This weekend the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Jimmie Johnson took the pole, but would end up finishing the race in second place – right behind the Ford of Carl Edwards. Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, and Kyle Busch rounded out the rest of the top five positions.

For his win, Edwards was handed the Dow Automotive “Strategic Call of the Race”, EA Sports Move of the Race, and the Sunoco Diamond Performance contingency awards.

The full results from the race have been posted at:

2008 Pep Boys Auto 500 Results from Atlanta Motor Speedway

The updated standings can be found here:

2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings

By the end of the race at Hockenheim, Timo Scheider had won both the race and the 2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) Championship. This marked Scheider’s third win of the season.

The top placing drivers at Hockenheim were:

1 Timo Scheider (Audi Sport Team Abt)
2 Paul di Resta (AMG Mercedes)
3 Jamie Green (Salzgitter AMG Mercedes)
4 Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG)
5 Tom Kristensen (Audi Sport Team Abt)

The championship points race finished as follows:

1. Timo Scheider – 75
2. Paul Di Resta – 71
3. Mattias Ekstrom – 56
4. Jamie Green – 52
5. Bruno Spengler – 38

For full results from the race, click here:

2008 DTM at Hockenheim II Results

The standings have been finalized and can be found here:

2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) Final Standings

By the time the checkered flag waved at Martinsville Speedway, four of the top six cars in the field were from the Hendrick Motorsports team. First and second were claimed by Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr., while fourth and six were claimed by Jeff Gordon and Casey Mears.

The third and fifth place finishers were Roush Fenway Racing’s Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing.

For the full results of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, click here:

2008 TUMS QuikPak 500 Results from Martinsville Speedway

The updated standings are now available here:

2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings

It was all Audi at Laguna Seca this weekend with the two entries from Audi Sport North America taking the top two spots on the podium. The race marked the final event in the American Le Mans Series 2008 season.

Coming out with the win was the Number 2 Audi driven by Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner, while the Number 1 Audi of Emanuele Pirro and Christijan Albers finished close behind.

Leading the field in P2 was the Acura of Andretti Green Racing driven by Franck Montagny and Tony Kanaan. The GT1 victory went to Corvette Racing’s Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta, while the GT2 class was won by Mika Salo and Jaime Melo in their Risi Competizione Ferrari.

Full results from the race are available at:

2008 ALMS Monterey Sports Car Championships at Laguna Seca Results

The updated final standings can be found here:

2008 American Le Mans Series Final Standings

French driver Sebastien Loeb took this weekend’s World Rally Championship win at the Rallye de France. His Citroen C4 clocked in for a total time of 3:42:58.0 which left him nearly four seconds ahead of the second place finisher, Mikko Hirvonen in his Ford Focus. Third through fifth belonged to Francois Duval, Jari Matti Latvala, and Petter Solberg respectively.

The full results from the race can be found:

Results from the 2008 WRC Rallye de France

For the updated standings, please use this link:

2008 World Rally Championship Standings

This week’s win at Lowe’s Motor Speedway sent Jeff Burton up two places in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings. Now in the second position, Burton is only 69 points behind the series leader, Jimmie Johnson.

This week’s top finishers included:

1. Jeff Burton
2. Kasey Kahne
3. Kurt Busch
4. Kyle Busch
5. Jamie McMurray

For the full results from the race, click here:

2008 Bank of America 500 Results from Lowe’s Motor Speedway

The standings have been updated and can be found here:

2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings

After a long break for the World Rally Championship, things have returned in much the same fashion as they had left off. In fact, the Top-3 finishing teams at this weekend’s Spanish Rally were the same drivers as led the New Zealand Rally back in August. Once again the top finishers included: Sebastien Loeb, Daniel Sordo, and Mikko Hirvonen. Only one second separated the third place time from the winner’s results. This also marked Loeb’s fourth straight win in the series.

Some of the more notable drivers to retire early from the 2008 Rallye de Espana were Urmo Aava, Conrad Rautenbach, and Sebastien Ogier.

For the full results, click here:

Results from the 2008 WRC Rallye de Espana

The standings have been updated and can be seen here:

2008 World Rally Championship Standings

Mattias Ekstrom took this year’s Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters victory in Le Mans, France. The Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline driver came to the finish line just ahead of the second place finisher, Paul di Resta, and the third place finisher, Alexandre Premat. Gary Paffett and Bernd Schneider came in fourth and fifth respectively.

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

2008 DTM at Le Mans Results

The standings have been updated and can be found here:

2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) Standings

Tony Stewart won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season today at Talladega Superspeedway. Paul Menard pulled off an impressive second place with David Ragan coming up with a third place finish. Jeff Burton and Clint Bowyer took fourth and fifth.

This win moved Stewart up four places in the Championship to the seventh position. Jimmie Johnson, who finished eighth in today’s race, extended his points lead to 72 points over the second place driver, Carl Edwards.

For the full results of the Amp Energy 500, please click here:

2008 Amp Energy 500 Results from Talladega Superspeedway

The standings have been updated and can be found here:

2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings

The Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series spent the weekend at VIRginia International Raceway, which wrapped up with two split class races.

Saturday’s race saw the ST class take to the track for their final race of the season. Lawson Aschenbach, Ken Dobson, and Jamie Holtom of Georgian Bay Motorsports took the win in their Chevrolet Cobalt SS. Close behind was the Compass360 Racing entry driven by Adam Burrows and Trevor Hopwood. Finishing in third place was the sister car to the winning entry – the Georgian Bay Motorsports machine driven by Lawson Aschenbach, Eric Curran, and Jamie Holtom.

On Sunday it was time for the GS class to hit the track for their final race of 2008. Finishing in the top two positions were the Ford Mustangs of Rehagen Racing. The first one driven by Mike Canney, Hugh Plumb, and Matt Plumb, and the second one piloted by Dean Martin, Ryan Phinny, and Jack Roush Jr.

The full results from both races can be found here:

2008 Virginia International Raceway Split Classes Results

The final points standings for both classes have been updated and are available at the following location:

Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series: 2008 Standings