Parc Ferme, World Motorsport News. http://www.parcferme.com Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:01:08 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8158/2/ The fourth round of the Superkarts! USA regional program - the AMB i.t. Central States Challenge (SCSC) took competitors to the historic TNT Kartways in West Quincy, MO on June 27-28. Nearly 80 entries gathered along the Mississippi River at the 4/10-mile course that has seen many prestigious names in the sport of karting take on the challenging circuit. The weather was simple hot - with temperatures above 100 degrees, matching the racing action on the track. News - Karting Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:09:54 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8157/2/ American Josef Newgarden resumes his pursuit of the 2009 MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain title this weekend (July 4-5), when the Joe Tandy Racing driver takes to the Snetterton Circuit in England. Entering the Rounds 10, 11 and 12 tripleheader, the talented young race pilot is fourth in the championship fight, having visited victory lane twice in his rookie European race campaign. News - FF Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:57:33 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8156/2/ Beautiful weather welcomed the Superkarts! USA ProKart Challenge South program to the Santa Maria Karting Association facility on June 27 for the sixth round of the 2009 championship. The karting circuit, located on the grounds of the city’s airport, provided great racing around the 7/10-mile circuit known as the ‘National K layout’. The event marked the return of former PKC regulars to the top of the podium – as Nick Firestone showed the way the entire day in the G1 division, while Connor De Phillippi took the win in S1. News - Karting Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:52:54 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8155/2/ Marcos Ambrose is excited about his return to Daytona International Speedway for the Coke Zero 400 in Florida this weekend. News - NASCAR Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:40:34 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8154/2/ In a move aimed at establishing a fan base in and around Townsville, V8 Supercar team IRWIN Racing has formed an alliance with A-League newcomers the North Queensland Fury. News - Oz & NZ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:33:06 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8153/2/ Racing driver Ryan Hooker (Upminster, Essex) and driving partner Derrick Collin (North Yorkshire) took a superb 3rd place in last weekend’s VdeV 8 Hour race at Lausitz for their first podium of the season. The podium also marked a first for Derrick, who is making his debut in VdeV this season. News - Sports Cars Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:32:17 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8152/2/ The final round of the Kumho Tyres MSA British Rallycross Championship will be switched from Croft to run on a newly built track at Mallory Park on October 18. News - Rallycross Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:25:54 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8151/2/ Barlow bounces back from pre-final clash to take maiden Formula Kart Stars victory Jack Barlow survived a fraught weekend (27/28 June) to maintain his push for the Formula Kart Stars crown. The fourth round of the series visited the superb Rowrah circuit and the Minimax points-leader was hoping that a change of chassis would maintain his advantage over his rivals. “We’re leading the championship at the moment and wanted to make sure that we did everything possible to maintain that advantage. I tested a Fernando Alonso kart from Dan Holland Racing and it was wicked, so we bought one and took it to Rowrah and after timed qualifying. It definitely looked like we’d made the right choice.” News - Karting Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:21:44 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8150/2/ Jonathan Legris came up trumps in race 2 of the European f3 Open series held at Spa-Francorchamps on the weekend. The extremely popular race victory turned out to be Jonathan's first in the championship, as he made the step into the new car at only the last round at Jarama. With teething troubles at Jarama, testing saw Jonathan at the sharp end in 2nd and the Spa weekend looked set to be the turning point for the championship. News - F3 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:09:27 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8149/2/ Germany’s Norisring provided its usual dose of excitement and chaos during the third event of the 2009 Formula 3 Euroseries over the weekend, 27th/28th June, with Spaniard Roberto Merhi once again producing some impressive performances for Manor Motorsport. News - F3 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:20:02 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8148/2/ The UK’s first minor international rally driver, Tom Cave, today finished the 2009 Rally Poland in 31st position overall and 7th in the N3 class, despite winning all but one stage he drove competitively and a head gasket failure mid-way through the event. News - Rallying Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:13:38 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8147/2/ Apotex Scorpio Motorsport’s Kieren Clark dominated the 2nd and 3rd rounds of the 2009 Protyre Formula Renault BARC Championship at Snetterton circuit in Norfolk. News - Formula Renault Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:00:42 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8146/2/ Arriving at the team's home race, the PBM Kawasaki World Superbike Championship Team were hoping for a strong showing at Donington Park but after a traumatic weekend, they left with just one points scoring ride out of four opportunities at the ninth round of the Hannspree World Superbike Championship this weekend. News - Bikes Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:52:30 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8145/2/ For the second event in succession, County Durham rally driver Chris Anderson's hopes of a good result were thwarted when the mechanical gremlins struck on the opening stage of today's Tyneside Stages Rally. News - Rallying Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:47:37 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8144/2/ Marcos Ambrose has finished 23rd in a rain-shortened Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon today. News - NASCAR Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:44:17 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8143/2/ Britain’s Will Bratt secured a sensational podium finish during the third round of the 2009 PartyPokerRacing.it Euroseries 3000 Championship at Magny-Cours in France yesterday afternoon, Saturday, 27th June, to move into joint-third position in the driver standings. News - F/E 3000 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:08:24 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8142/2/ Geelong brothers Jason and Craig Domaschenz took out the Commodore Cup Endurance Challenge while the Formula 3 success was shared, in Round Five of the Shannons Nationals at Winton Motor Raceway. News - OZ / NZ General Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:02:53 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8141/2/ The second leg of this weekend’s Rally Poland came to an early end for Tom Cave, when the head gasket on his Group N Ford Fiesta ST failed and he and co-driver Craig Parry were forced to retire from the leg. This was a particularly bitter blow, since Cave’s lead of the N3 class had grown to more than four minutes by the start of the third stage of the day as the 17 year-old settled into the Polish stages. News - Rallying Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:47:29 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8140/2/ Le Mans and Lime Rock Park, site of the American Le Mans Series’ second half, really are worlds apart. For starters, the two circuits are more than 3,600 miles apart. Plus Le Mans is more than eight miles long compared to 1.5 miles at Lime Rock, which will play host to the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix on July 17-18. News - Sports Cars Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:44:21 +0100 http://www.parcferme.com/content/view/8139/2/ Derbyshire single-seater race team Hillspeed enjoyed two very productive days of testing at a scorching hot Snetterton in Norfolk this week with Formula Renault UK driver Menasheh Idafar and Formula Renault BARC front-runner Ahmad Al Harthy both making the most of their track time. News - Formula Renault Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:34:38 +0100