Written by: The Paddock Staff Date: July 5, 2009 Ducati’s Casey Stoner almost matched his own pace from Saturday qualifying as he topped the timesheet in the final practice outing ahead of Sunday’s Laguna Seca race, putting down a 1’21.918 marker to signal his intent. Having put himself third ...

Written by: The Paddock Staff Date: July 5, 2009 The midway point of the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship arrives next weekend with Round nine, the German Grand Prix, to be held at the historic Nürburgring circuit in the Eifel Mountains. The home race for Brawn GP’s engine partner Mercedes...

Written by: The Paddock Staff Date: July 5, 2009 Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) and teammate Andrea Dovizioso will be joined by Toni Elias (San Carlo Honda Gresini) on the second row for Sunday’s Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix, the eighth round of the MotoGP World Championship. Pedrosa and Dovizioso had ...

Written by: ALMS Date: July 5, 2009 The last time we saw Tony Kanaan in an American Le Mans Series prototype, he took victory at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca at the end of last year in an Acura LMP2 entry with Franck Montagny. The itch to drive prototypes is one Kanaan wants to scratch in the worst way...

Written by: AMA Date: July 5, 2009 Ricky Parker picked up his second career AMA Pro SuperSport presented by Shoei victory at the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Riding the No. 96 Graves Motorsports Yamaha YZF-R6, Parker qualified on the pole position earlier in the day, pulled...

Written by: The Paddock Staff Date: July 5, 2009 Title chasing MotoGP star Jorge Lorenzo is hopeful of riding in Sunday’s Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix race despite the massive blows he sustained to his right shoulder and foot in the second of two crashes in Saturday’s qualifying session, which he re...

Written by: AMA Date: July 5, 2009 While Martin Cardenas has set the 2009 AMA Pro Daytona SportBike presented by AMSOIL championship on its ear to the tune of six victories and a 51-point lead in the point standings, it took until today for the Colombian to score his first career pole position. Ridi...

Written by: The Paddock Staff Date: July 5, 2009 Colin Edwards, who has yet to qualify lower than the third row in 2009, will start Sunday’s 32-lap Laguna Seca race from seventh position after he clocked a best time of 1’22.490 in qualifying. Despite encountering front-end issues on his Monster ...

Written by: The Paddock Staff Date: July 5, 2009 Chris Vermeulen suffered a huge high-side crash at the end of the morning practice in California which left the Australian with heavy bruising all down his left side, but thankfully no broken bones. Vermeulen showed consistent race pace throughout bot...

Written by: Indycar Date: July 5, 2009 First they fielded questions and reassured team owners that in the wake of Tony George’s stepping down earlier in the week as CEO of the Indy Racing League it’s business as usual for the IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights. Then the sanctioning...