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Click on the headline to view a single story or tick the checkboxes next to the headlines you'd like to see and then click the "View item(s)" button. For a full explanation of the series abbreviations on the left, hover your mouse over them or see the key at the bottom of the page.

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 (The specified date and series categories did not return any items, so the ten most recent items are listed below.)
 
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expand item KART Shitparker to defend kart event title 11th Aug 2008
expand item A1GP Rule changes for 2008/09 season 11th Aug 2008
expand item BF3C Brain happy to head FOTA's tech side 7th Aug 2008
expand item A1GP Taking it up the Assen 5th Aug 2008
expand item WTCC Chuff rues 'sole destroying' puncture 30th Jul 2008
expand item GBR Hankey set for BTCC debut 22nd Jul 2008
expand item A1GP Team Portugal confirm Albuquerque 15th Jul 2008
expand item IRL Visor struck down with the mumps 10th Jul 2008
expand item GP2 Motorsport commentator in geographical knowledge shock horror 6th Jul 2008
expand item Circuit Wembley confirmed as RoC host again 25th Jun 2008



AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR:
series headline date posted
NASCAR Busch wins delayed Michigan race 22nd Aug 2007
GP2 Risotto alla Marinara 23rd Aug 2007
NASCAR Vileknave to test NAFFCAR truck 24th Aug 2007
BF3C Fans Given Chance to Be 'Anteprepenultimate Grid Girl' at Rockingham 24th Aug 2007
WSxR Avabanana replaces Fettle at Carlin 15th Aug 2007

KEY TO SERIES NAMES (hovering over the abbreviations in the table above also shows the full series name)
A1GPA1 Grand Prix
The World Cup of Motor Sport. Allegedly.
BF3CBritish F3 Championship
The top class in Britain's premier single-seater series.
CircuitCircuit News
Not all news is to do with a particular racing category, you know.
GBRTin-Top Serieses
Various on-track saloon and touring car series, the 'GBR' acronym coming from the popular epithet that we are too PC to repeat here.
GP2GP2
The former Formula 2, now twice-renamed and god alone knows why.
IRLIndy Racing League
Classic Mickey-Mouse racing of the first water.
KARTKarting
First step on the racing ladder, where most of the drivers are so young that they haven't actually taken their first step.
NASCARNASCAR
Umbrella term for a number of bafflingly popular Stateside stock car series.
WSxRWorld Series by Renault
The FRenault V6 Eurocup and World Series by Nissan successor, as much of a World Series as baseball; aka Formula Renault 3.5 for some reason.
WTCCWorld Touring Car Championship
Tin-tops go global, featuring the least boring drivers from each national series.