Month: November 2008

Well, Atlanta has come and gone, and although Carl Edwards won the race, did the backflip, and had a pretty good day, Jimmie Johnson still managed to finish second and in the process he made winning his third straight championship an almost certainty.

Carl’s post-victory interview was priceless.  How good was …

Submitted by SHNS on Thu, 11/13/2008 – 15:31. If General Motors weathers the financial storm, its Chevy division should begin delivering thousands of new Camaros next spring.

Yet the 2009 Chevy Corvette ZR1 manages at once to be both brutally quick and remarkably mild-mannered. Its quarter-mile acceleration is quicker than any production car we\’ve ever tested, its chassis is benign …

After the fall trip to the desert, the Chase is virtually over. With Jimmie Johnson leading Carl Edwards by 141 points I think it would be safe to drop the hardware off at jewelry store and have Jimmies name printed on the trophy for the third consecutive time. Only Cale …

Well if you haven’t seen or heard of the outcome of the Brazilian GP yesterday, you must have been in a coma. In a bid to win the driver’s championship Felipe Massa, in front of his countrymen, drove a brilliant weekend, from practice right through to his race win. And …

There is one more race to go in the season, and at least one champ has it in the bag and another is just about there.

At the eighth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Tony Schumacher locked up his sixth Top Fuel …

The Formula 1 schedule is coming to a dramatic close this weekend at Interlagos in Brazil, where Lewis Hamilton is fighting to hold on and win the 2008 driver’s championship. Felipe Massa did his best to make Hamilton’s clinching of the title difficult as he took pole today for …

Several A1 Teams made final preparations this week for round two of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport in Chengdu, China on November 9th. Among them were the Chinese team and Pakistan, both appearing for the first time this year on the A1GP testing surface at the UK’s Silverstone circuit. …

I’ve been writing for Fastmachines.com for about five years now (wow, has it really been five years?) and each year I try my hand at predicting the NHRA’s Rookie of the Year. The official award is called the Auto Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award (what would …

Chris and Josh review all the hub bub leading up to the final, Championship deciding Grand Prix of 2008. We also talk NASCAR – Johnson has it about sewn up – as well as a little IRL, ALMS and even some DTM and V8 Supercars to round things out. …