert source for NASCAR Auto Racing stats,…
- Dumas, Bernhard win Utah Grand Prix – Auto
- Sudhir Venkatesh: What Grand Theft Auto IV gets right about gangland,…
- SportingNews.com – Your expert source for NASCAR Auto Racing stats,…
Lazier makes Indy field in frantic finish – Auto
ESPN – May 18, 2008
His crew adjusted the car, Dan Wheldon gave him a pep talk and then Lazier took his No. 91 car back onto the track and bumped his way into the 33-car starting grid for the Indianapolis 500. To the 1996 Indy winner, it was a harrowing, emotional day. “They made some quick calculations and said ‘Well, if we’re going to make it, this is what we have to do,” Lazier said after posting a four-lap average of 219.
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SportingNews.com – May 18, 2008
The Sprint All-Star Challenge, typically a monument to mangled sheet metal and embattled egos, featured three cautions Saturday night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway — all for planned breaks between the 25-lap segments. Not once did a yellow flag fly for a racing incident. Of course, to have a racing incident, you first must have racing.
US auto workers’ strike could end with tentative deal
Taipei Times – May 18, 2008
Renee Rogers, spokeswoman for American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc, confirmed on Friday night that both sides had agreed on a deal, but said she could not provide details. UAW president Ron Gettelfinger said in a statement on Friday night that the American Axle bargaining committee voted to recommend the agreement to members. The union said details of the deal would be presented to members in Detroit, Michigan, today. Times and locations of meetings for workers at plants in New York and Three Rivers, Michigan, were still being arranged, the statement said.
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SportingNews.com – May 18, 2008
Ard goes on to win his second Nationwide championship in as many seasons to become the series’ first two-time points champion. May 20
2000: It’s the All Dale Show for The Winston at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Rookie Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins the all-star race by 1.
Dumas, Bernhard win Utah Grand Prix – Auto
ESPN – May 18, 2008
Miller Utah Grand PrixDumas and Bernhard won their first overall victory for Penske since a season-opening win at the Twelve Hours of Sebring with Emmanuel Collard. They also won in LMP2 after their eight-race class winning streak ended in the previous round at Long Beach. Sascha Maassen and Patrick Long finished 22. 656 seconds back in the second Porsche RS Spyder, and Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud were third in the de Ferran Motorsports Acura ARX-01b.
Sudhir Venkatesh: What Grand Theft Auto IV gets right about gangland,…
Dallas Morning News – May 18, 2008
The setting of Grand Theft Auto IV, Liberty City, is an amped-up version of the New York metro area. If you want a slice of the real thing, however, I’d recommend Chicago’s South Side. If you are a fan of the new Grand Theft Auto video game, I have just the neighborhood for you. The setting of Grand Theft Auto IV, Liberty City, is an amped-up version of the New York metro area.
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SportingNews.com – May 18, 2008
Edwards believes Biffle’s presence strengthens Roush Fenway Racing and doesn’t want to see Biffle taking what he has learned at Roush Fenway somewhere else. Biffle’s contract with Roush ends this year. “I think he’s one of the most talented drivers ever in the sport,” Edwards says. “We’ve always got along, and when we’re testing somewhere, he helps me a lot.