Valsecchi fastest in Barcelona test

Davide Valsecchi topped the times on the first day of the final pre-season test at Barcelona, ahead of the start of the GP2 Series season in Turkey. The Team AirAsia driver finished as second quickest in the morning session but then raised his pace in the afternoon, finishing the day on top with a best time of 1m29.718s on a sunny day at the Circuit de Catalunya

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/formula-cars/gp2/valsecchi-fastest-in-barcelona-test/

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Lotus confirms Caterham purchase

Team Lotus Enterprises has confirmed the purchase of British sportscar maker Caterham Cars, as reported by AUTOSPORT last week. The deal will enable the lightweight sportscar manufacturer to "expand its brand profile and product family," according to Team Lotus

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/lotus-confirms-caterham-purchase/

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Kubica leaves Italian hospital

Robert Kubica has been discharged from the Santa Corona hospital where he has been since he was severely injured in a rallying accident 10 weeks go. Local news service IVG.it quoted a hospital statement as saying: "Robert Kubica is no longer at Santa Corona Hospital in Pietra Ligure. His condition is good and the driver will be able to begin a new rehabilitation phase outside the hospital.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/kubica-leaves-italian-hospital/

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Huff leads first Zolder practice

Chevrolet's dominance of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season-opener at Curitiba has carried through to the first part of this weekend's round at Zolder, with Rob Huff and Yvan Muller setting the pace in this morning's opening practice session. Huff's marker of 1m38.531s put him 0.2 seconds clear of his reigning champion team-mate, leaving third-placed Michel Nykjaer a further second in arrears as the quickest of the non-Chevys in his two-litre SUNRED SEAT

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/wtcc/huff-leads-first-zolder-practice/

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Logano excited about unexpected Nashville return

Joey Logano and the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team were going to skip Saturday's Nashville 300 Nationwide Series race at Nashville Superspeedway, despite Logano's having two poles and a victory there and the team leading the series' owners points.

Source: http://nascar.com/news/110422/jlogano-nationwide-preview/index.html?eref=/news/headlines/bg

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Iowa Speedway signs up title sponsor for May race

John Deere is partnering with 10 of its Iowa dealers to sponsor the Iowa John Deere Dealers 250 presented by Pioneer Nationwide Series race scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET on May 22nd at Iowa Speedway.

Source: http://nascar.com/news/110426/iowa-race-sponsor/index.html?eref=/news/headlines/bg

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