SPORTS NEWS

China Announces More Pollution Controls

China unveiled stricter emergency pollution controls for the Olympics that would shutter factories and expand traffic rules.

Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:13 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Beijing (China), China, Olympic Games (2008), Environment, Automobiles, Factories and Industrial Plants

Lodz Journal: The Racing Is Fast and the Police Aren’t Furious

Police officers in Lodz, Poland, have tried to deal with illegal street races by helping to organize them.

Posted Monday, July 21, 2008 12:58 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Sports of The Times: Petty Welcomes Investor Into the Family Business

Richard Petty is one of the great sporting icons, a man who transformed his business, and one who takes over an event just by being there.

Posted Wednesday, July 09, 2008 10:20 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: National Assn of Stock Car Auto Racing, Automobile Racing, Automobiles, Petty, Richard, Small Business

A Road Rally for the Rich and Richer

The transcontinental jaunt known as the Bullrun allows participants to revive the notion of driving muscle cars across America like bats out of hell, for a $20,000 entry fee.

Posted Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:22 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Automobiles, Speed Limits and Speeding

Economy Takes Nascar Along for Ride

These are tough economic times, and the sagging market is affecting Nascar in nearly every facet of the sport.

Posted Monday, July 07, 2008 10:24 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: National Assn of Stock Car Auto Racing, Automobile Racing, Automobiles, Economic Conditions and Trends

Auto Racing Roundup: Hamilton at Home in British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton mastered wild and wet racing conditions Sunday to score a runaway victory in the British Grand Prix, throwing the Formula One drivers championship wide open.

Posted Sunday, July 06, 2008 8:25 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: National Assn of Stock Car Auto Racing, Automobile Racing, Hamilton, Lewis, Formula One, Automobiles

Cheering Section: Wheels of Fortunes: A Car Dealer to the Stars

Macky Dancy, who was born in Memphis and grew up in Brooklyn rooting for the Yankees, the Knicks and the Giants, sells luxury cars to athletes and entertainers.

Posted Saturday, June 21, 2008 2:29 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Athletics and Sports, Automobiles

Robbed of His Sight, a Car Owner Maintains His Vision

After a near-death experience, extensive plastic surgery and rehabilitation, Jay Blake decided that what he really wanted to do with the rest of his life was own a race team.

Posted Saturday, June 21, 2008 2:29 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Automobile Racing, Automobiles, Blake, Jay

Earnhardt Soaks in Feeling After Ending 76-Race Dry Spell

Dale Earnhardt Jr. won Sunday at Michigan International Speedway despite going the last 55 laps, including three laps of overtime, without stopping for gas.

Posted Sunday, June 15, 2008 8:44 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: National Assn of Stock Car Auto Racing, Automobiles, Earnhardt, Dale Jr

Trevor Wilkinson, 85, a Maker of Sports Cars, Is Dead

Mr. Wilkinson was the founder of TVR, the small British carmaker known for nimble little sports cars that early owners often assembled from a kit.

Posted Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:52 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Automobiles, Wilkinson, Trevor

Fast Cars, Full Tanks

At small racetracks around the country, high fuel prices are putting drivers and their teams in a pinch.

Posted Monday, June 02, 2008 9:54 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: National Assn of Stock Car Auto Racing, Automobile Racing, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Automobiles, New Jersey, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline

Pit-Road Collision Ends Frustrating Day for Patrick

Danica Patrick was knocked out of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday when her car tangled with Ryan Briscoe’s with 29 of 200 laps left in the race.

Posted Sunday, May 25, 2008 9:44 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Automobiles, Indianapolis 500 (Auto Race), Patrick, Danica

First-Time Indy Winner Finds First Place Safest

Scott Dixon won the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, but he said that on his final laps he was worried about everything that could go wrong with his racecar.

Posted Sunday, May 25, 2008 9:44 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Indianapolis (Ind), Automobiles, Indianapolis 500 (Auto Race), Patrick, Danica

IndyCar Chief Has Eye Ahead but Foot on Brake

Tony George has decided that the best thing for the IndyCar Series, for now, is not to attempt to speed recklessly ahead.

Posted Friday, May 23, 2008 9:42 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Automobile Racing, Automobiles, Indianapolis 500 (Auto Race), IndyCar Series, George, Tony

Beverly Rae Kimes, Automotive Journalist and Historian, Is Dead at 68

Ms. Kimes parlayed a job as a secretary at a fledgling car magazine into a career as one of the nation’s pre-eminent historians of automobiles.

Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 9:31 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Automobiles, Books and Literature, Writing and Writers, Ford Motor Co|F|NYSE, History, Newspapers

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