WHEELS MOTORSPORT

Ambrose tests Grand-Am sports car
… and what does that mean?

US speedway champ Larry Rice passes
Larry Rice was a smooth racer, a rare gentleman and probably didn’t have an enemy in the world.

Casey crooker than Rookwood
Is it a mere virus, a belly ache, or something more sinister? We’ll know more this weekend.

Ambrose nails a terrific third in bruising Bristol NASCAR race
Marcos rates this his best drive ever – even better than second at Watkins Glen.

Porsche wins the Ring 24-Hour car buster again
Audi issued a bold challenge, but it was a victorious Porsche after 24 hours. No Nissan GTRs in sight …

Raikkonen turns to rally
The F1 champ will trade tar for gravel at his home town rally this month.

How the West was won
Many visitors to the sunburnt West make the trip across the Nullabor to cruise vineyards, rivers and winding roads. But once a year, a hundred car nuts come to take in the sights at 200km/h.

New all-American grand prix team planned for 2010
… And the Formula One team co-founder is an Aussie.

Next Financial Crisis victim – A1GP?
The future of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport series is in doubt, with its head of operations ordered to close its doors by the UK courts.

Aussie Molly Taylor is the British Ladies Rally Champion
We may have lost the Ashes, but it’s not all bad for Aussies in Britain …

F1 crisis averted (we think)
The 2010 grand prix grid could be fuller than a NSW State school if all the teams that have entered actually turn up.

Webber wins!
The Aussie anthem plays at the German Grand Prix for a victorious Mark Webber.

Briscoe edges Dixon by 0.0077sec in Chicagoland Indy thriller
How close can you go?

Briscoe still perplexed by dud set of tyres
No answers yet why Aussie Briscoe’s Indy 500 chances went sliding away …

Whin at all costs
He’s the reigning V8 Supercar champion and again the driver to beat in 2009. So why is Jamie Whincup already planning a move beyond motorsport?

Aussie closes on a Formula One test
Perth’s Ricciardo like to be the next colonial to get his bum in a current F1 machine.

What do these extreme athletes have to do with motor sport?
Actually, quite a bit. These blokes are Peugeot’s 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers. Running at 300km/h on Mulsanne Straight doesn’t worry them, and neither does hanging off the side of mountains. Next year: Mount Everest.

Whincup and Lowndes to stay at Vodafone until 2012 at least
There is no busting up the champion drivers and team. But what will they be driving?

HOT STUFF: Dine with two legends
KB and Gossy to be honoured at Bathurst.

Toyota boss In Nurburgring 24-hour race
Akio Toyoda to don the Nomex for tough enduro.

Gronholm to go after Pikes Peak climb record
Sweden’s world rally champ sets sights on cracking the 10 minute mark over the twisting 20km part dirt and part asphalt course.

Aussie Power seizes the moment
But will he secure a full-time gig? How about Formula One then?

Vale Frank Gardner
Frank Gardner was a larger than life character who did it all, including three British touring car titles, Le Mans and Formula One grands prix.

Swine flu alert threatens motorsport
Pigs do fly – A1GP in Mexico cancelled and Spanish F1 GP on flu watch.
