Dakar Rally says French motorcyclist found dead
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Return to Original Buzz up!3 votes PrintPARIS (AP)—French motorcyclist Pascal Terry has been found dead during the Dakar Rally in Argentina.

The 49-year-old Terry had gone missing Sunday during the second stage of the race, between Santa Rosa and Puerto Madryn, organizers said in a statement.

Terry was found early Wednesday in an area of dense vegetation, about 50 feet from his motorcycle, without his helmet and with food and water beside him.

Las Pampas regional police are investigating the death. It was Terry’s first time taking part in the Dakar Rally.

This is the first year the famed motor race is being held in South America. Organizers called off last year’s race in Africa because of terrorist threats.

Terry informed race organizers Sunday that he had run out of gas but then obtained some from another rider.


Later, Terry sent out an alert, and a search was launched. Rescuers had a difficult time because of the dense terrain.

On Tuesday, the search was briefly called off after rescuers thought they had spotted him. A rescue team finally reached him overnight.

There have been a series of deaths among competitors in the 31-year history of the race. Two died during the last race, in 2007.

The rally finishes on Jan. 18 in Buenos Aires.

Updated 3 hours, 41 minutes ago

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Posted by gfunkerror, Jan 7 2009

Who in here follows the Arca/Remax Series? if so what driver(s) you like?

Posted by TRB_HMS_09, Dec 31 2008

Total ban on testing needed to save money, Gordon says


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Reid Spencer / Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
An unlikely convergence of opinion has Jeff Gordon and Jack Roush on the same page. Both the Hendrick Motorsports driver and the Roush Fenway Racing team owner would like to see NASCAR's ban on testing become just that -- a total ban on testing.

Within hours of NASCAR's November announcement at Homestead-Miami Speedway of the ban on testing at tracks that sponsor events in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide, Camping World Truck and Camping World East and West Series, Roush sought other owners' support for a pledge to ban testing entirely.

more of article @www.racegear.com

Posted by gfunkerror, Dec 18 2008

As I was watching the Craftsman truck series awards they said the new series sponsor
is going to be Camping World.To bad Craftsman is pulling out because it seems it was
the last series you didnt have to think of the series name for a while before you said it.
I guess we will deal with it like the others, but it would sure be nice to call all the series
something that might not have a sponsor attached to it, I guess money talks and B.S.
walks!!!!!

Posted by AC-Delco-3, Dec 12 2008

So both Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch have announced plans to run a fulltime Nationwide schedule for 2009. Really? Come on guys, we don't see Alex Rodriguez or Manny Ramirez deciding to go play Triple A baseball on their days off, do we?

Now I understand sponsors wanting big-name drivers in their cars in the Nationwide series (the whole Denny Hamlin - Aric Almirola Milwaukee Mile issue from last year being an example of this). But what is it that causes these Cup guys to want to run for a championship in a lower-level series?

I think Nascar needs to put a cap on the number of Truck and Nationwide series races a Cup series regular can drive. I'd suggest no more than one third of the season, with an exception being for Cup-series rookies, who I think should be allowed to run a full NW series for their Cup-series rookie year if possible (sponsorship issues definitely involved here) to allow them more time to get to know the tracks.

Additionally, I think teams shouldn't be able to win the manufacturer's or owners-points battles unless their car has a Nationwide Series driver running at least half of the races in the NW series. If that car isn't run at least half-time with a NW Series driver, then the points should not apply to the owners & manufacturers titles.

Just my opinion.

It's a slow racing day, so I thought I'd throw this out there to see what people have to say. It's always fun to see other views on things.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Posted by sillyboob, Nov 26 2008

Let's go BAJA with Robby..

Here's the link to the Weatherman: (for those that know the real deal..LOL)


http://www.race-dezert.com/radio/radio1.html

and

THE TRACKER:

http://irctracking.com/2008/Baja1000/


GAS ON ROBBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Andi-Lee0388, Nov 22 2008

Entering Talladega, Jimmie Johnson holds a 10 point lead over Carl Edwards, and a 30 point lead over Greg Biffle. On lap 173, Carl Edwards bump-drafts Biffle, spins his teammate into Matt Kenseth and triggers a wreck that wipes out half the chase field. Johnson would then leave Talladega with a 72 point lead over Edwards, a margin Edwards would not be able to overcome.
Edwards would follow this rookie-like mistake with a mechanical failure at Charlotte and Johnson would continue his steady champion-like consistency all the way to his third championship, defeating Edwards by 69 points.

Posted by Lefty_Turner, Nov 22 2008

Woohoo! Time for the Baja 1000!!!


Bike and ATV riders go off at 6:30am (PST) and the Trophy Trucks (the big boys) go off around 10:30.


This is where you will find all the links to follow the race.



YEEEEEFORKINGHAAAA!!!

Posted by XhaustedGirl, Nov 21 2008

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