Hamlin takes second NASCAR Busch Series race in Mexico
Denny Hamlin pitted early, then stayed out of trouble Sunday to hold on and win the second NASCAR Busch Series race in Mexico.
It was the first career Busch win for the 25-year-old Hamlin, who started second and pitted during the first caution, then outdueled pole-sitter and road course ace Boris Said by 1.53 seconds in the Telcel-Motorola 200.
Said planned to pit late and his No. 9 Dodge was the last car in the field to leave the track, finally pulling off during a caution on lap 25. He changed four tires and was out in 17.5 seconds, but was held to the back because of heavy traffic on the track. He climbed back to second, but fell behind and never really challenged Hamlin as a flurry of cautions marred the race’s last laps.
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U.S. blanks Mexico
The United States is headed to next year's World Cup in Germany after beating Mexico 2-0 Saturday night, thanks to goals by Steve Ralston and DaMarcus Beasley five minutes apart in the second half.
The quick strikes lifted the Americans into the 32-team tournament with three games to spare. It was the first time since 1934 that the Americans were the first team into the World Cup for North and Central America and the Caribbean.
It's also the fifth straight World Cup appearance for the Americans, who are ranked sixth in the world, one spot behind Mexico.
The win avenged
Mexico City: Ryan Dalziel race report
Ryan Dalziel drove a barnstormer of a race as he made his first career start in the Daytona Prototype class of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series yesterday, Saturday 5th November, at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico.
Dalziel debuted Pacific Coast Motorsports' #89 Ironclad-backed Pontiac Riley, climbing as high as second in the first half of the 90-lap race before handing over to team-mate Alex Figge who then consolidated a stunning maiden effort by securing sixth place at the checkered flag.
Ryan was back in action with Pacific Coast Motorsports following
Sigalsport enters Mexico City event
Sigalsport has recently acquired several PTG BMW M3s and one of the BMW M3s will be co-driven at Mexico City by Gene Sigal and Matt Alhadeff.
The Sigalsport BMW M3 Alhadeff Companies / Guarneros Racing Wear / Motul / GlycoMax / The Speed Gallery / Envista No. 05 will be the only BMW car to compete in the final round of the 2005 Rolex Sports Car Series. The BMW M3 has won seven Rolex Series GT races this season and its PTG BMWdrivers have scored six pole positions.
Sigalsport's BMW team will race at Mexico with
Mexico City: HBM NO. 4 car race report
The #4 BOSS Snowplow Racing Team closed the 2005 Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series with a 5th-place in the La Gran Final de la Serie Rolex Sports Car. The historic event was the first-ever Rolex Series race at the Autodromo Hermanmos Rodriquez in Mexico City.
After two practice sessions on the 2.786-mile, 17-turn circuit on Friday, November 4th, qualifying was held to determine the starting grid for the 90- lap race. Elliott Forbes-Robinson was chosen to qualify the #4 BOSS Snowplow Pontiac Crawford and responded with a fast lap of 1:47.189
Mexico's Grupo Modelo plans beer price hike
Grupo Modelo, a Mexican brewery half owned by Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., plans to raise its beer prices in Mexico Jan. 1, according to published reports.
The increase will be in line with expected inflation, the Mexico City-based brewer reportedly said in a Dec. 23 filing with the Mexican Stock Exchange. Modelo also said the increase takes into account tax law changes favoring recycled containers.
Mexico's annual inflation rate fell to 2.9 percent at the end of November but is expected to climb to 3.5 percent by many fund managers, according to media reports.
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A conservative takes the lead in Mexico race
He seems nervous waving to crowds, uncomfortable when supporters chant his name. Uncharismatic is what hes usually called. But now Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa is the man to beat in Mexicos July 2 elections.
The young, at 43, lawyer and economist was far behind when the campaign season took off last fall. To begin with, President Vicente Fox, barred constitutionally from running for a second term, backed a different candidate to lead his center-right National Action Party (PAN). More critically, there was the seemingly unstoppable rise of populist Andrés Manuel López Obrador,
Mexico City: Mi-Jack Conquest Racing race report
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing ended the 2005 Champ Car World Series season in strong form as rookie Andrew Ranger moved up to tenth in the season championship results after finishing ninth in Sundays Grand Premio Telmex-Tacate presented by Banamex, as teammate Nelson Philippe took the best result of his young Champ Car career with a seventh place finish in Mexico City, Mexico.
The result is Philippes fourth top ten of the season, and moved the Frenchman to thirteenth in the 2005 Champ Car World Series drivers championship, as the result also contributed to France winning
Mexico City: Doran Racing race report
Doran Racing's Crown Royal Special Reserve No. 77 Finishes Tenth in Rolex Series Season Finale
Matteo Bobbi and Fabrizio Gollin recorded another top-10 finish Saturday as they concluded their first full season of Rolex series action at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Doran Racing's Crown Royal Special Reserve DORAN JE4 Ford No. 77.
Unofficially the Lebanon, Ohio-based team ended up tenth in the Daytona Prototype point standings for the 14-race 2005 season. Bobbi and Gollin tied with Mike Borkowski for tenth place in the DP driver standings. The DORAN JE4 was third in the DP chassis
Mexico City: Race report
In the inaugural trip south of the border for the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series, a large and enthusiastic crowd saw Michael McDowell and Memo Gidley co-drive the No. 19 Finlay Motorsports BMW Riley to victory in La Gran Final de la Serie Rolex Sports Car at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. The first-time Rolex Series winners crossed the finish line ahead of Max Angelelli, who joined teammate Wayne Taylor in clinching the 2005 Daytona Prototype team and driver championships in the No. 10 SunTrust Pontiac Riley.
Fans were treated to close competition and
Mexico City: SunTrust Racing race report
SunTrust Team Clinches Daytona Prototype Championship and Tenth Podium Finish at Mexico City Finale
Mexico City, Mexico (November 5, 2005) -- The No. 10 SunTrust Pontiac Riley of Wayne Taylor and Max Angelelli achieved their goal of the season by being crowned the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Daytona Prototype team champion and co-driver champions.
Although the team's five victories and ten podium finishes in the 14-race series may have looked easy, it was far from it in the extremely competitive Grand American series. The fight throughout the season highlighted the No. 10 SunTrust team
