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Saturday
Marciello sets GP2 practice pace
Raffaele Marciello set the fastest time in the 45-minute GP2 free practice session at Silverstone on Friday morning for Racing Engineering. The Ferrari protege was in sparkling form, recording lap after lap that kept him at the top of timing screens. He set out his stall with a 1m41.322s, before lowering it to 1m41.167s then 1m41.127s. Both of the latter times were good enough for the top spot, as his team-mate Stefano Coletti’s best effort was a 1m41.261s, before he visited the Club gravel after a big lock-up. Alexander Rossi was third fastest for Caterham, his session notable in that he was wearing the helmet of his team-mate Rio Haryanto, and for a huge spin at Becketts, from which he was lucky to escape without hitting anything. Points leader Jolyon [...]
Friday
Four Tough Problems the MTA Reinvention Commission Needs to Tackle
Governor Cuomo?s MTA Reinvention Commission met for the first time last week at the agency’s midtown headquarters. Cuomo has charged the 22-member commission with developing a plan ?to make our subways and our entire transit system ready for the challenges of the next century.? The commission?s recommendations are expected to shape the MTA?s next capital [...]
Thursday
Newman Finishes Fifth at Pocono
2013 NSCS Driver Ryan Newma in the No. 39 Haas Automation Chevy - Photo Credit: Jerry Markland/Getty ImagesHaas Automation Driver Scores Second Top-Five Finish of 2013 Date: June 9, 2013 Event: Party in the Poconos 400 (Round 14 of 36) Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Location: Pocono (Pa.) Raceway (2.5-mile triangle) Start/Finish: 23rd/5th (Running, completed...more»
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Wednesday
Don't worry, Sprint Cup drivers complain about commercials in NASCAR broadcasts too
If you get annoyed by the seemingly frequent commercial breaks during NASCAR races, you're not alone. Sprint Cup drivers do too.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski were watching the Fox Sports 1 broadcast of Saturday night's Camping World Truck Series race at Gateway and noted the number of commercials.
And as a quick side note, we're personally glad Junior shares our views about Fox's gyro cam.
While it'd be great if the comments of three of NASCAR's biggest stars would change something about the race broadcasts, we're not naive and expecting a change. With the new $4 billion-plus television contract kicking in next year, broadcasters will be looking for ways to profit off their investment in the face of stagnant at best television ratings. Commercials aren't going anywhere, especially in live sports.
And as you know, NASCAR is a tough spot for commercials. Banking on cautions for only commercials is tough given that the number of cautions can fluctuate from race to race and advertisers are unwilling to pay full-screen prices for split-screen commercials throughout the entire race to allow fans to not miss a second of green flag action.
The race broadcast format is far from perfect, and some broadcasts look downright uninformative when contrasted with the amount of information available on Twitter. At the very least, it's good to see that NASCAR drivers can get frustrated at commercials too. You're not alone.
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Tuesday
June 2014: The SAARs Have It Edition
Filed under: By the Numbers
SAAR, in case you're not aware, stands for Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate, and what it basically refers to, in this case, is the total number of automobiles experts predict automakers will sell in the United States in the 2014 calendar year. The big news is that the SAAR has been adjusted upward again, reaching the 17-million-unit level for the first time since July of 2006.
Put more plainly, Americans are buying lots of cars these days, and that's why you're seeing quite a bit of green and just a little bit of red (well, it's sorta a pinkish mauve hue...) in our monthly chart below. As has been the case all year, the automaker with the highest percentage sales increase in June was Maserati, though with sales of less than a thousand total units, that's not exactly a fair comparison to some larger companies. Next in line, again echoing its performance in recent months, is Jeep, which is continuing to sell a lot of Cherokee, Grand Cherokee and Wrangler models. Subaru's 41,367 sales equals its best-ever June, and continues that automaker's impressive sales streak.
As far as the big conglomerates go, Chrysler is leading the sales race, posting a nearly 10-percent gain over the same period a year ago and, in doing so, notching the 51st straight month of sales growth. Nissan and Toyota also did well, and how could we miss General Motors' one-percent sales increase in June, despite all the negative publicity we'd expect from massive recall after massive recall.
It wasn't all roses in June, though (actually, our red hue is a bit rosy, isn't it?). Ford and Honda notched matching 5.76-percent sales drops last month, and Volkswagen, once again, performed dismally in the US in June. If it weren't for the GTI and Jetta Sportwagen, in fact, every single VW model sold in the States would have been down, and most of them by double digits.
As ever, you can read past sales recaps by checking out our By The Numbers category here.
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Drew Herring and Monster Energy Team 11th at Iowa Speedway
“Inclement Weather doesn?t stop No. 54 from Strong Run” No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota CamryDate: June 8, 2013 Event: Dupont Pioneer 250, Race 12 of 33 Series: NASCAR Nationwide Series Location: Iowa Speedway in Newton (.875-mile oval) Start / Finish: 9th / 11th (Completed 250 of 250 laps) Winner: Trevor Bayne of Roush-Fenway Racing (Ford)...more»
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Monday
Parker Kligerman Coasts To 14th-Place Finish At Iowa Speedway
“No. 77 Team Gains Two Spots in Owner’s Points with Ninth Consecutive Top 15″ 2013 NNS Driver Parker Kligerman - Photo Credit: Rainier Ehrhardt/Getty ImagesDate: June 9, 2013 Event: DuPont Pioneer 250 (Race 12 of 33) Series: NASCAR Nationwide Series Location: Iowa Speedway in Newton (.875-mile oval) Start / Finish: 12th / 14th (Running, completed...more»
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Sunday
Daryl Harr Records Top-Finish of Season At Iowa Speedway
Daryl Harr (Photo Credit: Jeff Bottari / Getty Images North America)NEWTON, Iowa ? Daryl Harr scored his best finish of the Nationwide Series season with a 24th-place run in the JD Motorsports with Gary Keller No. 4 Chevrolet in the DuPont Pioneer 250 Sunday at Iowa Speedway. Harr started 39th and rolled home 24th in...more»
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