Racing this Sunday

This Monday marks the US's celebration of those fallen for their country, known as Memorial Day, first observed after the American Civil War and to commemorate the fallen Union Soldiers. It has been a long tradition to have great racing spectacles on Sunday, such as Indy 500 and later the Coca-Cola 600. Many of the best american drivers long to participate in both races on the same day.

Here's a look to the long racing weekend ahead:

INDY 500: the 96th running of the The Indianapolis 500 will start at 12.00 pm ET. It doesn't seem Jean Alesi carried over Lotus' recent F1 success to the brickyard, for he qualified dead last!
Racers like Tony Kanaan, Takuma Sato, Simon Pagenaud, 4 time IndyCar Champ Dario Franchitti, Ray Hunter-Reay, Scott Dixon and Helio Castroneves are among the top contenders. Be sure to tune in, cause you never know what will happen at the brickyard. Nobody could have predicted that rookie JR Hildebrand would hit the wall off the final corner while leading in last year's race.  For more info, please click here.

NASCAR: The Nationwide series will run on Saturday at 2.30 pm ET. The Sprint Cup Series will run the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday at 5.30 pm ET, televised on Fox. This is NASCAR's version of an endurance race. The drivers must endure 600 miles, or 400 laps around the Charlotte Motor Speedway, at speeds topping 200 mph. For more info, please click here.

Across the pond, the well known GP of MONTE CARLO will take place on Sunday. Already this year there have been five different winners. Who will it be this time or will one of the usual suspects eek out the rest, here at this, the most glamourous race on earth. If you have a ticket, great and do share picts and stories. For the rest of us, humans, tune in to Speed TV for the race.
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The WRC will run round 6, the Acropolis Rally, on Saturday and Sunday. Sebastian Loeb leads the drivers' championship standings, followed by Petter Solberg and Mikko Hirvonen.
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Thanks for reading.

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