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Contributing Writer19 years old, Jameson Spies lives in Quartz Hill, California. He grew-up surrounded by racing. His mother raced late models throughout Southern California while his father built and setup the car. Not surprisingly, Jameson began racing go-karts at the age of 13, and is now racing Spec Trucks at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. He has a passion about all forms of racing and hopes to make a career out of it.
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Davidson takes Petit Le Mans pole
September 30th, 2011
Peugeot driver Anthony Davidson claimed his second straight pole for the Petit Le Mans enduro at Road Atlanta. The Briton secured the top spot in qualifying on his first flying lap aboard the Peugeot 908 turbodiesel he shares with Sebastien Bourdais and Simon Pagenaud. His time of 1m07.428s put him just over a tenth clear of Audi driver Timo Bernhard.
Q and A: Sordo on leading in France
September 30th, 2011
Mini driver Dani Sordo is leading the Rally of France at the end of the opening day in the Alsace region – a major breakthrough in the new Mini World Rally Championship programme. The Spaniard talked to AUTOSPORT about his progress through the day in his John Cooper Works WRC
Spengler promises maximum attack
September 30th, 2011
Bruno Spengler has promised he’ll be on maximum attack during this weekend’s DTM round at Valencia in a bid to take the title battle down to the Hockenheim finale in October. The HWA Mercedes driver has traded the championship lead with Martin Tomzcyk all year, but a late retirement at Oschersleben last time out – due to a broken damper – has dropped him nine points behind the Phoenix Audi driver. While this is the furthest off the series lead he has been all year, the Canadian – who let a 17-point lead over eventual champion Paul di Resta slip away last year – has vowed not to give up
Johnson: Dover no win or bust
September 30th, 2011
Jimmie Johnson does not see this weekend’s third round of the Chase as a must-win in order to keep his championship hopes alive. The reigning Sprint Cup champion arrives to Dover tenth in the playoff standings, 29 points behind leader Tony Stewart following two of the ten championship-deciding races. Three wins out of his last five races at the one-mile oval point at him getting his championship bid back on track, although Johnson doesn’t believe it is time to panic yet.
Renault promotion for Permane
September 30th, 2011
Renault has announced that Alan Permane will step up to the role of Track Operations Director, following the departure of sporting director Steve Nielsen after the Singapore Grand Prix.
Kristensen tops interrupted practice
September 30th, 2011
Audi’s Tom Kristensen was quickest between red flags in a truncated final practice session before qualifying for the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.
Bortolotti stays on top in FP2
September 30th, 2011
Mirko Bortolotti kept up his impressive start to his home weekend at Monza by setting the pace once again in second practice.
Merhi and Melker take Valencia poles
September 30th, 2011
Roberto Merhi and Nigel Melker snared the pole positions for this weekend’s penultimate round of the F3 Euro Series at Valencia. Local driver Merhi, who is likely to clinch the title this weekend, led the way for Prema Powerteam at the halfway point of the session in a time of 1m28.178s, with the similarly Mercedes-powered Mucke Dallaras of Melker and Felix Rosenqvist in close proximity
Solberg not expecting Citroen orders
September 30th, 2011
Rally of France victory contender Petter Solberg does not believe he will be put under any pressure to move aside for Citroen factory driver Sebastien Ogier. The Norwegian moved past Ogier and into the lead on the day’s penultimate test, before Mini’s Dani Sordo jumped them both on SS8. The trio are covered by just 2.8 seconds going into day two, and Solberg said he had no intention of making life easier for Ogier.
Sordo puts Mini in Rally of France lead
September 30th, 2011
Dani Sordo leads the Rally of France into day two, having put Mini into first position for the first time in its World Rally Championship comeback. The Spaniard went into the afternoon in a close third behind Citroen’s Sebastien Ogier and Solberg Citroen’s Petter Solberg. Ogier lost ground on the penultimate stage, fearing a problem with his car, and Solberg moved into the lead
Raikkonen opts not to rejoin rally
September 30th, 2011
Kimi Raikkonen has joined fellow Citroen DS3 WRC driver Sebastien Loeb on the official retirements list from the Rally of France – the Finn is on his way home to Geneva after his road accident this morning. Raikkonen was sidelined with suspension damage after he hit the back of Henning Solberg’s Ford Fiesta RS WRC on the way to stage three. The team says the damage could have been repaired, but it was felt there was no point when the penalties would have ruled out any chance of a top result
Loeb unable to restart in France
September 30th, 2011
To the disappointment of hundreds of thousands of French rally fans, Sebastien Loeb will not restart the Rally of France for day two after his earlier engine issue. The Citroen team has inspected the data and the engine in the #1 DS3 WRC, but feels it would be too much of a risk to send the seven-time world champion back out to the stages.
Raikkonen’s exit a ‘stupid accident’
September 30th, 2011
Kimi Raikkonen’s Ice 1 Racing team manager Benoit Nogier said the Finn described his exit from the opening day of Rally de France as a “stupid accident.” Raikkonen explained his crash, when the Citroen driver hit the back of Henning Solberg’s Ford on the road section to stage three, when he arrived back in service in Strasbourg earlier today. Nogier said: “Henning had passed Kimi on the road section
Molina tops first Valencia practice
September 30th, 2011
Miguel Molina warmed up for his home round of the DTM by setting the pace in the opening practice session at Valencia. The Spaniard took his old-spec Abt Audi to the top of the timesheets in 1m31.770s just 20 minutes into the session, and was never headed as temperatures increased on a dry afternoon
Meeke furious after pole scare
September 30th, 2011
The poles placed on the inside of the corners on the Rally de France stages came within millimetres of putting Kris Meeke’s Mini John Cooper Works WRC out of the event. Meeke’s Mini, running in fourth place, struck one of the poles.
Raikkonen hit Solberg in bizarre crash
September 30th, 2011
Henning Solberg has confirmed Kimi Raikkonen crashed into the back of his Ford Fiesta RS WRC ahead of the start of the third stage on Rally de France.
Loeb unlikely to restart in France
September 30th, 2011
Citroen team manager Sven Smeets says the French firm will not risk another possible engine failure on the Catalunya Rally to keep Sebastien Loeb in Rally de France. The seven-time champion retired from the third stage of the opening day of the rally when his engine showed signs of running high oil pressure. While the team has studied the data from the motor, after Loeb supplied the data card on his return to service in Strasbourg, no decision will be taken until the car itself returns
Ducati optimistic after practice
September 30th, 2011
Valentino Rossi believes Ducati is in better shape in Japan than it had been in the previous event at Aragon. The former champion is continuing with the partially aluminium chassis introduced in Spain, and was eighth quickest today
‘Buzzing’ Cudlin hopes to close gap
September 30th, 2011
Damian Cudlin says his aim for his first MotoGP weekend is just to keep chipping away at the gap to the regular riders. The Australian, who currently races in Germany’s IDM Supersport series, was a surprise choice to sit in for the injured Loris Capirossi at Pramac Ducati for this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. Despite being totally unfamiliar with MotoGP machinery and having never tried the Motegi track before, Cudlin got down to within 4.5 seconds of pacesetter Dani Pedrosa in practice today.