JR Hildebrand Really Wants The Pikes Peak Record
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The entry list for the 99th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb was released on Friday, and there are some pretty exciting entries on there for this year. After the event was postponed in 2020, and it was limited to pretty much only American entries thanks to COVID-19-related travel bans, the game is back on in full swing for 2021. There are some cool new electric car entries, a few exciting returns, and
holy shit is that a freakin’ IndyCar?
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Best known as the 2009 Indy Lights champion, and the guy who very nearly won the Indy 500 as a rookie in 2011 before crashing into the wall on the final corner of the race and finishing second, JR Hildebrand will be bringing a 2021 Dallara DW-12/IR18 chassis to the peak. There is no announcement as to yet which team will be supporting the effort, or whether Hildebrand will be relying on Honda or Chevrolet power, but being that Hildebrand has
at las vegas motor speedway. there will be a five-lap salute. stay with us. what started out as an exciting day here at las vegas motor speedway has ended in tragedy. the news has just been released that dan wheldon has been killed in a crash on lap number 13 of this race. in the final race of the 2011 season. you heard the tail end of an announcement by randy bernard, the head man at the league here that the drivers and team officials and owners have gotten together and the race will not be finished. the drivers will do a five-lap tribute salute, that should take place in a matter of minutes. but the air of excitement that started this day is completely gone, as we have lost dan wheldon. and there s marco andretti, his former teammate, killed in this tragic 15-car crash at las vegas motor speedway. we mentioned the tribute lap, all the drivers, they ll be getting back into that are cars. it will be five laps in length, as soon as they get everybody together. and as i mention
13. dan wheldon, killed today here at las vegas motor speedway. there will be a five-lap salute. stay with us. what started out as an exciting day here at las vegas motor speedway has ended in tragedy. the news has just been released that dan wheldon has been killed in a crash on lap number 13 of this race. in the final race of the 2011 season. you heard the tail end of an announcement by randy bernard, the head man at the league here that the drivers and team officials and owners have gotten together and the race will not be finished. the drivers will do a five-lap tribute salute, that should take place in a matter of minutes. but the air of excitement that started this day is completely gone, as we have lost dan wheldon. and there s marco andretti, his former teammate, killed in this tragic 15-car crash at las vegas motor speedway. we mentioned the tribute lap, all the drivers, they ll be getting back into that are cars. it will be five laps in length, as soon as they get e
could be libelous. that, again, it really does talk about the whole idea of free speech and whether what you can and cannot say. this is the gray area of twitter. people think of twitter as their own little personal soap box where they can talk about whatever they want. because twitter s reach is so massive and because you can go from having just a few dozen followers to suddenly getting tens of thousands of followers in the span of a few hours, does this mean you should be held accountable the same way a mainstream publisher or media is? these are things we re seeing being tusz ld out in court. it s internationally here as well. what s legal here in britain may be different in the united states. we re kind of watching that law being developed before our eyes. i guess it begs the point that you can t make accusations unless you ve got actual proof. exactly. atika, thank you very much. it s called the greatest spectacle in racing. sunday s indy 500 didn t disappoint. rookie
resigned. tressel was caught up in a scandal surrounding several of his players selling memorabilia. tressel at first said he knew nothing about it, but later acknowledged he had known about it for months. tressel will be replaced in the upcoming season by interim coach, luke fakell. in other sports news, rookie jr hildebrand was so close to winning the indianapolis 500, but on the final turn of the final lap, hildebrand crashed into the wall there he goes. he hit the wall! he was trying to pass another driver. that gave dan wheldon an opening. he dashed past the rookie on his way to victory lane. it is the second time wheldon s won the indianapolis 500. danica patrick, by the way, finished tenth amid speculation she may leave the indy car series for nascar. speaking of nascar, there was also a surprising finish in charlotte last night. more sports for you in 20 minutes. and while sarah palin s taking a tour of the east coast, another conservative woman who