Asian Motor Sports

Chris Wootton endured a nasty tumble at the Clipsal 500 street circuit this morning. The 21-year-old rolled his MINI Challenge car three times at the turn one chicane during qualifying. The incident has ruled him out of the weekend.

The NZV8 Ute Series ventures into fresh territory when it makes its first appearance at the new state-of-the-art Hampton Downs Motorsport Park at Meremere this weekend.

Champion-elect Jamie Whincup was left physically and mentally exhausted after one of the most grueling V8 Supercar Championship races of the year as he took the crown in the penultimate race of the title fight at the huge Sydney Telstra 500 Saturday.

It was a tale of two mates, one about to celebrate a magnificent achievement and the other left a shattered man. A freakish moment has left the V8 Supercar Championship Series virtually down to one man – Jamie Whincup.

Marcos Ambrose, the two-time V8 Supercar champion who has moved to the US to become a serious contender in the top-tier NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, has turned to a computer game to keep up with his rivals.

The fastest NASCAR in the world is heading to New Zealand where it will star in the third annual Speedshow.

New Zealand is to have a new Motorsport complex comprising three sealed circuits, pit buildings, industrial units, Business Park, Lifestyle blocks, convention centre, restaurant and trackside apartments to service the needs of modern-day Motorsport. Construction started 23/2/07 and the track is scheduled to opon in June this year.

Former Asian Karting Queen Michele Bumgarner scored another breakthrough achievement for Philippine Motorsports with Firestone Indy Lights Development contract.

Not even one of the biggest crashes ever seen at Pukekohe Park Raceway was enough to keep a good man down as Nick Ross reflects on how he thought his race weekend and perhaps the remainder of the season was over.

Ambrose was well on his way to a Jimmie Johnson-like third V8 championship until the Bathurst 1000 when he was involved in a controversial crash with Greg Murphy approaching The Cutting late in the race.

Legendary Ayrton Senna, qualifying at Monaco. Honda power, little (if any) protection, absolute skill and daring, sit back and enjoy.

A1 Team Great Britain’s Danny Watts claimed pole position for Sunday’s Feature race in A1GP Chengdu, China posting the fastest lap of the weekend so far, a 1m 15.325s. Adam Carroll put in a great performance to take Ireland’s maiden A1GP pole position for tomorrow morning’s Sprint race.

ITV has broadcasted the sport since 1996 and angered many fans by missing up to 15 minutes of every race with advert breaks. Last year ITV missed the moment that decided the world championship - Lewis Hamilton’s gearbox problem in Interlagos - because they were on an advert break.

Hagen recently completed a successful test at Michigan International Speedway for the Brad Keselowski Racing team and has been offered a drive in the series next year.

Championship leader Beijing Guoan came away from Estoril, Portugual with the biggest smile on their faces after extending their championship lead.