August 23, 2008

Edwards Wins Again, Busch Takes Second Once More

Carl Edwards won for the second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in a row Saturday, this time at Bristol Motor Speedway. This also marked the second straight race that he’s beat out Kyle Busch for the victory by just one position. Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick and Jeff Gordon rounded out the top five.

Regan Smith was the highest placing rookie in the field finishing on the lead lap in the 14th position.

Full results from the race have been posted here:

2008 Sharpie 500 Results from Bristol Motor Speedway

Updated standings are available here:

2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings

Posted in NASCAR by racer-web @ 11:45 pm


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Curran Beats Pobst for the SPEED GT Win

Porsche driver Randy Pobst, may have dominated the early portions of the race, but it was the pole-sitter, Eric Curran, and his Chevrolet Corvette that managed to take over and maintain the lead, giving him his first chance to pull into victory circle this season following the SPEED World Challenge GT race at Mosport International Raceway. Not that getting to victory circle was a simple task for Curran however, as he lost control of his car while celebrating in the victory lap and hit one of the containing walls surrounding the circuit. Pobst, the current series leader, finished second.

The Top-5 Finishers Included:

1. Eric Curran
2. Randy Pobst
3. Michael Galati
4. Tommy Archer
5. Michael McCann

For the full results from the GT race at Mosport, please see the following link:

2008 SPEED World Challenge GT Mosport Results

For the updated standings, please see this page:

2008 Standings for the SPEED World Challenge GT (as of Aug. 23, 2008 Mosport)

Posted in SPEED World Challenge by racer-web @ 9:28 pm


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Max Angelelli and Michael Valiante Win at Infineon

SunTrust Racing’s Max Angelelli and Michael Valiante took their Pontiac Dallara to the front of the field Saturday and made it stick to win the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race at Infineon Raceway. Today’s race was a “DP Only” race.

The leading drivers to the checkered flag were:

1. Max Angelelli/ Michael Valiante – SunTrust Racing
2. Jon Fogarty/ Alex Gurney – GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing
3. Brian Frisselle/ Mark Wilkins – AIM Autosport
4. Joao Barbosa/ JC France – Brumos Racing
5. Nic Jonsson/ Ricardo Zonta – Krohn Racing

For the full results from the race, visit this link:

2008 Grand-Am Rolex Series at Infineon Raceway Results

The updated standings can be found here:

2008 Standings for Grand Am Rolex

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