MOTOR SPORTS ROUNDUP: SCHECTER WINS IN TEXAS; DANICA 13TH.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Tomas Scheckter Tomas Scheckter (born September 21, 1980) is a South African racing driver, born in Monte Carlo, currently competing in the Indy Racing League and the A1 Grand Prix series. He is the son of 1979 Formula 1 World Champion Jody Scheckter and the nephew of racer Ian Scheckter. edged Sam Hornish Jr. by half a car-length Saturday night, while Danica Patrick finished 13th - last on the lead lap - in the first Indy Racing League The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series event since her thrilling finish at the Indianapolis 500. The 24-year-old Scheckter, who raced to his only other series victory in Michigan in 2002, became the first winner in a Chevrolet-powered car since Hornish won for Panther Racing, the team Scheckter now drives for, in the 2003 season finale. Referring to Chevrolet, which had only two cars in the 22-car field at Texas Motor Speedway Texas Motor Speedway is a superspeedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas -- the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track layout is very similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor in Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. , and plans to withdraw its engine from the IRL 1. (jargon, chat) IRL - In real life. Generally synonymous with f2f. 2. (language, robotics) IRL - Industrial Robot Language. after the season, Scheckter said, ``American Revolution, baby. It's good. They really worked really hard. I take my hat off to all of them, and it shows that they've come back harder than ever to win here and I thank them a lot.'' After leading in each of her last two races and coming close to winning at Indy, Patrick was never a factor in the Bombardier Learjet 500. Instead, she gave up the spotlight to a pack of IRL veterans who put on another in a series of great side-by-side racing shows on the 1 1/2-mile Texas oval. ``It seems a lot like Homestead in March,'' she said, referring to her IRL debut, in which she ran well but back in the pack before getting caught up in a crash. ``It's a lot of side-by-side racing, and it's just something I have to get used to.'' --Waltrip back at the poles: Michael Waltrip ended a qualifying drought of 446 races by putting his Chevrolet in the top spot at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. Waltrip got around the 2.5-mile triangular-shaped oval at 169.052 mph for his first pole since Michigan in 1991. --Kvapil wins ARCA race: NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Nextel Cup regular Travis Kvapil got himself some extra track time in a tuneup for today's Pocono 500 with a victory in the ARCA series race. Polesitter Kvapil took the lead for the final time with 27 laps to go and won by 2.017 seconds over six-time ARCA champion Frank Kimmel. --On the Button: Jenson Button won the second pole of his career when he earned the top starting spot for the Canadian Grand Prix This article is about Formula One race. For other uses, see Canadian Grand Prix (disambiguation). The Canadian Grand Prix (known in French as the Grand Prix du Canada) is a Formula One auto race held in Canada since 1967. . Button, in a BAR-Honda, had a time of 1 minute, 15.217 seconds around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is the venue for the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, and, as of 2007, a NASCAR Busch Series race. The circuit, on Île Notre-Dame, a man-made island in the St. to earn his first pole of the season. --A double for Phipps: Simi Valley's Andrew Phipps, a rookie in the Lucas Oil Super Late Models division, drove his 2004 Ford Taurus to victory in two 50-lap feature races of the in front of 4,000 at Irwindale Speedway. --Busch race postponedThe NASCAR Busch Series' Federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. Auto Parts 300 was postponed because of rain Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway in Gladeville, Tenn., with series officials rescheduling the race for 10 a.m. today. With qualifying also rained out, the field of 43 will line up according to points, placing series leader Carl Edwards on the pole. --Connolly wins the Crown: Dave Connolly took the $50,000 King Demon Crown at the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA NHRA National Hot Rod Association NHRA Northland Human Resource Association NHRA National Human Resources Association NHRA Nursing Home Reform Act NHRA National Hospice Regatta Alliance NHRA National Heritage Resources Act (South Africa) Nationals in Joliet, Ill., winning the special bonus event for the season's eight-quickest Pro Stock cars when final-round opponent Jason Line fouled at the start. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Tomas Scheckter, right, takes the checkered flag in front of Sam Hornish Jr. to win the Bombardier Learjet 500 on Saturday. LM Otero/Associated Press |
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