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Sep 08
The Great Annual Fall Extravaganza on Saturday October 3 at the Olympic Stadium
Demanding track layouts for MX, ATV and Endurocross; spectacular ramps for freestyle riders. The organizers of the 32nd Montreal Supermotocross, presented by Coors Light and Parts Canada, unveiled Thursday the new track layouts to be used by each of the four series riders invited for this year’s competition on October 3 at the Montreal Olympic Stadium.
Click on picture to enlarge tracks layout
Sep 08
Sep 08
Matt Pritiko shows strong at APC/Total 300
Some would call starting your first full Late Model race at the Great Canadian Stock Car race at Delaware Speedway – the APC/Total 200 – a bit ambitious, but for Matt Pritiko the opportunity to debut at his home oval track was something he just couldn’t pass up.
Sep 08
The Itaipava brand will feature on the nose and sidepods of the Brawn GP
Brawn GP is pleased to confirm the agreement of a special one-race partnership with Brazilian brewing company Cervejaria Petrópolis for the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix to be held at the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo on 18 October.
Sep 08
Top Canadian rally teams in race for crucial mid-season points
Just past the halfway mark in the 2009 season, Canada’s top rally teams descend on the Mont Tremblant region of Quebec, September 11-12, to resume an exciting points battle in the Canadian Rally Championship presented by Subaru and supported by Yokohama.
Sep 08
Despite turning down the opportunity to race in formula one with Ferrari on more than one occasion
Valentino Rossi is refusing to rule out a future switch to the premier four-wheeled category. Having also turned down Ferrari a few years ago, multiple MotoGP champion Rossi, 30, had some observers sensing a bid for mere publicity when he revealed that he was also in contention for Giancarlo Fisichella’s Monza seat.
Sep 08
”To give up the rallying for F1, it would be a quite complicated adventure,” said Loeb
Sebastien Loeb has admitted that talks with Red Bull about a one-off formula one appearance in Abu Dhabi this year have taken place. In an earlier report, the multiple champion of world rallying admitted discussions with the energy drink company about his interest in grand prix racing but said a possible location for a drive had not been raised.
Sep 08
Massa to call first son Felipe
Jenson Button is buckling under the pressure of his bid for the 2009 world championship, according to the runner-up of last year’s title fight. Felipe Massa is currently recovering from head injuries sustained in a qualifying crash in Hungary in late July, but he has followed the progress of the intervening races from his Sao Paulo home.
Sep 08
Massa to push for debris accident improvements
Felipe Massa is currently in Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein hospital, following more than four hours of skull surgery on Monday. The operation was to repair damage to his skull by the addition of a titanium plate at the spot the Brazilian was struck by a flying suspension spring during qualifying in Budapest in late July.
Sep 08
Superior braking and cornering of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo
Dani Pedrosa may have led the first seven laps of Sunday’s San Marino Grand Prix, and shown impressive straight-line speed, but the superior braking and cornering of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo meant there was ‘no way’ he could stick with the Fiat Yamaha riders.
Sep 08
Current Championship leader Mikko Hirvonen will benefit from an ‘expanded’ test
Ahead of the Rally de Espana next month and the first all-asphalt round since the season opener in Ireland. Hirvonen had thought he had conceded two points to Sebastien Loeb after finishing second to the Frenchman in Australia on Sunday.
Jesse Lazare captured his first pole on his new PSL Karting.com CRG this past weekend at the penultimate round of the Coupe du Quebec held at KCR Chateau Richer in Eastern Quebec. 
Felipe Massa on Tuesday said his “dream” target is the cockpit of his car number 3 at November’s 2009 season finale. 
The 28-year-old Italian, who became the Silverstone based team’s test and reserve driver last year, was promoted on Monday to replace the Ferrari-bound Giancarlo Fisichella as of this weekend’s Italian grand prix at Monza. 
Alain Lauzière, driver of the Octane Motorsport MINI Cooper S, captured the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship in the Touring class, after a 16-event calendar, which ran over 8 weekends. 
Ducati Team rider Nicky Hayden was cruelly sent tumbling out of the San Marino Grand Prix on the opening lap of a disastrous race at Misano after colliding with wayward local rider Alex de Angelis. 
This past weekend at Mirabel’s ICAR Complex, Jocelyn Fecteau and Media Racing Team completed the 2009 Canadian Touring Car Championship, with a ninth and a fifth overall position at the end of the two races. 
Today’s report from Formula One teams & drivers in Monza.