 |  | | Monday Finish Line – November 16, 2009: Redline Time Attack Season Finale, Southern California NHRA Finals | | | Billy Johnson pulled off some last-second heroics in Fontana on Sunday afternoon, piloting the FX Motorsports NSX to overall victory in the final Unlimited RWD session of the Redline Time Attack season finale after the car went through extensive repairs earlier in the day. With a stock gearbox and welded up header, the Acura laid down an incredible 1:36.103, just beating Paul Gerrard’s time of 1:36.230 in the AMS Performance NOS Energy Drink Evo X. | | Full Article | | By: URC Staff - 11/16/2009 |
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line - August 31, 2009: F1 Spa
Giancarlo Fisichella - who knew you had it in you? In what seemed like a surreal wrinkle in the 2009 F1 narrative, the Force India pilot pulled his team from out of obscurity and into the spotlight of the podium at the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa on Sunday. Fisichella finished in second behind Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and ahead of Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel after claiming an improbable P1 in qualifying a day before. Raikkonen crossed the finish line 0.9s ahead, with Vettel 2.9s behind Fisichella.
8/31/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line - August 24, 2009: Formula D Sonoma, F1 GP of Europe
It was the unlikeliest of finales, but when history looks back at Formula D's 2009 Round 6 at Infineon Raceway, they'll see the name of chronically hapless Stephan Verdier in the Cooper Tires/Crawford Performance/Rhys Millen Racing Subaru STI as the event's victor, winner by default after the motor in Ken Gushi's Scion Racing/RS*R tC gave up in the pair's first title-round lap.
8/24/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line - August 17, 2009: NHRA Maple Grove, ALMS Road America
Morgan Lucas and Hector Arana scored pivotal victories in Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle, respectively, at the event sponsored by their biggest supporters to lead the list of winners at the 28th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd Int'l Raceway in Minnesota. Tony Pedregon (Funny Car) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) also scored important wins.
8/17/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line – August 10, 2009: Formula D Seattle
Championship points leader Chris Forsberg inched closer to locking up the 2009 Formula D series title on Saturday, taking the win in Round 5: Seattle at Evergreen Speedway behind the wheel of the NOS Energy Drink 350Z Roadster. He snagged the overall victory by defeating third-place finisher Tyler McQuarrie and his Falken Tires Z in the semifinal, after event runner-up and first-time podium finisher Eric O’Sullivan could not continue in the Rockstar STI because of an incident with Vaughn Gittin Jr.’s Falken Ford Racing Mustang.
8/10/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line – August 3, 2009: X Games Rally, D1 Chicago, Rally Finland
With an IRL Championship and an Indy 500 win under his belt, Sweden’s Kenny Brack made racing look easy by taking gold in his Rally Car Racing debut in front of a packed house at The Home Depot Center on Sunday. Silver medalist Travis Pastrana stayed close to Brack until swapping ends around a corner, while Tanner Foust took third, earning his third podium in consecutive X Games.
8/3/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line – July 27, 2009: F1 Hungary, Redline: Time Attack! Nashville, NHRA Sonoma
The craziness that has gripped the Formula One narrative this year took more twists and turns on Sunday, as McLaren driver and 2008 World Champion Lewis Hamilton finally found his way back to the top step of the podium in the Grand Prix of Hungary. He was flanked by 2007 champ and Ferrari pilot Kimi Räikkönen in second place and Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber in third.
7/27/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line - July 20, 2009: ALMS Lime Rock, Grand-Am Barber Motorsports Park, NHRA Northwest Nats
It has been a long two-month break for the ALMS, the year interrupted by a break for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but now that the season has restarted de Ferran Motorsports appears to be picking up right where it left off. On Saturday, drivers Simon Pagenaud and Gil de Ferran won again in the series, their third consecutive overall victory, in the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park.
7/20/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line – July 13, 2009: Formula D Las Vegas, F1 Germany
Reigning series champion Tanner Foust atoned for his poor performance in Round 3: New Jersey on Saturday by winning Round 4 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, making his Papadakis Racing Rockstar/Hankook Scion Racing tC the first Scion ever to win a pro drift contest.
7/13/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line - July 6, 2009: Grand-Am Rolex at Daytona, World Challenge, IndyCar at The Glen
Dirk Werner led the last 29 laps of the Grand-Am Rolex Series' Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday to guide the No. 87 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3 to its third consecutive victory and fourth in five races, opening a 29-point lead (221-192) in the battle for the Acxiom GT cup
7/6/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line - June 29, 2009: Rally Poland, BOTI Texas
BP Ford Abu Dhabi Team driver Mikko Hirvonen and co-pilot Jarmo Lehtinen won their second consecutive WRC event on Sunday, claiming victory in the action-packed Rally Poland, round eight of the World Rally Championship. Citroen Total's Dani Sordo and Marc Marti came home in second, while Henning Solberg and Cato Menkerud of the Stobart VK M-Sport returned their Focus RS in third.
6/29/2009 - Full Article
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