| Central Michigan Wins Motor City Bowl | | Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2006 3:11:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | DETROIT - Central Michigan and Middle Tennessee State both came away from the Motor City Bowl convinced their programs will benefit from the experience.Only one coach knows for sure that he'll be around to find out if that's true.Led by interim coach Jeff Quinn, the Chippewas scored on their first two drives and added another score on defense early in the second half to beat the Blue Raiders 31-14 in the Motor City Bowl on Tuesday night.Quinn said the momentum generated by Central Michigan's first 10-win season since 1979 will help recruiting and will give a boost to returning players, who got a taste of success. .... | |
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| | | Decision nears on huge Central Valley motor sports complex | | Posted Monday, November 27, 2006 1:22:58 PM by Blog57 Team | | The fate of a long proposed and much discussed motor sports complex near Atwater will be decided Dec. 12 when Merced County supervisors vote on the controversial plan. Theyll go into the vote not only with the usual thick environmental impact report and other documents for the proposed Riverside Motorsports Park, but with their ears ringing from a public hearing Nov. 14 that last 12 hours. Nearly 100 people spoke, according to coverage in the Merced Sun-Star newspaper, which terms the meeting one of the longest and most emotionally charged public hearings in recent county history. If built as proposed, the $230 million, 1,200-acre facility near Castle Airport would have eight racetracks and other facilities for auto racing along with a shopping mall, restaurants and other facilities. Supporters say it would create 150 full-time jobs along with more than 500 part-time positions.... | |
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| | | Sports psychology can help athletes sharpen their skills | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:11:06 AM by Blog57 Team | | Dear Dr. Lecrone: I am a better-than-average golfer and would like to know how the field of sports psychology might improve my game. Please discuss this topic in your newspaper column. ? A reader in Florida Dear Reader: Sports psychologists apply psychological principles to enhance physical exercise and activity and also improve individual and team performance in sporting events. Professionally trained sports psychologists can also help with the psychological effects of injury and poor performance in athletics and exercise. This marriage between psychology and golf was discussed in the 1920s by golfing great Bobby Jones, who talked about the "mental game" of golf. Professionals in golf and other sports, such as tennis, basketball, football and bowling, often seek out the assistance of professionally trained sports psychologists.... | |
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| | | NHRA opts to switch to a chase of its own | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 7:18:47 PM by Blog57 Team | | NASCAR has become so big and powerful in the world of motor sports that the stock car series has changed the way in which championships will be settled in drag racing. This weekend's Auto Club Finals at Fairplex in Pomona will be the final event for the NHRA's current points system. It will be replaced next season by a six-race playoff scheme, which holds a striking resemblance to the Nextel Cup's Chase for the Championship. During the first 17 events, competitors in the NHRA's four professional categories - Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle - will try to secure one of the top eight spots in the points standings, which will secure a spot in the series' "Countdown to the Championship." The top eight in each class will then have their points readjusted heading into the U.S.... | |
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| | | Motor sports: USRA crowns series champions | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:18:08 AM by Blog57 Team | | Chris Davidson, Billy Becka and Steve Green were are all crowned as United States Racing Association series champions at the Texas Stock Car Spectacular held recently at Thunder Hill Raceway in Kyle. Davidson clinched the USRA Super Late Model Series title after winning the season finale 125-lap race. He led from start to finish en route to his second victory this season. Davidson's only competitor in the points race was rookie Matt Merrell. Merrell experienced trouble early in the race and quickly went three laps down. He ended up finishing nine laps down in sixth place. Rounding out the top five in the sparse 11-car field were Greg Davis, Todd McLemore, Jonathan Beason and Heath Stewart, the defending USRA Super Late Model Series champion.... | |
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| | | Local rivals upstage Ford and Holden | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 11:32:59 AM by Blog57 Team | | You'd bet your house that new and exciting large sports sedans would feature at an Australian motor show, but you would now be living on the street if you'd said Sydney's four-door performance stars would be from either Ford or Holden. The most stunning thing about the HSV and FPV show stands in 2006 is that both Holden's and Ford's performance arms were outshone by other manufacturers. Toyota's Aurion Sports Concept is a realistic glimpse of how the performance version of the company's large car might look when it launches in Australia in the third quarter of 2007. Expected to be branded Aurion TRD (for Toyota Racing Development), the sportier Aurion will be powered by a supercharged V6 that delivers at least 240kW to the front wheels via a six-speed automatic.... | |
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| | | Motor sports beat: Sports car drivers, Rahal wants you | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 1:33:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | Bobby Rahal always has loved sports cars. The Indianapolis 500 winner admits as a teen he spent "way too many hours" in the garage under his dad Michael's Porsche, then started his own Hall of Fame career by driving on a sports car circuit. Now, Rahal is returning to sports car racing -- as an owner. And he's looking for two drivers to put in his new Porsche. Thursday in Monterey, Rahal announced his Rahal Letterman Racing team would field a Porsche 911 GT3 997 RSR next year in the GT2 class of the American Le Mans Series. ALMS wraps up its eighth season this weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. .... | |
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| | | Sydney Show: Honda Sports 4 Concept Busts Out | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 11:28:02 AM by Blog57 Team | | SYDNEY, Australia — Honda has put its Sports 4 concept on display at the Australian International Motor Show here, hinting at the future look of Honda sport sedans. The concept appears to be a strong indicator of what the next-generation European-market Accord will look like. It is notable for a low-slung body and an ultramodern cockpit featuring a blend of metal, wood and leather. The Sports 4 is a four-passenger vehicle with four individual bucket seats and personal "skyroofs" that each passenger can control separately from seat-mounted controls. Mechanically, the concept has all-wheel drive and a five-speed sequential automatic transmission. What this means to you: Honda takes its near-future look out on the road. .... | |
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| | | Best part about racing 'is the rush' | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:08:22 AM by Blog57 Team | | Caleb Mahler has dreamed of participating in professional motor sports since he was a child. Now, at 19, he's getting a little closer to that dream. This October, Mahler will attend the NASCAR Technical Institute in Mooresville, N.C. "Yeah, I'm excited," Mahler said about going off to school soon. "I went up to the school and looked at it - it looks awesome." .... | |
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| | | Midstate briefs: Man charged in fatal wreck | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 11:11:01 PM by Blog57 Team | | Metro police charged a Nashville man with two counts of vehicular homicide by intoxication Saturday morning after a fatal motor vehicle accident Friday night. Jonathan Narvaez-Pena, 22, of Bell Road was jailed in lieu of a $2 million bond for allegedly causing a collision of six vehicles that resulted in the deaths of a south Nashville father and his 2-year-old son, according to a department media release. .... | |
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