 |  | | Monday Finish Line – November 16, 2009: Redline Time Attack Season Finale, Southern California NHRA Finals | | | Billy Johnson pulled off some last-second heroics in Fontana on Sunday afternoon, piloting the FX Motorsports NSX to overall victory in the final Unlimited RWD session of the Redline Time Attack season finale after the car went through extensive repairs earlier in the day. With a stock gearbox and welded up header, the Acura laid down an incredible 1:36.103, just beating Paul Gerrard’s time of 1:36.230 in the AMS Performance NOS Energy Drink Evo X. | | Full Article | | By: URC Staff - 11/16/2009 |
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line – November 9, 2009: THE RACE OF CHAMPIONS, MOTORSPORTS AT THE SEMA SHOW
Seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher and his Team Germany teammate, Sebastian Vettel, claimed their third consecutive Race of Champions Nations Cup title Wednesday, November 4. The pair beat the Autosport Team Great Britain pairing of new F1 World Champion Jenson Button and three-time World Touring Car Champion Andy Priaulx in a tiebreak race in the final to become the first winners of three Nations Cup crowns.
11/9/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line - November 2, 2009: F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, NHRA Las Vegas Nationals, Bergenholtz Racing Inducted Into NHRA Museum
The final race of the 2009 championship was a cakewalk for Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel, who had it easy in Sunday night's inaugural day/night Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton had brake issues with his McLaren and became a non-factor. The win for Vettel cemented his second place in the drivers' world championship behind Brawn GP's Jenson Button, who finished in third behind Vettel's teammate Mark Webber.
11/2/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line - October 26, 2009: RALLY GB, ADRL WORLD FINALS
Sebastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena breezed through the final stage of the Rally of Great Britain Sunday to take victory in their Citroen Total team C4 WRC and wrap up a remarkable sixth World Rally Championship title for Loeb. BP Ford Abu Dhabi Team Focus RS WRC driver Mikko Hirvonen, and his co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen, were next to reach finish control, followed by Loeb's Citroen Total teammates Dani Sordo and Marc Marti in third, just one second behind Hirvonen.
10/26/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line – October 19, 2009: Formula DRIFT 2009 Finale, F1 Brazilian Grand Prix
The Formula DRIFT pro championship awarded Chris Forsberg, pilot of the NOS Energy Drink Maxxis Tire Nissan 350Z, the 2009 series title on Saturday night after he defeated Doug VanDenBrink in the Top-32 round, earning enough points with the early-round win to clinch the crown.
10/19/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line - Oct. 12, 2009: MONTEREY SPORTS CAR CHAMPIONSHIPS, VIRGINIA NHRA NATIONALS, GRAND PRIX OF MIAMI
Legendary driver Gil de Ferran rode out on top in his final race Saturday, while Patrón Highcroft Racing had its own special ride as well at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to close the 2009 American Le Mans Series. De Ferran and Simon Pagenaud won the Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Patrón after the retiring Brazilian's nail-biting duel with Adrian Fernandez in the final 30 minutes of the four-hour contest.
10/12/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line - October 5, 2009: F1 Japan, NHRA Mid-South Nationals, Rally Catalunya
Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel did everything he had to for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix, including nabbing the pole and protecting the position from flag to flag, and by doing so extended both battles for Driver and Manufacturer season titles until at least the next round in Brazil. Vettel scored maximum points with a dominant drive to first, followed across the stripe by Jarno Trulli in his Toyota 4.8sec back and the McLaren of reigning champ Lewis Hamilton.
10/5/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line - September 28, 2009: Redline Time Attack Nevada, F1 Singapore, Petit Le Mans
Billy Johnson and the FX Motorsports Acura NSX again set the bar impossibly high at a Redline Time Attack, this time clobbering the competition on Sunday in Round 7 of the 2009 championship with a remarkable 2:13.447 around Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch’s 2.2-mile, 10-turn circuit located in Pahrump, Nevada. The record lap was good enough to garner first place in Unlimited-RWD and nab the overall event victory.
9/28/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line - September 21, 2009: NHRA Carolinas Nationals, Grand-Am at Miller Motorsports Park
Top Fuel's Cory McClenathan, Pro Stock's Mike Edwards, and Pro Stock Motorcycle's Hector Arana jumped to the points lead in their respective classes with victories at the NHRA Carolinas Nationals at zMax Dragway on Sunday. Robert Hight also made a big points move, vaulting from 10th to third when he won in Funny Car.
9/21/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line - September 14, 2009: F1 Italian GP, ADRL Dragstock VI
Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello won the Italian Grand Prix in Monza on Sunday to score his second victory of the season – illustrating yet again that the ex-Honda F1 team is, in fact, not to be trifled with this year. Teammate Jenson Button came home second in the final European contest of the 2009 world championship, while Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen rounded out the podium before the constructor’s home crowd.
9/14/2009 - Full Article
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| Headlines-Monday Finish Line - September 7, 2009: D1 GP USA Englishtown, Rally
Daigo Saito in the Fnatz Pro Garage Toyota Chaser stormed to his third victory of the four-event D1 Grand Prix USA pro drift season last Saturday afternoon at Raceway Park, clinching the series' first American championship. The 2008 D1 Japan champ beat out runner up Toshiki Yoshioka and his Drift Speed Nissan S15 Silvia in the contest final, while Steve Angerman in his S13 dispatched Takahiro Ueno's Vertex Toyota Soarer to grab the third-place podium spot.
9/7/2009 - Full Article
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