Monthly Motorsport News-February 2012 by Monthly Motorsport News

February 2012, Vol. 1, No. 2, Issue 2

IN THIS EDITION The 2012 Motorsports Season Gets Underway With Many Events The Final Results from the Dakar Rally Coverage of the 24 Hours of Dubai The Final Results from Rally Monte Carlo A Wrap Up of the 50th Rolex 24 at Daytona The 2012 Schedules for the Minor Motorsports Championships

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A WORD FROM THE FOUNDER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tell y’all what; I can’t get over the 50th anniversary of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. For a golden anniversary, a good show was put on by the many drivers in their Daytona Prototypes and GT cars. With a new distance record set and Michael Shank Racing winning their first ever Rolex 24, I would say that I enjoyed sitting in front of my television almost all weekend. That was the way to celebrate the 50th edition of the legendary race. Last month, five readers checked out the January 2012 edition of Monthly Motorsport News on Issuu. To those five readers, I want to thank y’all for giving it a look. I appreciate it very much. It may not be many views, but those five views mean a lot to me. Hopefully, we’ll get more readers for this and all future editions. I so glad that January came. Although there were only a few races that were held this month, I was excited for them as they provided me with more material for this month’s edition of Monthly Motorsport News. Plus, I was getting tired of watching videos of races on YouTube from other years. February will be even better with the many championships beginning their seasons. I always love Speedweeks. Let’s hope that the races next month will provide us with as much excitement as the Rolex 24 at Daytona did. See y’all at the races! Keith Laney, Founder and Editor-In-Chief Monthly Motorsport News

2012 ARCA RACING SERIES SCHEDULE 2-18: Daytona International Speedway 3-10: Mobile International Speedway 4-29: Salem Speedway 5-4: Talladega Superspeedway 5-20: Toledo Speedway 6-2: Elko Speedway 6-9: Pocono Raceway 6-15: Michigan International Speedway 6-24: Winchester Speedway 7-1: New Jersey Motorsports Park 7-13: Iowa Speedway 7-21: Chicagoland Speedway 7-27: Lucas Oil Raceway 8-4: Pocono Raceway 8-11: Berlin Raceway 8-19: Illinois State Fairgrounds 8-26: Madison International Speedway 9-3: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds 9-15: Salem Speedway 10-19: Kansas Speedway

2012 FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS SCHEDULE 3-25: St. Petersburg Street Circuit 4-1: Barber Motorsports Park 4-15: Long Beach Street Circuit 5-25: Indianapolis Motor Speedway 6-3: The Raceway at Belle Isle 6-23: Iowa Speedway 7-8: Toronto Street Circuit 7-22: Edmonton City Centre Airport 8-5: Trois-Rivieres Street Circuit 9-2: Baltimore Street Circuit 9-15: Auto Club Speedway

2012 STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE 3-25: St. Petersburg Street Circuit 4-1: Barber Motorsports Park 5-26: Lucas Oil Raceway 6-23 or 6-24: TBA 7-8: Toronto Street Circuit 7-22: Edmonton City Centre Airport 8-5: Trois-Rivieres Street Circuit 9-2: Baltimore Street Circuit 9-9: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 10-19: Road Atlanta

2012 COOPER TIRES USF2000 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE Cooper Tires Winterfest Championship (Six Races) 2-6 and 2-7: Sebring International Raceway 2-11 and 2-12: Palm Beach International Raceway Regular Season 3-16: Sebring International Raceway 3-25: St. Petersburg Street Circuit 5-26: Lucas Oil Raceway (Single race) 8-5: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 8-18: Road America 9-2: Baltimore Street Circuit 9-15: Virginia International Raceway

2012 NASCAR K&N PRO SERIES EAST SCHEDULE 3-17: Bristol Motor Speedway 3-31: Greenville-Pickens Speedway 4-26: Richmond International Raceway 5-19: Iowa Speedway* 6-2: Bowman Gray Stadium 6-9: Gresham Motorsports Park 6-23: Langley Speedway 7-14: Raceway Park 7-21: Columbus Motor Speedway 8-3: Iowa Speedway* 9-3: Greenville-Pickens Speedway 9-22: New Hampshire Motor Speedway 9-28: Dover International Speedway 11-3: Rockingham Speedway *Combined East/West Race

2012 NASCAR K&N PRO SERIES WEST SCHEDULE 3-3: Phoenix International Raceway 4-14: Havasu 95 Speedway 4-28: Miller Motorsports Park 5-5: New Stockton 99 Speedway 5-19: Iowa Speedway* 5-26: Brainerd International Raceway 6-2: The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway 6-23: Infineon Raceway 7-14: Evergreen Speedway 7-28: Colorado National Speedway 8-3: Iowa Speedway* 8-26: Portland International Raceway 9-29: Sandia Motor Speedway 10-13: All-American Speedway 11-10: Phoenix International Raceway *Combined East/West Race

2012 NASCAR WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR SCHEDULE 4-15: Thompson International Speedway 4-29: Stafford Motor Speedway 5-12: Monadnock Speedway 5-25: Stafford Motor Speedway 6-23: Waterford Speedbowl 7-14: New Hampshire Motor Speedway 7-28: Riverhead Raceway 8-3: Stafford Motor Speedway 8-9: Thompson International Speedway 8-22: Bristol Motor Speedway* 9-9: Thompson International Speedway* 9-22: New Hampshire Motor Speedway 9-30: Stafford Motor Speedway 10-14: Thompson International Speedway *Combined North/South Race

2012 NASCAR WHELEN SOUTHERN MODIFIED TOUR SCHEDULE 3-25: Caraway Speedway 4-17: Caraway Speedway 4-14: South Boston Speedway 4-21: Caraway Speedway 7-6: Caraway Speedway 8-4: Bowman Gray Stadium 8-22: Bristol Motor Speedway* 9-1: Langley Speedway 9-9: Thompson International Speedway 9-29: Caraway Speedway 10-11: Charlotte Motor Speedway 11-3: Rockingham Speedway *Combined North/South Race

2012 IMSA GT3 CUP CHALLENGE SCHEDULE 3-16: Sebring International Raceway 4-28: Miller Motorsports Park 5-12: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 6-9: Gilles Villeneuve Circuit 7-21: Mosport International Raceway 8-17: Road America 9-14: Virginia International Raceway 10-19: Road Atlanta

2012 COOPER TIRE PROTOTYPE LITES SCHEDULE 3-16: Sebring International Raceway 4-28: Miller Motorsports Park 5-12: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 7-21: Mosport International Raceway 8-17: Road America 10-19: Road Atlanta

2012 PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE SCHEDULE 3-23: St. Petersburg Street Circuit 4-13: Long Beach Street Circuit 4-27: Miller Motorsports Park 5-10: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca 6-1: Belle Isle Park 6-22: Mosport International Raceway 8-3: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 8-24: Infineon Raceway

2012 TRANS-AM SERIES SCHEDULE 5-20: Mosport International Raceway 5-26: Lime Rock Park 6-10: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 7-1: New Jersey Motorsports Park 7-8: Watkins Glen International 8-19: Road America 9-2: Brainerd International Raceway 11-4: Road Atlanta

2012 SCCA PRO PLAYBOY MAZDA MX-5 CUP SCHEDULE 5-12: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (Doubleheader) 6-10: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (Doubleheader) 6-23: Road America 7-22: Mosport International Raceway 9-15: Virginia International Raceway 9-23: Naval Base Coronado 10-19: Road Atlanta (Doubleheader)

2012 SCCA PRO ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCHEDULE 5-12: Road Atlanta 7-1: New Jersey Motorsports Park 8-26: Summit Point Raceway

2012 SCCA PRO F1600 FORMULA F CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCHEDULE 4-15: Virginia International Raceway 5-26: Lime Rock Park 7-1: New Jersey Motorsports Park 8-26: Summit Point Raceway 10-14: Watkins Glen International

2012 SCCA PRO F2000 CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCHEDULE 4-15: Virginia International Raceway 5-12: Road Atlanta 5-26: Lime Rock Park 7-1: New Jersey Motorsports Park 7-29: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 8-26: Summit Point Raceway 10-14: Watkins Glen International

2012 SCCA PRO FORMULA 1000 CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCHEDULE 5-20: Mosport International Raceway 6-30: Watkins Glen International 7-8: Virginia International Raceway 8-4: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 9-16: Road Atlanta

2012 TRAXXAS USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE 5-19: Lucas Oil Raceway 5-25: Indiana State Fairgrounds 6-22: Iowa Speedway 6-29: Toledo Speedway 7-27: Lucas Oil Raceway 8-18: Illinois State Fairgrounds 9-2: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds 9-22: Eldora Speedway 10-13: Terre Haute Action Track

2012 USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP 2-9: Ocala Speedway 2-10: Ocala Speedway 2-11: Ocala Speedway 4-14: Lawrenceburg Speedway 4-20: Gas City I-69 Speedway 4-21: Eldora Speedway 4-28: Lincoln Park Speedway 5-12: Tri-State Speedway 5-18: Bloomington Speedway 5-24: Terre Haute Action Track Eastern Storm 6-5: Grandview Speedway 6-6: TBA 6-7: New Egypt Speedway 6-8: Big Diamond Speedway 6-9: Port Royal Speedway 6-23: Wilmot Raceway 6-24: Angell Park Speedway Indiana Sprint Week 7-13: Gas City I-69 Speedway 7-14: Kokomo Speedway 7-15: Lawrenceburg Speedway 7-18: Terre Haute Action Track 7-19: Lincoln Park Speedway 7-20: Bloomington Speedway 7-21: Tri-State Speedway 8-3: Eagle Raceway 8-4: Valley Speedway 8-5: US 36 Raceway 8-6: Southern Iowa Speedway 8-7: Southern Iowa Speedway 8-11: Hartford Motor Speedway 8-23: Kokomo Speedway 8-24: Kokomo Speedway 8-25: Kokomo Speedway 8-31: Tri-City Speedway 9-1: Terre Haute Action Track 9-7: TBA 9-8: Riverside International Speedway 9-15: Tri-State Speedway

9-22: Eldora Speedway 9-29: Lawrenceburg Speedway 10-19: Dodge City Raceway Park 10-20: Dodge City Raceway Park 10-26: Canyon Speedway 10-27: Canyon Speedway 11-2: Perris Auto Speedway 11-3: Perris Auto Speedway

2012 USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP 3-30: Ace Speedway 3-31: Ace Speedway 5-4: Dodge City Raceway Park 5-5: Dodge City Raceway Park 5-26: Lucas Oil Raceway 6-2: Tri-State Speedway Indiana Midget Week 6-13: Gas City I-69 Speedway 6-14: Lincoln Park Speedway 6-15: Bloomington Speedway 6-16: Lawrenceburg Speedway 6-17: Kokomo Speedway 6-22: Iowa Speedway 6-29: Toledo Speedway 6-30: Grundy County Speedway 7-6: Plymouth Speedway 7-7: Plymouth Speedway 7-8: Angell Park Speedway 7-27: Lucas Oil Raceway 8-19: Angell Park Speedway 9-22: Eldora Speedway 10-4: Tri-City Speedway 10-5: Tri-City Speedway 10-6: Tri-City Speedway 11-22: Toyota Speedway at Irwindale

2012 FORMULA TWO CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE 4-15: United Kingdom (Silverstone) 4-29: Portugal (Portimao) 5-27: Germany (Nuremberg) 6-24: Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps) 7-15: United Kingdom (Silverstone) 7-22: France (Le Castellet) 9-9: Budapest (Hungary) 9-30: Italy (Monza)

2012 GP2 CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCHEDULE 3-25: Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) 4-22: Bahrain (Manama) 4-28: Bahrain (Manama) 5-13: Spain (Barcelona) 5-26: Monaco (Monte Carlo) 6-24: Spain (Valencia) 7-8: United Kingdom (Silverstone) 7-22: Germany (Hockenheim) 7-29: Hungary (Budapest) 9-2: Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps) 9-9: Italy (Monza) 9-23: Singapore (Singapore)

2012 GP3 CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCHEDULE 5-13: Spain (Barcelona) 5-26: Monaco (Monte Carlo) 6-24: Spain (Valencia) 7-8: United Kingdom (Silverstone) 7-22: Germany (Hockenheim) 7-29: Hungary (Budapest) 9-2: Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps) 9-9: Italy (Monza)

2012 GT4 EUROPEAN CUP SCHEDULE 4-1: France (Le Castellet) 5-6: France (Dijon) 6-24: Italy (Brescia) 8-19: Slovakia (Bratislava) 9-16: Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps) 10-7: The Netherlands (Zandervoort)

SCHEDULE UPDATES American Le Mans Series 9-15: Virginia International Raceway

DAKAR RALLY January 1-15, 2012 Mar del Plata, Argentina to Lima, Peru STAGE SCHEDULE January 1: Mar del Plata, Argentina to Santa Rosa, Argentina January 2: Santa Rosa, Argentina to San Rafael, Argentina January 3: San Rafael, Argentina to San Juan, Argentina January 4: San Juan, Argentina to Chilecito, Argentina January 5: Chilecito, Argentina to Fiambala, Argentina January 6: Fiambala, Argentina to Copiapo, Chile January 7: Copiapo, Chile Loop January 8: Rest Day in Copiapo, Chile January 9: Copiapo, Chile to Antofagasta, Chile January 10: Antofagasta, Chile to Iquique, Chile January 11: Iquique, Chile to Arica, Chile January 12: Arica, Chile to Arequipa, Peru January 13: Arequipa, Peru to Nazca, Peru January 14: Nazca, Peru to Pisco, Peru January 15: Pisco, Peru to Lima, Peru STAGE WINNERS Stage 1 Motorcycle: Francisco Lopez Quad: Sergio Lafuente Car: Leonid Novitskiy/Andreas Schulz Truck: Marcel Van Vliet/Bell Peter/Serge Bruykenss Stage 2 Motorcycle: Marc Coma Quad: Sergio Lafuente Car: Robby Gordon/Johnny Campbell Truck: Gerard de Rooy/Darek Rodewald/Tom Colsoul Stage 3 Motorcycle: Cyril Despres Quad: Pablo Sebastian Copetti Car: Nani Roma/Michel PĂŠrin Truck: Miki Biasion/Michel Huisman/Giorgio Albiero

Stage 4 Motorcycle: Marc Coma Quad: Tomas Maffei Car: Stephane Peterhansel/Jean Paul Cottret Truck: Gerard de Rooy/Darek Rodewald/Tom Colsoul Stage 5 Motorcycle: Cyril Despres Quad: Marcos Patronelli Car: Krzysztof Holowczyc/Jean-Marc Fortin Truck: Gerard de Rooy/Darek Rodewald/Tom Colsoul Stage 6 Staged Cancelled Stage 7 Motorcycle: Marc Coma Quad: Marcos Patronelli Car: Nassen Saleh Al-Attiyah/Lucas Cruz Truck: Gerard de Rooy/Darek Rodewald/Tom Colsoul Stage 8 Motorcycle: Marc Coma Quad: Marcos Patronelli Car: Nani Roma/Michel Périn Truck: Ales Loprais/Petr Almasi/Michal Ernst Stage 9 Motorcycle: Helder Rodrigues Quad: Alejandro Patronelli Car: Robbie Gordon/Johnny Campbell Truck: Miki Biasion/Michel Huisman/Giorgio Albiero Stage 10 Motorcycle: Joan Barreda Bort Quad: Tomas Maffei Car: Nani Roma/Michel Périn Truck: Artur Ardavichus/Alexey Kuzmich/Nurlan Turlubaev Stage 11 Motorcycle: Cyril Despres Quad: Alejandro Patronelli Car: Stephane Peterhansel/Jean Paul Cottret Truck: Andrey Karginov/Igor Devyatkin/Andrey Mokeev

Stage 12 Motorcycle: Marc Coma Quad: Marcos Patronelli Car: Robbie Gordon/Johnny Campbell Truck: Gerard de Rooy/Darek Rodewald/Tom Colsoul Stage 13 Motorcycle: Helder Rodrigues Quad: Tomas Maffei Car: Stephane Peterhansel/Jean Paul Cottret Truck: Andrey Karginov/Igor Devyatkin/Andrey Mokeev Stage 14 Motorcycle: Pal Anders Ullevalseter Quad: Tomas Maffei Car: Robbie Gordon/Johnny Campbell Truck: Miki Biasion/Michel Huisman/Giorgio Albiero TOP TEN FINAL RESULTS BY CLASS Motorcycle 1. Cyril Despres KTM 19:28:11 15:00 Penalty 2. Marc Coma KTM -53:20 1:00:00 Penalty 3. Helder Rodrigues Yamaha -1:11:17 15:00 Penalty 4. Jordi Viladoms KTM -1:40:56 15:00 Penalty 5. Stefan Svitko KTM -1:47:28 6. Pal Anders Ullevalseter KTM -2:11:56 55:00 Penalty 7. Gerard Farnes Guell KTM -2:14:22 15:00 Penalty 8. Alessandro Botturi KTM -2:59:04 20:00 Penalty 9. Olivier Pain Yamaha -3:17:50 15:00 Penalty 10. Felipe Zanol KTM -3:25:56 55:00 Penalty Quad 1. Alejandro Patronelli Yamaha 5:01:51 2:00 Penalty 2. Marcos Patronelli Yamaha -1:20:17 3. Tomas Maffei Yamaha -2:14:21 20:00 Penalty 4. Ignacio Casale Yamaha -6:09:23 2:00 Penalty 5. Sergio Lafuente Yamaha -8:19:06 6. Roberto Tonetti Yamaha -12:43:38 7. Lucas Bonetto Honda -13:33:14 8. Daniel Mazzucco Can-Am -13:37:59 43:00 Penalty 9. CamĂŠlia Liparoti Yamaha -14:15:10 15:00 Penalty 10. Barry Cruces Can-Am -2:23

Car 1. Stephane Peterhansel/Jean Paul Cottret MINI 14:54:46 2. Nani Roma/Michel Périn MINI -41:56 3. Ginel de Villiers/Dirk von Zitzewitz Toyota -1:13:25 4. Leonid Novitskiy/Andreas Schulz MINI -2:11:54 5. Robbie Gordon/Johnny Campbell Hummer -2:16:53 6. Lucio Ezequiel Alvarez/Bernardo Rolando Graue Toyota -4:05:52 7. Carlos Sousa/Jean-Pierre Garcin Great Wall -4:30:24 8. Ricardo Leal dos Santos/Paulo Fiuza MINI -5:03:18 9. Bernhar Ten Brinke/Matthieu Baumel Mitsubishi -5:11:18 10. Krzysztof Holowczyc/Jean-Marc Fortin MINI -6:59:38 Truck 1. Gerard de Rooy/Darek Rodewald/Tom Colsoul Iveco 21:20:47 2. Hans Stacey/Hans Van Goor/Bernard der Kinderen Iveco -51:19 3. Artur Ardavichus/Alexey Kuzmich/Nurlan Turlubaev Kamaz -1:47:45 4. Andrey Karginov/Igor Devyatkin/Andrey Mokeev Kamaz -5:01:10 5. Ilgizar Mardeev/Vyatcheslav Mizyukaev/Dmitry Sotnikov Kamaz -5:01:50 6. Miki Biasion/Michel Huisman/Giorgio Albiero Iveco -6:31:11 7. Martin Kolomy/René Kilián/David Kilián Tatra -6:54:15 8. André de Azevedo/Maykel Justo/Jaromir Martinec Tatra -7:46:07 9. Teruhito Sugawara/Seiichi Suzuki Hino -10:39:24 10. Pieter Versluis/Jurgen LH Damen/Harry Schuurmans Man -11:12:32

24H SERIES

24 HOURS OF DUBAI January 13-14, 2012 Dubai Autodrome Dubai, UAE TOP TEN 16 CLASS RESULTS 1/1. Khaled Al-Qubaisi/Sean Edwards/Jeroen Bleekemoloen/Thomas Jäger Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 2/2. Bernd Schneider/Maximilian Buhk/Christian Frankenhout/Max Nilsson/ Andreas Zuber Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 3/3. Bernd Schneider/Kenneth Heyer/Andreas Simonsen/Rodolfo Gonzalez Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 4/4. Faisal Bin Laden/Edward Sandström/Jörg Müller/Claudia Hürtgen/ Abdulaziz Al-Faisal BMW Z4 GT3 5/5. Otto Klohs/Heinz Bruder/Carlo Lusser/Martin Ragginger/Swen Dolenc Porsche 997 GT3 R 6/6. Mark Ineichen/Rolf Ineichen/Adrian Amstutz/Marcel Matter Porsche 997 GT3 R 7/7. Vincent Radenmecker/Loris de Sordi/Eric Lux/Gerard Lopez/Tomas Enge Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 8/8. Nico Pronk/Peter Kox/Bernhard Müller/Dennis Retera Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 9/9. Tobias Neuser/Jean-Marc Merlin/Jan Stovicek/Mika Vahamaki/Marcel Leipert Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 10/10. Erwin Stückle/Phillip Eng/William Langhorne/Klaus Dieter Frers Porsche 997 GT3 R FINAL 997 CLASS RESULTS 17/1. Steve Matthyssen/Philippe Richard/Roger Grouwels/Robert Neara Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 28/2. Franjo Kovac/Martin Tschornia/Roland Asch/Sebastian Asch/Stephanie Halm Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 52/3. Rafal Mikrut/Bartosz Opiola/Pawel Kowalski/Bernd Kleinbach/Marcin Gawarecki Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 63/4. Clemens Schmid/Mariusz Mickos/Adam Kornacki/Florian Schloze/Stefan Bilinski Porsche 997 GT3 Cup FINAL SP2 CLASS RESULTS 16/1. Luc Braams/Ronald Morien/Duncan Huisman/Michael Munemann Renault Megane Trophy 24/2. Raphaël van der Straten/Benjamin Bailly/Julien Schroyen/Stephane Lemert/ Karim Al-Azhari Ford Mustang GT3 26/3. Lucas Ordoñez/Jordan Tresson/Bryan Heitkotter/Jann Mardenborough Nissan 370Z 34

45/4. Craig Wilkins/Andy Ruhan/Leigh Smart/Aaron Scott Dodge Viper 57/5. Tobias Guttroff/Joachim Kiesch/Andreas Möntmann/Gerd Beisel/Robert Hissom Chevrolet Corvette C6 67/6. Jeroen van den Heuvel/Huub Vermeulen/Ruud Vollebregt/Aad Duivenstijn DNRT V8 69/7. Bernard Salam/Olivier Salam/Christophe Contre/Michel Pulinx/Eric Poitevineau TOP TEN SP3 CLASS RESULTS 14/1. Lee Mowle/Joseph Osborne/Gary Simms/George Murrells Ginetta G50 18/2. Christian von Rieff/Christian Raubach/Steve Jans/Michael Pflüger/Manuel Metzger BMW M3 GT4 22/3. Gunther Deutsch/Marco Deutsch/Gérard Bonjean/Jean-Pierre Lequex/Kurt Thiel GC Automobile GC 10.2 23/4. Tiziano Frazza/Luca Magnoni/Luis Scarpaccio/Matteo Cressoni/Piero Foglio Ginetta G50 30/5. Manny Krant/Ton Verkoelen/Ivo Breukers/Henk Thijssen Aston Martin Vantage N24 32/6. Ryan McLeod/Jake Camilleri/Scott Nicholas/James Kaye Holden Astra VX-R 33/7. Henry Walkenhorst/Christian Moers/Axel Burghardt (NZL) BMW M3 GT4 34/8. Tiziano Cappelletti/Pierre Piron/Marco Cassera/Paolo Alberto Necchi/ Alessandro Bonacini Ginetta G50 37/9. Aytaç Biter/Kaan Gürgen/Ertan Nacaroglu/Ibrahim Ohyay/Yadel Oskan BMW M3 38/10. Tetsuya Tanaka/Humaid Al-Masaood/Bryan Heitkotter/ Jann Mardenborough/Richard Meaden Nissan 370Z GT4 FINAL A5 CLASS RESULTS 35/1. Jean Paul Pagny/Benoit Fretin/Bruno Fretin/Eric Vincenot/Jean Marc Bachelier BMW 130i Cup 36/2. Bernd Küpper/Michael Kroll/Chantal Kroll/Martin Kroll/Raffi Bader BMW E46 Coupe 71/3. Jean-Marie Dumont/Frédéric Schmit/Nicolas Schmit/Stéphane Bailly/ Thierry Chkondaii BMW M3 E46* 73/4. Frank Unverhau/Marco Petry/Jörg Hatscher/Andres Serrano/Jürgen Dolate BMW 335D E92* FINAL A2 CLASS RESULTS 25/1. Franjo Kovac/Martin Tschornia/Cora Schumacher/Fredrik Lestrup/Reinhard Nehls BMW MINI 27/2. Mohammed Al-Owais/Umair Khan/Rupesh Chaunake/Saeed Al-Mehairi/ Omran Al-Owais Honda Integra Type R 31/3. Max Partl/Friedhelm Erlebach/Henry Littig/Rolf Plattner BMW MINI Cooper S Works 39/4. Liesette Braams/Sheila Verschuur/Paulien Zwart/Sandra van der Sloot/Gaby Uljee Renault Clio RS Cup 44/5. Keith Chan/Jonathan Hui/Kevin Wing King Tse/Eric Lo/Byron Tong Renault Clio RS Cup

46/6. Thomas Raldorf/Ekarat Wihawatprapa/Niels Borum/ Pisanu Sirimongkolkasem/Jacob Borum Honda Integra DC-5 47/7. Hal Prewitt/Paul Follett/Richard Verburg/Yves Junne/Peter Morris BMW 120D 55/8. Hermann Bock/Martin Heidrich/Rainer Partl/J端rgen Bretschneider BMW MINI Cooper S Works 58/9. Robert Galotti/Al-Quassim Hamidaddin/Mohamed Al-Saud/Maurice Faber/ Abbas Al-Alawi Suzuki Swift 72/10. Spencer Vanderpal/Chris Wishart/Jonathan Mullan/Peter Moulsdale BMW 120D* *Did Not Start

WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP

RALLY MONTE CARLO January 17-22, 2012 Rally Base: Valence, France and Monaco Super 2000 WRC Winner: Not Available Production WRC Winner: Not Available WRC Winners: Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena (Citroen DS3 WRC) Top Ten Results Not Available WRC TOP TEN CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS 1. Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena, 28 2. Dani Sordo/Carlos del Barrio, -10 3. Petter Solberg/Chris Patterson, -13 4. Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen, -14 5. Evgeny Novikov/Denis Giraudet, -17 6. Francois Delecour/Dominique Savignoni, -20 7. Pierre Campana/Sabrina de Castelli, -22 8. Ott Tanak/Kuldar Sikk, -24 9. Armindo Araujo/Zdenek Hruza, -26 10. Martin Prokop/Miguel Ramalho, -27

CONTINENTAL TIRE SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE

BMW PERFORMANCE 200 January 27, 2011 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach FL TOP TEN GRAND SPORT RESULTS 1/1. Billy Johnson/Jack Roush Jr. Ford Mustang Boss 302R GT 2/2. Charles Espenlaub/Charles Putman BMW M3 Coupe 3/3. Mark Boden/Bryan Sellers BMW M3 Coupe 4/4. Al Carter/Hugh Plumb BMW M3 Coupe 5/5. Nick Longhi/Matt Plumb BMW M3 Coupe 6/6. Michael Marsal/Boris Said BMW M3 Coupe 7/7. Bill Auberlen/Paul Dalla Lana BMW M3 Coupe 8/8. Lucas Luhr/Alex Popow Ford Mustang Boss 302R 9/9. Ryan Dalziel/? Potolicchio Ford Mustang Boss 302R 10/10. Shelby Blackstock/Jade Buford Ford Mustang Boss 302R TOP TEN STREET TUNER RESULTS 27/1. Jayson Clunie/Pierre Kleinubing Mazdaspeed 3 28/2. Nic Jonsson/Andy Lally KIA Forte Coupe 29/3. David Levine/Gregory Liefooghe BMW 328i 31/4. Glenn Bocchino/Taylor Hacquard Mazdaspeed 3 32/5. Tom Dyer/Izzy Sanchez Mazdaspeed 3 33/6. Jesse Combs/Jeff Mosing BMW 330 34/7. Kevin Gleason/Robert Stout BMW 128i 35/8. John Capestro-Dubets/James Clay BMW 328i 36/9. Cory Friedman/? McGehee Porsche Boxster 37/10. Ryan Ellis/Tyler McQuarrie BMW 128i TOP TEN GRAND SPORT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS 1. Billy Johnson, 35 1. Jack Roush Jr., 35 3. Charles Espenlaub, -3 3. Charles Putman, -3 5. Mark Boden, -5 5. Bryan Sellers, -5 7. Al Carter, -7 7. Hugh Plumb, -7 9. Matt Plumb, -9 9. Nick Longhi, -9

TOP TEN STREET TUNER CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS 1. Jayson Clunie, 35 1. Pierre Kleinubing, 35 3. Andy Lally, -3 3. Nic Jonsson, -3 5. David Levine, -5 5. Gregory Liefooghe, -5 7. Glenn Bocchino, -7 7. Taylor Hacquard, -7 9. Izzy Sanchez, -9 9. Tom Dyer, -9 GRAND SPORT MANUFACTURER STANDINGS 1. Ford, 35 2. BMW, -3 3. Porsche, -16 4. Aston Martin, -20 5. Chevrolet, -21 6. Subaru, -32 7. Audi, -35 7. Dodge, -35 STREET TUNER MANUFACTURER STANDINGS 1. Mazda, 35 2. KIA, -3 3. BMW, -5 4. Porsche, -13 5. Honda, -16 6. MINI, -21 7. Volkswagen, -26 8. Ford, -35

ROLEX SPORTS CAR SERIES NORTH AMERICAN ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA January 28-29, 2012 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach FL TOP TEN DAYTONA PROTOTYPE RESULTS 1/1. AJ Allmendinger/Oswaldo Negri/John Pew/Justin Wilson Ford Riley 2/2. Ryan Dalziel/Lucas Luhr/Allan McNish/Alex Popow/Enzo Potolicchio Ford Riley 3/3. Jorge Goncalves/Michael McDowell/Felipe Nasr/Gustavo Yacaman Ford Riley 4/4. Scott Dixon/Dario Franchitti/Jamie McMurray/Juan Pablo Montoya BMW Riley 5/5. Mark Donahue/Christian Fittipaldi/Darren Law Corvette DP 6/6. Joey Hand/Scott Pruett/Graham Rahal/Memo Rojas BMW Riley 7/7. Brian Frisselle/Burt Frisselle/Jim Lowe/Paul Tracy Ford Dallara 8/8. Antonio Garcia/Oliver Gavin/Jan Magnussen/Richard Westbrook Corvette DP 9/9. Joao Barbosa/Terry Borcheller/JC France/Max Papis Corvette DP 10/10. Ryan Hunter-Reay/Scott Mayer/Enzo Potolicchio/Miguel Potolicchio/ Michael Valiante Ford Riley TOP TEN GRAND TOURING RESULTS 11/1. Andy Lally/Richard Leitz/John Potter/Rene Rast Porsche GT3 12/2. Steven Bertheau/Jeroen Bleekemolen/Marc Goossens/Wolf Henzler/ Spencer Pumpelly Porsche GT3 13/3. Andrew Davis/Hurley Haywood/Leh Keen/Marc Lieb Porsche GT3 14/4. Ronnie Bremer/John Edwards/Robin Liddell Chevrolet Camaro GT.R 15/5. Olivier Beretta/Andrea Bertolini/Toni Vilander Ferrari 458 16/6. Jonathan Bomarito/Marino Franchitti/James Hinchcliffe/Sylvan Tremblay Mazda RX-8 17/7. Dominik Farnbacher/Ben Keating/Patrick Pilet/Allan Simonsen Porsche GT3 18/8. Emil Assentato/Anthony Lazarro/Nick Longhi/Jeff Segal Ferrari 458 20/9. Paul Edwards/Matthew Marsh/Tom Milner/Jordan Taylor Chevrolet Camaro GT.R 21/10. Patrick Dempsey/Charles Espenlaub/Joe Foster/Tom Long/Charles Putman Mazda RX-8

TOP TEN DAYTONA PROTOTYPE CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS 1. AJ Allmendinger, 35 1. John Pew, 35 1. Justin Wilson, 35 1. Oswaldo Negri, 35 5. Alex Popow, -3 5. Allan McNish, -3 5. Lucas Luhr, -3 5. Ryan Dalziel, -3 9. Felipe Nasr, -5 9. Gusatvo Yacaman, -5 9. Jorge Goncalvez, -5 9. Michael McDowell, -5 TOP TEN GRAND TOURING CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS 1. Andy Lally, 35 1. John Potter, 35 1. Rene Rast, 35 1. Richard Leitz, 35 5. Jeroen Bleekemolen, -3 5. Marc Goossens, -3 5. Spencer Pumpelly, -3 5. Steven Bertheau, -3 5. Wolf Henzler, -3 10. Andrew Davis, -5 10. Hurley Haywood, -5 10. Leh Keen, -5 10. Marc Lieb, -5 DAYTONA PROTOTYPE ENGINE MANUFACTURER STANDINGS 1. Ford, 35 2. BMW, -7 3. Chevrolet, -9 DAYTONA PROTOTYPE CHASSIS MANUFACTURER STANDINGS 1. Riley, 35 2. Coyote, -9 3. Dallara, -11 4. Lola, -15

GRAND TOURING MANUFACTURER STANDINGS 1. Porsche, 35 2. Chevrolet, -7 3. Ferrari, -9 4. Mazda, -10 5. BMW, -20 6. Audi, -35 6. Dodge, -35 6. Ford, -35

HOW I FIRST GOT INTO MOTORSPORTS Keith Laney One Saturday afternoon in May of 1992, I was waiting to leave to go to a friend’s birthday party. I was sitting in my living room while my father was getting ready himself to take me to the aforementioned party. Out of boredom, I decided to turn on the television to see what was on. When I turned on the television, the telecast for a NASCAR Busch Grand National race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on TBS was just beginning. At that time, I had never actually watched a race either in person or on television. As time went on, the race got under way. As the race went on, I watched in amazement at this spectacle that I had never seen before. As an eight year old boy from the South, I was enthralled at what I was seeing. Colorful cars with neat designs were just going around the track as fast as they could. I thought to myself, “This is so cool.” About thirty minutes later, my father came into the living room to get me so we could leave to go to my friend’s birthday party. At first, I told him that I didn’t want to go. He asked me why. I told him that I liked what I was seeing on the television and wanted to see it until the end. He told me that I had been excited about this birthday party for the past two weeks. As this birthday party was a roller skating party, I decided to go anyway. I loved roller skating as an eight year old. Well, it was off to the party for me. Racing would have to be put on the backburner for the next few hours. When my father and I got home from the birthday party, I asked my father if there were any races that we could go to. My father promised me that one day we would go to a race in person. Six months later, he fulfilled that promise in a big way. On November 14, 1992, my father took me to the race that he promised me earlier that year. As I was a Cub Scout, we went to Scout Day at the Races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. An ARCA race was held that afternoon as a precursor to the biggest race in NASCAR history that was to take place the next day. Going to my first race was such a big thrill. The first thing that I noticed about going to a race was how loud races are. I had never heard anything that loud before in my life. Noise aside, I was amazed more at the sight than anything else. Originally, I had wanted to stand right on a fence to get a feel for the speed. But my father wouldn’t let me as it was too dangerous. Oh well, I guess I was going to have to sit on metal bleachers throughout the entire race. At the race, I had a pair of my father’s binoculars with me. I kept looking into those binoculars with such amazement. In fact, I pretended in my mind that I was a cameraman and what I was looking at in the binoculars was part of a television broadcast I was producing. I was neat to look at the cars up close when I couldn’t get up close myself. When there was an accident near the area where I was sitting, I kept my eyes in those binoculars watching the safety crew clear that wreck. That was just as fascinating too. Other than that, I can’t really recall much more about that exact race. Years later, I found out that the winner was a driver named Loy Allen Jr. Other facts that I discovered about that race was the name of the event, the Motorcraft 500K. The weekend was just getting started. The next day, the greatest race in NASCAR history occurred. The Hooters 500 featured six drivers with a chance to win the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship. Also, an era was coming to an end and a new one was beginning. This 43

would be final race for legendary driver Richard Petty and the first for future four-time champion Jeff Gordon. At the time, I was unaware of all the hype surrounding this event as I was only eight. So, I just watched this race with the same amazement as I did with the ARCA race the day before. All in all, my first ever races were the most fun that I ever had at that point in my life. Many more races would follow in the years to come. With the seed for my passion for motorsports planted that weekend nearly 20 years ago, here I am today writing my very own motorsports webzine.

IN THE NEXT EDITION Speedweeks, Concluding with the Daytona 500 Rally Sweden, One of my Favorite WRC Events of the Season The First Month of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Season Many Other Season Openers