Alfalla Wins a Wild Opener

With thousands watching via the live broadcast on iRacing.com, Ray Alfalla came home the winner in a wild Round One of the 2011 Nascar iRacing.com Series World Championship at Daytona International Speedway on Tuesday evening.   The Floridian took over the top spot when Jesse Atchison crashed-out of the lead on Lap 86 and stayed in front over the remaining 15 laps to lead Pedro Mojico and Josh Parker to the checkered flag. The night got under way with one of the closest qualifying sessions in sim racing history with Derek Wood pacing the 49 entrants with a lap of 47.151 seconds. So how close was the field? Just ask Byron Daley, who missed the race by qualifying forty-first quickest with 47.245 seconds. That?s right, nine hundredths of a second from [...]

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/alfalla-wins-a-wild-opener/

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Motorbase Focus makes test debut

Motorbase Performance ran its Ford Focus ST machines for the first time at Brands Hatch on Tuesday morning. Mat Jackson and Liam Griffin drove the boldly-liveried cars, which are ex-Arena Motorsport machines, on the Indy circuit, and were set to continue behind the wheel on Wednesday.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/btcc/motorbase-focus-makes-test-debut/

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Ecclestone now cautious over Bahrain

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has admitted there is now more uncertainty about the Bahrain Grand Prix after the government cracked down on protests on Friday afternoon. Ecclestone has said this morning in an interview with the BBC that he was "more hopeful" the race would take place despite the unrest in the country. The situation, however, worsened in the afternoon, with Bahraini troops shooting at demonstrators and reportedly wounding many of them

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/ecclestone-now-cautious-over-bahrain/

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Rosberg still upbeat on Mercedes form

Nico Rosberg says he is remaining upbeat about Mercedes GP's potential for the 2011 season - despite the mixed fortunes that the team has endured in early testing. Although Michael Schumacher topped the times on the second day of last week's Jerez test, the team's W02 has appeared to struggle for overall performance compared to main rivals Red Bull Racing and Ferrari

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/rosberg-still-upbeat-on-mercedes-form/

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