Motorsports Calendar 29-31 October 2010

[Matthew Little]

Halloween.............the witching season. As the calendar continues to wind down from an exciting 2010 season of racing, the motorsports calendar continues to Clip the Apex with events each week.............this week is certainly no haunting exception...........


~~~NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: AMP Energy Juice 500, Talladega Superspeedway--Talladega, Alabama(2.66-mile high-banked oval)
~~~NHRA Drag Racing: 10th Annual Las Vegas Nationals, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway--N. Las Vegas, Nev.
~~~World Touring Car Championship: Round 10[races 19-20], Okayama Circuit--Mimasaka, Japan(2.3-mile road course)
~~~NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Mountain Dew 250 Fueled by Fred's, Talladega Superspeedway
~~~FIM MotoGP World Championship: Grand Prix of Portugal, Autodromo de Estoril--Estoril, Portugal(2.599-mile road course)
~~~DTM/German Touring Cars: Round 10--Adria International Raceway, Adria, Italy(1.679-mile road course)


As always, check local listings for exact times/dates and feel free to mention events that might've clipped the apex and not made the calendar this weekend.............

 

[Speshal]

Sunday 31 October
125cc & Moto2: 0950-1205, BBC Red Button/online
MotoGP: 1230-1400, BBC Two/online & BBC HD

 

[KekeTheKing]

~~~NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: AMP Energy Juice 500, Talladega Superspeedway--Talladega, Alabama(2.66-mile high-banked oval)

If you guys thought the F1 standings were tight, how about a 6 point difference between Jimmie Johnson at 5998 and Denny Hamlin at 5992. Of course this is all set up by the somewhat farcical "Race for The Chase", where only the top 12 drivers are involved in the championship hunt at the end of the year.

Talladega is always a bit of a crap-shoot, where a driver can get mixed up in major pileup through no fault of his own. If Johnson can survive this one, he'll be well placed to take his 5th straight Cup Title.

 

[Galahad]

A win at Adria will give Paul di Resta the DTM title with a round to spare, providing team-mate Bruno Spengler finishes no higher than sixth.

Okayama (formerly known as TI Aida) should suit SEAT's Gabriele Tarquini and BMW's Andy Priaulx, but it usually rains, so...

 

[Matthew Little]

~~~NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: AMP Energy Juice 500, Talladega Superspeedway--Talladega, Alabama(2.66-mile high-banked oval)

If you guys thought the F1 standings were tight, how about a 6 point difference between Jimmie Johnson at 5998 and Denny Hamlin at 5992. Of course this is all set up by the somewhat farcical "Race for The Chase", where only the top 12 drivers are involved in the championship hunt at the end of the year.

Talladega is always a bit of a crap-shoot, where a driver can get mixed up in major pileup through no fault of his own. If Johnson can survive this one, he'll be well placed to take his 5th straight Cup Title.

You won't get any argument from me, Keke, on NASCAR's Chase format; I thought it was a dumb*** idea back in 2003 after Matt Kenseth won the title that year despite only winning one race the entire season........

As for Talladega.........no argument there; it's the biggest crap-shoot-- race they have w/in the Chase and most drivers will say just seeing the checkers at the end of the race there is equal to a win......