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How High Can Sebastian Vettel Soar?

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By Patrick Reynolds

The 2010 Formula One season dawned with anticipation. Many changes were in place around the sport and it appeared parity would be nearing an all-time high.

  • A new, World Championship points system was utilized rewarding each race’s top ten finishers.
  • Bridgestone was beginning their final year as tire supplier for the tour. The tire future was a question mark.
  • Brawn GP, which manhandled the 2009 competition with a dominant title run by Jenson Button, was no longer in existence. The team was sold to Mercedes-Benz and then renamed Mercedes GP. Button moved over to McLaren and the crown-winning, former Brawn GP organization was facing a rebuild.
  • Seven time F1 champion Michael Schumacher was coming out of retirement and strapping back into a cockpit in search of another title. And he was making his grand return in that new Mercedes GP team.

The point was that this was supposed to be the dawn of a new era, full of close competition and multiple teams battling for the World Championship.

Wide open, endless competitive possibilities…

Ready for a new time in Formula One filled with tight racing and mixed podiums…

Fast-forward nearly two years and Sebastian Vettel has shattered all that optimism.
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Motor Week LIVE! Returns November 7th With Special Guest Timmy Hill

NASCAR Nationwide Rookie of the Year Candidate Timmy Hill

     Trick or treat!

     Motorweek LIVE! will be taking Halloween Monday off from our regular broadcast schedule.
     Live programming returns Monday, November 7th and we are joined by NASCAR Nationwide Rookie of the Year candidate Timmy Hill. Currently 17th in the Nationwide standings, Hill leads the rookie title battle with just three events remaining in 2011. Show host Patrick Reynolds will talk to the Rick Ware Racing driver about his chances to win the rookie crown and his Nationwide season.
     We will also review the NASCAR Texas tripleheader, the North-South Shootout for asphalt modifieds, the Pro Cup event from Rockingham and take your phone calls at 877-500-9387.
     Motorweek LIVE! can be heard through the Zeus Radio Network Mondays at 7pm ET/ 4pm PT and is available at  www.motorweeklive.com, and on Facebook.
     We wish our listeners a Happy Halloween and look forward to talking with everyone November 7th!

 

Trying To Get Into Last Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Race Just Wasted My Time

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By Patrick Reynolds

Did you see the big stock car race last Saturday night? The one that was held on a big and fast speedway and sanctioned by NASCAR? The race from North Carolina, near the towns where many of the race team’s shops are? Either on television or in person?

I didn’t.

Oh, I tried. Believe me, I tried. But the folks who work at the big and fast speedway wouldn’t let me access to the places I need to work and report on it for Motorweek LIVE!

The worst part of the ordeal? They said I would have access. Then when I arrived they told me I did not.

Allow me to explain. Members of the media can make requests for credentials to cover an event. Credentials give one access to the media center and/or the press box. The decision to approve the requests is up to the speedway.

I made a request to the track that held the nationally televised NASCAR race Saturday night. I waited for their response. That response would dictate whether I attended the event. Would you go to a race not knowing if there was a ticket available to you? I didn’t think so.
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