ROUNDUP: WALLACES CAN'T STOP SORENSON FROM WINNING.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Rookie Reed Sorenson took control with 33 laps to go Saturday night and pulled away to win the 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. Busch Series Wallace Family Tribute 250 in Madison, Ill. Mike Wallace, one of three racing brothers from the St. Louis-area family, finished second at the 1.25-mile Gateway International Raceway Gateway International Raceway is a race track in Madison, Illinois, USA, just minutes from Downtown St. Louis, Mo. It hosts a NASCAR Busch Series event and a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race on a 1. oval. Rusty Wallace, honored during his final year of racing before retiring, led for 17 laps in the middle of the 200-lap race before crashing on lap 137 and finishing 37th. Kenny Wallace was 24th. The event drew a crowd estimated at 60,000, largest in raceway history. Sorenson, 19, of Concord, N.C., won his second career Busch Series race after qualifying second behind Martin Truex Jr. earlier Saturday and starting on the outside pole. He also won the Pepsi 300 on March 26 and is one of five drivers to win two or more races in the series this season, ranking him third in the point standings behind Truex and Clint Bowyer. Mike Wallace was unable to mount a challenge after a restart before the final three laps, with Sorenson winning by 0.71 seconds. Carl Edwards was third, rallying after starting in the rear of the 43-car field because of an engine change, followed by David Green and Paul Menard. --Herta takes pole: Bryan Herta won his third pole of the IndyCar season at qualifying for the Firestone Indy 400 at Michigan International Speedway Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile (3.22 km), moderate-banked, D shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than 1,400 acres [1] near Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. in Brooklyn, Mich. He'll be looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. his first win of the season today. Herta, who resides in Valencia, clocked in at 219.141 mph during qualifying on the wide, 2-mile oval. Tomas Scheckter will start second after qualifying at 219.100, and defending race champion Buddy Rice will start third at 218.909. Scott Dixon starts fourth at 218.890. Danica Patrick qualified eighth at 218.479. --Rough ride for Bourdais: Sebastien Bourdais earned the toughest point of his three-year Champ Car career at the San Jose Grand Prix The San Jose Grand Prix was an annual circuit in the Champ Car World Series in San Jose, California, and is an open-wheel race on a temporary street circuit. The race has had three different title sponsors over the course of its three year existence, being known as the . The 26-year-old Frenchman secured the pole for the inaugural event and the championship point that came with it on a course that was rough. ``Yeah, it hurts. It really hurts,'' Bourdais said of how he felt after the qualifying session for today's race. ``It might be difficult tomorrow.'' Bourdais covered the 1.443-mile circuit in downtown San Jose Downtown San Jose is the central business district of San Jose, California, United States. The area is generally located north of Interstate 280 and east of Guadalupe Parkway, which roughly parallels Guadalupe River. in 54.243 seconds (96.101 mph). His Newman/Haas teammate Oriol Servia had the second-fastest time and will start alongside. Paul Tracy, who trails Bourdais by 22 points, will start third. The circuit may be the shortest street course on Champ Car's 14-race schedule, but it's easily the must unruly. Friday's qualifying session was canceled because work had to be done to part of the circuit that crosses the light rail lines. - A.J. Perez --Schumacher's back in front: Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher earned his first pole position of the season, clocking the fastest lap during qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix This article is about Formula One race. For other uses, see Hungarian Grand Prix (disambiguation). The first Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungarian: Magyar Nagydíj) was held on June 21, 1936 over a 3. in Budapest. It was his 64th career pole position, but only his first in 14 races. His previous pole came at last October's Japanese Grand Prix This article is about Formula One race. For other uses, see Japanese Grand Prix (disambiguation). The Japanese Grand Prix 's traditional place at the end of the season means this event has seen a great number of Championship crowns being won and lost. . It is the first time since 1998 that Schumacher had gone so long without a pole position. His next one will tie him with Ayrton Senna for the Formula One all-time mark. --Southwell makes his points: Todd Southwell of San Marcos took a huge step toward securing his first Super Late Model series title when he scored a victory and a sixth-place finish in Twin 50s Saturday night at Irwindale Speedway. With four races to go, Southwell leads Andrew Phipps of Simi Valley by 56 points. - Keith Lair Johnson sets track record: Kurt Johnson took the top qualifying spot in Pro Stock in a track-record time of 6.676 seconds at 206.80 mph in the 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) FRAM-Autolite Nationals at Sonoma's Infineon Raceway. Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), Tony Pedregon (Funny Car) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle Pro Stock Motorcycle, formerly known as Pro Stock Bike is a drag racing class that is the two-wheeled equivalent of Pro Stock. It has been a feature of NHRA drag racing since the 1980s when it was added to the professional class structure and has since spread around the ) also were top qualifiers. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Bryan Herta claims his third pole of the season and seeks his first IRL 1. (jargon, chat) IRL - In real life. Generally synonymous with f2f. 2. (language, robotics) IRL - Industrial Robot Language. win of the season in today's Firestone Indy 400. Dave Frachette/Associated Press |
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