Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!!

[Spydertrader]

Five-time winner Kurt Busch added a pole to his Bristol resume Friday. He'll lead the field to the green in Saturday night's Sharpie 500. Jeff Burton will start on the outside.

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Matt Kenseth found a non-controversial way of winning Friday night at Bristol. He made an unbelievable -- and clean -- move on Kevin Harvick to win the Food City 250.

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Brazilian Felipe Massa of the Ferrari team claimed the pole position - the first-ever of his career - on Saturday at Istanbul Park before of tomorrow's Turkish Formula One Grand Prix. Massa set the fastest time in Saturday's qualifying race at Istanbul Park with a lap time of 1:26:907. His teammate German pilot Michael Schumacher followed him 0.377 seconds behind, for an all-Ferrari front row. American Scott Speed rolls off the grid 18th.

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Matt Kenseth won his second consecutive Sharpie 500 on Saturday, and his second victory in as many nights at Bristol Motor Speedway. His second Nextel Cup victory in as many weeks also clinched his spot in the Chase.

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Title Contender Scott Dixon to be joined on the front row for the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma by Marco Andretti.

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[Turok]

Nice (first) win for Massa.

Can't believe how bad Ferarri blew that first pit stop tactically.

Overall, that was the most passing on the track I have ever seen in a F1 race.

JB

 

[Spydertrader]

Ferrari's Felipe Massa celebrated an emotional first Formula One victory in Turkey on Sunday while Renault's Fernando Alonso won an epic duel with title rival Michael Schumacher.

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Listen to this afternoon's IndyCar Race.

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Marco Andretti takes the checkered flag at Infineon Raceway - the first victory of his career. The win makes Marco the Youngest race winner in IndyCar History. Helio Castoneves takes one point lead over Sam Hornish heading into Season Finale in Chicago.

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With only two races remaining until the 'playoffs' begin, The Top Ten Drivers remain separated by very few points. Only 138 points separate 4th from 11th place. As Mark Martin showed this past weekend at Bristol, a single bad finish can drop a driver 6 spots. Based on the 13 mathematically eligible drivers listed below, who do you think makes it, and who stays on the outside looking in?

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Personally, you can stick a fork in Edwards and Biffle. While still mathematically possible, I really don't see it happening. They are both done. Kasey has an outside chance if one of the top drivers stumble. But who? Which driver experiences a part failure or simply chokes under the pressure? I'm going to roll the dice and say Kyle Bush. A horrible finish at Fontana combined with a late race blown tire at Richmond drop Kyle from the top ten and allow Kasey to back into the chase.

Thoughts?

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