2002

Nick Heidfeld had a very positive test at Mugello today [Wednesday] as Team Sauber Petronas began a three day test in preparation for the Grand Prix of Europe. He clocked a best time of 1 minute 24.853 seconds, covering 63 laps.

NASCAR announced on Wednesday a 1/2 -inch increase to the front air dam and 1/4 inch rear spoiler increase for the Pontiac Grand Prix beginning with this weekend's race at Michigan.

Rusty Wallace, driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite Taurus, has won 54 races in his NASCAR Winston Cup career, second among all active drivers. Five of those victories have occurred at Michigan International Speedway, site of Sunday's Sirius Satellite Radio 400.

"Of course, we're happy and proud to be coming back to Colorado to race. It's our hometown race, and next to Indianapolis, the most important race on the schedule for the Bradley Motorsports team.

The Oxford 'FOX FM' Cheetahs are out for revenge against the Poole Pirates when they visit this Friday, June 14th, 2002 for a 'Sky Sports' Elite League match. The action gets underway with the parade of riders at 7.30pm and the first race is at 7.45pm.

Le Mans is not the only event being contested by MG this weekend - Gwyndaf Evans and Chris Patterson return to the Junior World Rally Championship to take on the Acropolis Rally in Greece.

Klaus Zwart's Ascari marque enter this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans with only a single Judd powered KZR1 LMP900 prototype after being snubbed by the French race organisers but after going on a winter diet the car is much lighter and still hasn't lost her looks.

Motaworld Racing elected not to race at the latest round of the British Formula Three Championship in order to concentrate on further development of their Dallara Mugen-Honda. After problems during practice at Silverstone on Sunday it was decided to withdraw the car.

The sixth round of the World Motocross Championship took place Sunday in Austria where Joshua Coppins took his ninth consecutive podium for the Team Vismara Honda, after a race long battle with Pichon and Crockard.

Speedway results for Tuesday 11 June. Premier League: Isle of Wight 12 - 6 Stoke Meeting abandoned after 3 heats due to rain - result does not stand Trelawny v Rye House Meeting postponed due to a waterlogged track.

Dale Earnhardt Jr had to settle for a twelfth place finish in Sunday's Pocono 500 after trying to eke one lap too many out of his Budweiser Chevrolet's fuel tank in a brave bid to turn a top-ten finish into a win.

Chuck Bown, the 1990 NASCAR Busch Series Champion used to spend his weekends beating and banging on race tracks across the country competing in either the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Busch Series or Craftsman Truck Series.

The Prime Minister of Malaysia, the Honourable Dato Seri Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad and his entourage visited the Sauber Petronas F1 headquarters in Hinwil, Switzerland yesterday.

Venezuelan Alex Garcia, driving for Transnet Racing in the CART sanctioned Toyota Atlantic Championship, finished his fourth race in the series in 17th position at the historic Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California.

One of the most eagerly anticipated events of the 2002 World Superbike season, the launch of Carl Fogarty's Foggy Petronas Racing outfit, was completed today in London's glamorous Delfina Restaurant.

V&M Racing's Jim Moodie finished in a fine third place in Friday's inaugural 600cc Production race, on his V&M Racing R6 Yamaha, to take his third podium position of the 2002 Isle of Man TT races.

Stefan 'Mr. 875' Everts continues to point his L&M Yamaha YZ500FM relentlessly towards a record 6th world title.

World Champion Valentino Rossi joined a long distinguished list when he summed up Alex Barros's riding perfectly during the pre-race press conference at Jerez six weeks ago.

For Yamaha, Barcelona will prove to be the ideal testing ground for the new generation YZR-M1 chassis, which was first introduced in Mugello on May 31, and proved to be the unit of choice for both Marlboro Yamaha Teammates throughout the rest of the racing weekend.

Adrian Fernandez' 150th CART FedEx career start was not a memorable one as the Mexican driver ended his day on the outside of the second corner at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca following a multi-car first lap crash.

Michael Schumacher took Ferrari's 150th grand prix victory when he won the Canadian Grand Prix for the fifth time in his career.

Team Alstare Suzuki rider Gregorio Lavilla suffered mixed fortunes in the two 24 lap races at Lausitzring. Despite limited dry set-up time he rode superbly in the first race and took a hard-fought eighth place - The first four-cylinder bike home.

An Interview with Chris Pook, Skip Barber, Townsend Bell, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Barber CART Scholarship winners. Hosted by Adam Saal.

Team Alstare Suzuki rider Katsuaki Fujiwara notched his first Supersport World Championship win amidst controversial surroundings at the Lausitzring.