Asian Motor Sports

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Beijing, China – Australian Sam Abay (18/Team E-Rain) scored his maiden Formula BMW Asia victory on the 2.3km Goldenport Circuit today with a perfect pole-to-flag win. The remaining podium places were both taken by BMW Juniors: Dominic Storey (NZL/Eurasia Motorsport), taking his first podium finish of the season and first Rookie Cup victory, and team [...]

Team Australia’s Marcos Ambrose has qualified 19th for tomorrow’s ninth round of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.
Ambrose clocked a time of 30.086 seconds in his Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards Ford F-150 around the 1.5-mile (2.4km) circuit at an average speed of 179.485mph (287.176kph).
Defending pole sitter Mike Skinner [...]

(June 07, 2006 Press Release)
Team Australia’s Marcos Ambrose has faced more “firsts” in his first four NASCAR Craftsman Truck races then ever before in his successful motor racing career –and they are set to continue at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth this week.
Ambrose is set to campaign his Team Australia Ford F-150 in [...]

TWO Long-term supporters of the Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship have today announced that they will be joining forces for the remainder of the 2006 Gold Star season.
Trophy class winning team Scud Racing and privateer driver Tim Macrow today confirmed that they will merge their respective Victorian-based operations underneath the Scud Racing banner before [...]

Andy PRIAULX – BMW Team UK, pole position
“Today everybody had one go on new tyres so it was fair but totally hectic. It was a tough session and the hardest thing was the traffic. The circuit was busy with a lot of shuffling going on. I was lucky to build a bit of a gap [...]

POS NO CL DRIVER NAT CAR TIME LAPS GAP KPH
Weather/Track: Cloud 10°/Drying 12°
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Oschersleben
Circuit Length = 3.6670 km.
Start: 15:10 End: 15:58
Printed - 16:01 Saturday, 03 June 2006
Race Director: Steward: Timekeeper:
1 Andy PRIAULX GBR 1 BMW 320si 1:35.661 14 138.00
11 James THOMPSON GBR 2 SEAT Leon 1:35.841 16 0.180 137.74
3 Rickard RYDELL SWE 3 SEAT Leon 1:35.853 [...]

Jason Bright drove Ford Performance Racing back into the heavyweights of the V8 Supercar Championship Series with a dominant performance at Winton Raceway on Saturday, claiming pole position and then the first of three races for the weekend.
After two years in the wilderness and plagued by a stream of troubles, the Ford factory team landed [...]

FIA WTCC NEWSLETTER - #17 – 2 June 2006
FIA WTCC’s TV audiences are consistently growing. After TNS Sport certified that a total
of 324 million viewers worldwide watched WTCC broadcasts during the 2005 season,
the first figures from the first three events of the current season are being unveiled and
testify that the championship is well on the [...]

Team Australia’s Marcos Ambrose has finished 26th in the eighth round of the NACSAR Craftsman Truck Series at the Dover International Speedway in Delaware today.
Ambrose again highlighted his potential in qualifying setting the fastest Rookie lap of 23.701 seconds, which was the 12th fastest time overall. Unfortunately, an unapproved adjustment during the impound period saw [...]

Caltex Racing’s Russell Ingall is hoping that his previous record at Winton Motor Raceway will provide a solid foundation on which he can continue to build his V8 Supercar Championship assault this weekend.
Of all the venues on the V8 Supercar schedule, Winton has provided the most consistent results for the reigning V8 Supercar champion.
He won [...]