But the surprise of the day was the performance of third-place fast practicer Ryan Blaney, whose pre

But the surprise of the day was the performance of third-place fast practicer Ryan Blaney, whose previous road-racing experience came in an ARCA stock car race at Road America. But compared to the other two in the top three - both of whom are very experienced at turning right as well as left, and shifing gears - Blaney is a raw rookie.
Skeen and Quiroga were one-two city or airport prices car travel travelocity in the two-hour morning practice session while Blaney was sixth behind, among others, city or airport prices car travel travelocity ex-CART and sports car racer Max Papis. Blaney s best lap in the morning session was 83.394 econds but he improved to 82.185 seconds after lunch.
Other Camping World Series regulars picked up their socks in the afternoon session as well. Miguel Paludo, Ty Dillon and Chase Elliott held positions four through six while Joey Coulter was seventh. Defending series champion James Buescher improved from 13th place in the morning to ninth in the afternoon.
Skeen, who won the last four Pirellie World Challenge races here at Canadian Tire Motorpsort Park, didn t turn many laps. He either didn t need the practice or else the truck he s driving might not be as reliable as he would like.
Saturday, there will be more truck series practice as well as practice and qualifying for the NASCAR city or airport prices car travel travelocity Canadian Tire Series stock cars. The Canadian Touring city or airport prices car travel travelocity Car Series will go right into qualifying and will actually race in mid-afternoon. Late in the day Saturday, the truck seris will qualify for Sunday s race.
Just as an FYI, sports car driver Mike Skeen was fastest in the first two-hour practice. He lapped the 2.459-mile Old Mosport circuit in 82.795 seconds, which translates into a speed of 106.919 miles an hour. German Quiroga was second fastest (he s a three-time NASCAR city or airport prices car travel travelocity Mexican stock car series champion and he s running full-time in the trucks this season) and road-racing veteran Max Papis was third out off the box.
The IZOD IndyCar city or airport prices car travel travelocity Series is racing in Baltimore, with the race scheduled for Sunday. Let s hope everybody - the drivers and the officials - do a better job than they did last weekend out at Sonoma Raceway in California, which I m sure just about everybody would like to forget (except Willl Power, city or airport prices car travel travelocity who won it).
The NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series city or airport prices car travel travelocity are both at Atlanta Motor Speedway for their annual, and traditional, Labour Day weekend stop. The Sprint Cup race (a Sunday night tradition, by the way) is of particular importance because there are only two races left before the Chase - Sunday night s being one - and the chips are down. Jeff Gordon and Brad Keselowski, the defending champion, are not in the playoffs, at this point, And Dale Earnhardt Jr. has expressed concern about whether or not he can hang in there.
Labour Day weekend, of course, is when the annual Budweiser International Classic for supermodifieds is held at Oswego Speedway in Oswego, city or airport prices car travel travelocity N.Y. As someone who raced at Oswego, and then announced there for years and years, it has been my summertime home and away from home and if I wasn t going to be at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the NASCAR trucks, that is the place I would be instead.
Labour Day has always been a big weekend for drag racing and this year is no exception. The Teamsters Canada Local 879 "Thunder by the Beach" meet will be held at the Grand Bend Motorplex in Grand Bend over on the shores of Lake Huron and will feature the Quick 32 Sportsman Series as well as Top Fuel Dragster Nitro Nostalgia Funny Cars, the return of the