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Archive for November, 2006

Featured Photo - Imola Pit Building

Thursday, November 30th, 2006 Posted in Featured Photos | 1 Comment »

And so, another piece of motorsport nostalgia is destroyed ... the Imola pit complex has been demolished (top). It was always an iconic part of the picturesque circuit (middle), so I'll be sad to see it go. Although Imola never ...

Site Updates - November 27, 2006

Monday, November 27th, 2006 Posted in Site Updates | No Comments »

[youtube]MXbHQtZH8dE[/youtube]  This video is the climax of the infamous 1979 Daytona 500. Donnie Allison leads the race into the last lap, but Cale Yarborough tries to slipstream into the lead. Neither man gives and inch, and after a few hundred ...

Johnson Champion as Montoya Crashes and Biffle Wins

Monday, November 20th, 2006 Posted in Motorsport News | 1 Comment »

Greg Biffle has won the season finale of the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup at Homestead, ahead of Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin. But the big news was further back in the pack. After an early pitstop to check for damage ...

Conway and Priaulx Winners at Macau

Sunday, November 19th, 2006 Posted in Motorsport News | No Comments »

Mike Conway has won the prestigous Macau Formule 3 Grand Prix, ahead of Richard Antinucci and Adrian Sutil. Starting seventh, Conway took the lead on the first lap after a sliding Paul di Resta collected Kamui Kobayasha and Marko Asmer. In ...

Davidson Confirmed for Aguri

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006 Posted in Motorsport News | 4 Comments »

One of the last pieces of the 2007 driver jigsaw has fallen into place, with news that Anthony Davidson will line up alongside Takuma Sato at Super Aguri next year. The only seats still unconfirmed are the second McLaren seat, ...

Site Updates - November 12, 2006

Sunday, November 12th, 2006 Posted in Site Updates | 1 Comment »

I went to the Noosa Classic Hill Climb on Saturday. Fantastic event! It's a nice undulating hill climb course set in state forrest up near Tewantin on the Sunshine Coast (in QLD, Australia). Really, really well organised event. Lots of ...

Site Updates - November 10, 2006

Friday, November 10th, 2006 Posted in Site Updates | No Comments »

The Australian Racing Results Archive has been updated. The following categories have all been added/modified: Australian GT Championship  Australian Super Truck Racing Championship Toyota Racing Series World Series Sprintcars Australian Formula Junior Championship Australian 1.5 Litre Championship Australian Formula 2 Championship Australian Production Car Championship Round Australia ...

British Formula 3 … direct from Romania!

Friday, November 3rd, 2006 Posted in General | 2 Comments »

I just had a look at the British F3 calendar for 2007 (here) ... all fairly normal ... Silverstone, Brands, Donington, Croft, Thruxton, the full works, with races abroad at Spa, Monza ... and Romania. Yes, the once Communist East-European ...