In NHRA:
The Winternationals at Pomona saw Spencer Massey earn his seventh career Top Fuel victory. In Funny Car, the legendary John Force won over team-mate Mike Neff (who said he was distracted..C'mon man!). In Pro Stock, Greg Anderson raced to his 71st career victory, beating Jeg Coughlin's new Mopar machine. Remember that Coughlin is using engines out of his own engine shop in North Carolina.
Top Alcohol driver Mike Austin escaped injury on Saturday in the first round of eliminations when his car suddenly swerved, sailed over the right-side guard wall and skidded until it came to rest next to the scoring tower at the end of the track. See the video: here
In WRC:
Ford's Jari Matti Latvala wins the Swedish Rally, 16.6 seconds up on his former team-mate and Citroen rival Mikko Hirvonen. Mads Ostberg completes the podium ahead of Petter Solberg and Evgeny Novikov.
For a complete recap (video) of the race, follow this link: Victory Joy for Latvala in Sweden
In Formula one:
Last year I wrote some pieces on the late Ayrton Senna and Dr. Sid Watkins, inspired by the Senna's documentary. Over the weekend the Senna film won two awards at the BAFTAs in London, namely the "Best Documentary' title as well as "Best Editing".
FIA approves McLaren and Ferrari's exhaust exits designs which the other teams thought might contravene the new-for-2012 regulations. In other words, they got a head start.
In MotoGP:
In testing at Valencia Rossi finished 1.2 seconds behind Casey Stoner, but only half-a-second from third Dani Pedrosa. Rossi: "Stoner, Lorenzo ahead but podium possible [this year]." Next test Sepang test starts February 28
Source: British Academy Film Awards, Drag Illustrated, NHRA, Crash.net
Pictures courtesy of: Mark J. Rebilas blog, Crash.net
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