Racing

Jimmie Johnson had another victory at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He won just in time because one of his tires decided to explode near the finish line. Over the weekend NASCAR was miffed when one of its best events was derailed due to tire problems.

Goodyear’s product was unable to withstand driving 10 or more laps at a time -which caused chaos during the Brickyard 400. The whole thing ended when Johnson passed Carl Edwards during the end of a seven lap run to finish.

Fernando Alonso said that the rumors that he has signed a contract to race for Ferrari in 2010 are unfounded and not true. Many people believed the rumors because Kimi Raikkonen stated that he might be leaving F1 at the end of 2009. Ferrari needs to find a new star driver and quick.

Scott Dixon from New Zealand finished first at the 92nd Indianapolis 500 at 1.75 seconds ahead of Vitor Meira. Yet, even though Dixon took the win many fans kept their concentration on Danica Patrick who worked hard to try to make history as the first woman winner at the Brickyard.

The Turkish Grand Prix was definitely one for the books and the entire honor goes to Ferrari. A week earlier Ferrari showed off in the Spanish Grand Prix when they finished one-two and was dominating the podium stand. Felipe Massa had definitley showed some improvement over the last three races.

Those of you who are looking for a little more exciting during the 2009 Formula One season will be happy to know that you’re wish may come true; although not necessarily in the way that you were hoping. The FIA told Formula One that they only way drivers can compete is if they are racing in hybrids. This new rule will be put into effect in order to comply with the standards that have been set up by the Kinetic Energy Recovery System.

Jacques Villeneuve will be making his way back next week as F1 moves to Bahrain. He will be racing once again. Unfortuantely though he will not be competing in the Grand Prix. Instead he will be racing a stock car in the Speedcar Series race – which is to help support the main event.

We have seen many famous people try to donate their time to charity in order to raise money for who truly need it. This one though has to be the best and possibly most painful one that we have ever heard. Tony Stewart encouraged people to donate and raise $100,000 to charity. If they could reach this amount he would do the unthinkable – wax his famously hairy back.

Those who follow the McLaren F1 team are all too familiar with the name – Ron Dennis. He has been the team’s faithful manager since the 1980’s and has done a successful job of leading them to many victories. Yet, it seems lately that he has been losing his grip on things and Mercedes-Benz has taken notice of this as well. According to recent rumors Dennis is being fired because of the way that he handled the spy scandal and because he was unsuccessful at obtaining the championship.

26 year old Rafael Sperafico – the Brazilian stock car racer – was killed in the middle of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix during a fatal crash. Apparently he lost control of his vehicle during his sixth lap, slammed into the tire wall, and bounced back onto the track. At that point his car was then struck by the car driven by Rentao Russo, who was in serious but stable condition with head injuries.

Dale Earnhardt has had a very bad and troubling year. He was unable to win any race and has admittied that this is his second worst season of his career. But that doesn’t mean that he still won’t be walking away without an award.