Black Caviar win # 21 The Goodwood [Horse Racing]
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| This is an unbelievable race! Black Caviar is an Australian sprinter going for her 21st consectutive victory. Especially watch her jockey through the stretch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJn2VWMtEio Apparently the plan for her is to be sent to race at Ascot in England. ML/NJ |
MSNBC Anchor Thinks NASCAR Cars Go 500 MPH
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France was a guest on MSNBC on Thursday to talk about the sport's green initiatives in advance of Earth Day. France was asked several questions about NASCAR's environmental push by anchor Thomas Roberts, who apparently thinks race cars are actually fighter jets. "The obvious draw for NASCAR is the speed," Roberts said to France. "Cars going up to about 500 mph, right?" |
Clashes hit Bahrain Formula One exhibit
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| Security forces fired stun grenades Wednesday at anti-government protesters who swarmed into a cultural exhibition for Bahrain's Formula One race, setting off street battles and sending visitors fleeing for cover |
Sarah Palin Race 4: Win $7.50, Place $2.50, Exacta $116.20, Tri $675, Quad $1187.30
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| Hey Sarah fans....she did run (well, trot) after all :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ouf3eW3dmZg Race 4 http://www.tab.com.au/Racing/Information/Results/DisplayDetailedView.aspx?State=2&MeetingCode=T&RacingCode=H&FromDate=2012-03-09T00%3a00%3a00&RaceNumber=04 |
Elena Myers Wins Daytona Supersport
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| SuzukiScoop.com's Elena Myers won a thrilling Supersport final this morning at Daytona International Speedway, the 19-year-old Californian beating National Guard Suzuki's Corey Alexander by .239 of a second and showing that you can lead out of the chicane on the final lap at Daytona and still win. Myers also became the first woman to ever win a professional race at Daytona. |
Zenyatta has foaled [Diary Post #454]
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| Zenyatta foaled a Bernardini colt Thursday evening about 10.10! Mother and son are doing fine. Photos at the link above. |
Suffolk OTB bailout in the works [Government Ineptitude]
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| Legislation has been introduced that would pave the way for Suffolk County Regional Off-Track Betting to declare bankruptcy and potentially avoid bailing on its debts, which might include money for the New York Racing Association. In December, a federal judge ruled Suffolk OTB could not declare bankruptcy without approval from the state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Suffolk OTB had filed for bankruptcy last spring and faced opposition from Churchill Downs, the Kentucky race course that is one of its largest creditors, even though the bankruptcy plan included a framework to pay all debts in full. Last spring, NYRA President... |
Breaking: Dan Wheldon has died.....
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| Breaking on CNN |
R.I.P Dan Wheldon
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| 1978 - 2011 Killed in Indy Car race at Las Vegas |
15-car Wreck Leaves Dan Wheldon Seriously Injured
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| LAS VEGAS (CBS Sports.com) IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon has been seriously injured in a massive 15-car wreck has sent cars flying through the air early in Sundays Las Vegas Indy 300. Paul Tracy, who was involved in the wreck, said a team of doctors were working on Wheldon, but there was no word of his injuries. A helicopter lifted off from the speedway, but there was no indication if Wheldon was onboard. Pippa Mann also appeared to be shaky as she was helped to an ambulance. The wreck coming out of Turn 2 on the 12th lap left Townsend... |
Dan Wheldon (Reigning Indy 500 Champ) Dies After Massive Crash in Las Vegas
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| LAS VEGAS (AP) Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died Sunday in a fiery 15-car wreck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when his car flew over another on Lap 13 and smashed into the wall just outside turn 2. Wheldon was 33. Drivers were told of Wheldon's death in a meeting about two hours after the fiery, smoky crash that many drivers said was the worst they had ever seen. He won the Indianapolis 500 twice, including this year. "IndyCar is very sad to announce that Dan Wheldon has passed away from unsurvivable injuries," IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard said. "Our... |
Al Unser Jr. arrested for DWI (ABQ NM)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - According to a police booking report, Al Unser Jr, a retired American race car driver and two time Indianapolis 500 winner, was arrested early Thursday morning. Around 3 a.m. , officials say Unser, 49, was in his white 2011 Chevrolet Suburban and racing another car going westbound on Paseo del Norte in Albuquerque. Deputies say they clocked both vehicles on radar going over 100 miles per hour. The posted speed limit in that particular stretch is around 60 mph. The report states the vehicles were traveling so fast and weaved at the last minute across lanes near... |
One-time fastest woman on Earth - who flew planes upside down - dies aged 85
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| Betty Skelton Erde, an aviator and auto racing pioneer who became the fastest woman on Earth in 1965, has died. She was 85. Erde set female speed records at Daytona Beach and Utah's Bonneville salt flats more than half a century ago. In 2008, she was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in suburban Detroit. Dozens of firsts are attached to her name: the auto industry's first female test driver in 1954; the first to set a female world land speed record in 1956 (145 mph at Daytona Beach); and the world land speed record for women... |
Boris Said, Greg Biffle tangle after race
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- NASCAR officials will review an incident in which Greg Biffle took a swing at Boris Said in the garage following Monday's Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International. According to witnesses, Biffle approached Said's car after a wild green-white-checkered finish in which Said got into the back of David Ragan, Biffle's Roush Fenway Racing teammate. |
Obama Administration Racing Towards Rio + 20
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held on August 2 6, 2010 in Bonn, Germany. It was the third round of U. N. climate change negotiations with representatives from 178 governments present. The meeting was designed to set the agenda for what they hoped to accomplish at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico in November and December of last year. The information in their press release conveyed the urgency of the U. N. to get this moving forward with solid agreements reached by the November/December conference. The text in this press release... |
Trump Decides Not To Drive Pace Car (Indy 500)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| Donald J. Trump today informed the Indianapolis Motor Speedway that he may be announcing shortly his intention to run for the office of President of the United States, and therefore he thought it would be inappropriate to drive the Pace Car for the 100th anniversary running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 29. I very much appreciate the honor, but time and business constraints make my appearance there, especially with the necessary practice sessions, impossible to fulfill, Trump said. I look forward to watching the race from New York. Jeff Belskus, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation president and chief executive... |
Complaints end goldfish racing at Washington state bar
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| TACOMA, Wash. -- The weekly gold fish races at a Tacoma bar are canceled after it received complaints from animal rights activists. Every Tuesday night the Harmon Tap Room would feature races in which cheap feeder fish from a pet store were "raced" down two 8-foot troughs. Racers guided the fish with squirt bottles. |
Killer Shell Commercial... Starring Ferrari
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| What's better than morning coffee...? Try an adrenaline rush... now available online lol- Here's a cool Shell commercial produced for the European market: ostensibly the Ferrari F1 racing team sponsor is selling gasoline here, but the historic Ferrari racing cars steal the show... Scuderia Ferrari actually pulled several near-priceless Formula One veterans out of storage and flew them around the world to film them running hard through the streets of Rome , Rio , New York , Hong Kong and Monaco. And there are no special effects or dubbed sound here, just original 14,000+rpm cars tearing up the streets... as the genuine... |
State Fair Commission Takes Turkey Off Menu (NM-Richardson's last hurrah denied)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| The State Fair Commission, whose members are appointed by the governor, had been scheduled to consider an eleventh-hour, back-room deal enabling the Downs at Albuquerque to build a new slots casino. Craig Swagerty, general manager of Expo New Mexico, the agency that runs the fair, said the meeting was canceled because he didn't expect a quorum of commissioners to attend. Maybe commissioners realized the deal just didn't look good with Richardson leaving office Friday. The Downs and its officers including Richardson good buddy Paul Blanchard contributed more than $300,000 to Richardson's two campaigns for governor. Blanchard also was... |
Russia's Putin races Formula One car in new stunt
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| MOSCOW (AFP) In a helmet emblazoned with the emblem of Russia and reaching a speed of 240 kilometres (150 miles) an hour, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Sunday burned rubber on a racing circuit in a Formula One car. The high-speed session -- unthinkable for almost any other world leader -- was the latest in a series of widely publicised hardman outings for Putin as he seeks to cement his image as the Russian strongman ahead of 2012 elections. It was also aimed at raising the profile of the sport in Russia as the country prepares to host its first... |
Home Is Where the Ballots Are (NM Dems)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| There is a lot of Hobbs in Marty and Johnny Cope. The wealthy couple own several businesses and a large home there. They are active in civic and political affairs. A terminal building at the airport is named after Johnny Cope. Marty Cope is the founder of an annual Christmastime fundraiser for foster children. Reared in Hobbs, Johnny Cope first registered to vote in Lea County in 1972; Marty Cope, a native, started voting there in 1998. Yet, on June 23, the Copes transferred their voter registrations to Lincoln County, allowing them to vote in a special election on a... |
8 killed, others injured in SB racing accident ( CA )
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| At least eight people were killed and others were injured in a desert off-road race in rural San Bernardino County. San Bernardino County fire sent seven ambulances and 10 air ships to the scene of the accident at the California 200 race in Lucerne Valley. |
8 dead, dozen hurt as off-road race car plows into crowd
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| An off-road truck plowed into a crowd and scattered "bodies everywhere" moments after sailing off a jump at a California race Saturday, killing eight people and leaving 12 injured, authorities and witnesses said. The crash came shortly after the start of the California 200 race, which was scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. PDT, San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Bachman said. Bachman said eight people died and 12 were injured, several of them seriously. Seven ambulances and 10 emergency aircraft responded to the scene. Most of the injured were airlifted from the area to Loma Linda University Medical Center... |
Accident claims life of (NHRA) Alcohol Funny Car competitor in Englishtown
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| Official Statement: Top Alcohol Funny Car racer Neal Parker, 58, from Millville, N.J., crashed Friday at a high rate of speed in the shutdown area during qualifying for the NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park and was pronounced dead. NHRA officials and New Jersey state police are investigating the accident. On behalf of everyone at NHRA and Raceway Park, we are deeply saddened and want to pass along our sincere condolences to the entire Parker family. - - - - - 12:35 PM, EST. - A high-speed crash during the first session of Top Alcohol Funny Car qualifying... |
Derby contenders
Sunday 27th of May 2012 06:09:43 AM
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| So who's going to win? |




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