Asian Motor Sports

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Reigning V8 Supercar Champion Russell Ingall, with the help of his fellow drivers, is set to auction off a rare piece of memorabilia for the Starlight Children’s Foundation.
All thirty one competing drives at the previous round of the V8 Supercar Championship at Hidden Valley Raceway have signed a limited edition Arai helmet – with sponsorship [...]

Having seen meetings so far in Malaysia and China, the Asian Festival of Speed will make another trip across the continent to compete in Indonesia for the first time in a decade.
After making a successful return to the international motorsport scene earlier this year when it hosted a round of the A1 Grand Prix championship, [...]

1. Benoit Treluyer Impul Lola-Toyota 1hr 34min 26.397secs
2. Tsugio Matsuda Impul Lola-Toyota 1hr 34min 35.632secs
3. Satoshi Motoyama Impul Lola-Toyota 1hr 35min 00.301secs
4. Yuji Tachikawa Cerumo Lola-Toyota 1hr 35min 06.589secs
5. Andre Lotterer DHG-TOM’s Lola-Toyota 1hr 35min 32.191secs
6. Tatsuya Kataoka Le Mans Lola-Toyota 1hr 35min 42.185secs
7. Takeshi Tsuchiya DHG-TOM’s Lola-Toyota 1hr 35min 48.689secs
8. Tora Takagi Le Mans [...]

Marcos Ambrose and Team Australia have had yet another huge day in their short history in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at the Kentucky Speedway as the Australian driver led the most laps in a race where he was unlucky not to finish among the top five.
After qualifying on pole and leading the first 33 [...]

SPARTA, Kentucky - Rookie Marcos Ambrose will start from the pole in Saturday night’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway.
It was the first pole this season for Ambrose, who clocked in at 176.922 miles per hour in a Ford F-150.
Ambrose will be joined on the front row by David Reutimann, [...]

Free practice of Formula Nippon Round 4 was held at Suzuka Circuit. Yuji Ide who participated in four race in Formula One for Super Auper F1 Team joined DoCoMo TEAM DANDELION and returned to Formula Nippon. In addition, as a substitution for Sakon Yamamoto who joined Super Aguri F1 as third driver, Seiji Ara who [...]

Ben Clucas once again set the pace as the Kumho Tyres Australian F3 Championship touched down at Eastern Creek, topping Friday’s practice charts as he seeks to maintain his winning run.
The championship leader, who heads into this weekend’s fifth round leading Michael Trimble by 44 points, set a benchmark lap of 1min 24.2469secs in the [...]

A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has unveiled a 13 date provisional calendar for the 2006/07 season. The calendar features a number of changes from the inaugural season, with three nations set to host a round for the first time, and China becoming the first country to host two rounds in a season.
The operative words are [...]

New Zealand driver Jonny Reid is mentally preparing himself for yet another wet weekend as the 2006 All-Japan Formula 3 Championship returns to Suzuka on Friday.
“Yes, it looks like we’re in for rain again,” he said, as the weather forecasters in Japan talked about a possible typhoon warning.
This weekend’s round is the fifth of the [...]

Australian driver Marcos Ambrose scored his maiden top five finish in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at the Kansas Speedway on Saturday when he crossed the line in third place to stun the series regulars.
Proving to be a very quick learner in the American art of oval racing, the former Australian V8 Supercar Champion qualified [...]

Craig Lowndes’ two wins on the trot in the V8 Supercar Championship Series has catapulted the three-time champion into the lead of the series, and as Matthew Agius reports looks set to extend his lead at Queensland Raceway.
Consistency is the key to winning this continually evolving championship, and Lowndes of the Team Betta Electrical Ford [...]

Mark Skaife was gifted victory in the first race of the Sky City Triple Crown in Darwin after Jason Bright saw his chances disappear in a cloud of tyre smoke when he suffered a high-speed puncture.
Bright had done the hard work to get on pole position and led through the first 11 laps with a [...]

A1 Team Netherlands, run by Jan Lammers, has signed a sponsorship agreement with the Dutch heating company Remeha.
During the past season, there have been various try outs and polls and the result was very positive.
Jan Lammers: “We are pleased with this sponsor deal with Remeha. A strong, innovative and 100 % Dutch company with activities [...]

Two-time V8 Supercar Champion Marcos Ambrose continues his improvement as a rookie in NASCAR’s Craftsman Truck Series. Ambrose scored his best ever starting position driving his No. 20 Aussie Vineyards Ford.
Starting line-up for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway.
Row 1 1 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Tundra Toyota 31.437 171.772
2 14 Rick Crawford Circle [...]