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Auto Racing: URC sprint cars ready to hit the road
Delaware County Daily Times – David Coulthard and Alexander Wurz had a frightening encounter on lap 49. Coulthard s left front wheel went over Wurz s right rear wheel. Coulthard went airborne and the bottom of his car missed Wurz s helmet by just inches. Neither driver was

F1 Preview – Contenders and Pretenders
TSN – They’ve also abandoned the plan to promote young racing talent, opting instead for a “veteran” lineup which includes David Coulthard and Mark Webber. Coulthard will be the oldest driver on the grid, taking over that mantle from the departed Michael

F1: Hamilton fastest in wet
Beeld – Mark Webber, who took over from David Coulthard at Red Bull, was second fastest two-tenths off Hamilton’s pace with a time of 1:36.138. Ralf Schumacher set the third best time for Toyota in 1:36.700, while Tonio Liuzzi clocked an impressive fourth

‘The Facts: Fisi Stinks, Kimi Drinks’
Planet F1 – David Coulthard is the last hero In Formula One. He is a great driver and great guy. He is the gentleman. Don’t just count his years. DC doesn’t feel 36 and he still has the talent enthusiasm and passion of a 25-year-old. Bravo DC! I don’t see why

Toro Rosso confirms Speed
Motorsport.com – Prior to that, the Californian was in Bulgaria filming a pre-season promotional movie with Liuzzi. Sister team Red Bull had David Coulthard and Mark Webber similarly behind the lens in the Czech Republic for the so-called “Mood Film”, which will see

CHINESE GP – FRIDAY – TEAM QUOTES
GrandPrix.com – David Coulthard (26th, 1:40.155): “There was a surprising amount of grip during the second session, considering the wet weather. It’s tricky when the weather’s like that as the rain on the visor doesn’t always correspond to the water on the track. You

EUROPEAN GP – SUNDAY – TEAM QUOTES
GrandPrix.com – David Coulthard (DNF, Damage): “At the first corner, Ralf moved across and touched Tonio, who got knocked into the air and onto me. It was just one of those racing incidents. We were able to replace the car’s nose, but then we had another issue, which

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Tim Tuttle: Changes to rules, personnel will shape new F1 season 
Sports Illustrated - Mar 15 8:26 AM
The winds of change have swept across Formula One at hurricane strength for the 2007 season, which opens this weekend in Australia. Fernando Alonso, the winner of the past two world championships with Renault, has switched to McLaren-Mercedes. Kimi Raikkonen has moved into the retired Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari. And a slew of technical restrictions has been instituted in hopes of placing an …Save

F1: Ferrari Responds in Practice 2 
Speed TV - Mar 16 5:53 AM
After McLarens Fernando Alonso dominated a weather-affected Practice 1 in Melbourne, Ferraris Felipe Massa answered with a commanding performance in the following session to lead a 1-2 for the he Scuderia on Fridays second practice for this weekends Australian Grand Prix, the 2007 Formula 1 season opener.Save

Raikkonen fits in for Formula One pole in Australia 
USA Today - Mar 18 8:11 AM
Kimi Raikkonen took the pole position Saturday for the Australian Grand Prix, the Formula One season opener Sunday. It was Raikkonen’s 12th career pole, but his first in a Ferrari. World champion Fernando Alonso, sporting the No. 1 on his car once again, but with his new McLaren, will start second.Save

Hamilton top in mixed conditions at Sepang 
Motorsport.com - Mar 29 7:00 AM
The third day of testing at the Sepang circuit proved to be a tricky one as mixed conditions interfered with work programmes. Overnight rain meant the track was wet in the morning and although it dried out for a while, a further downpour in the afternoon frustrated the teams again.Save

Australian GP: Winners’ press conference 
Motorsport.com - Mar 18 1:41 AM
1. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), 1h25m28.770s 2. Fernando Alonso (McLaren Mercedes), 1h25m36.012s 3. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren Mercedes), 1h25m47.365sSave

Where They’re Racing 
The Tampa Tribune - Mar 22 7:01 PM
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Australian GP – Friday – Practice Session 2 Report
GrandPrix.com – Felipe Massa topped the timesheets at the end of the first day of testing in Melbourne, beating his Ferrari team mate Kimi Raikkonen. He was a tenth clear of F1 debutant Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren. Giancarlo Fisichella was fourth quickest despite

Raikkonen claims pole for Ferrari
CNN – Champions Renault had a disappointing afternoon, with Italian Giancarlo Fisichella sixth on the grid and Finnish rookie Heikki Kovalainen 13th. “My position is pretty much as expected, behind McLaren and Ferrari,” said Fisichella. “But I think I could

Raikkonen moves to the front
GrandPrix.com – Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time of the morning practice on Saturday in Melbourne, lapping the Albert Park circuit in 1m26.064s. He finished ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella’s Renault, which was four-tenths adrift and then the impressive

A funny old world
GrandPrix.com – The poor performance of the Toyotas meant that Giancarlo Fisichella was able to make up for a poor first lap to move up from seventh at the end of the first lap to third by the end of the race. He gained one place from Michael’s retirement and two

‘The Facts: Fisi Stinks, Kimi Drinks’
Planet F1 – Replacing Giancarlo Fisichella should be the ‘radical change’ the Renault implement this season, while the debate rages over whether or not Ferrari should let Kimi Raikkonen continue with his drinking sprees Radical Change Should Be Fisi’s Axing

Why Formula One teams with tech
ZDNet – But Jacquemin noted the Renault team has a fast and experienced driver in Giancarlo Fisichella and that the team’s new driver, Heikki Kovalainen, will likely have little difficulty handling the pressure of replacing Alonso. “We are pretty confident

CHINESE GP – SUNDAY – RACE REPORT
GrandPrix.com – Giancarlo Fisichella could not keep up but was in the right place, running second and acting as a “rear-gunner” for his squadron leader. Initially Giancarlo’s rear mirrors were filled with the silver-grey presence of Kimi Raikkonen but after only 16

Feeder series analysis
F1 Central – Giancarlo Fisichella s team FMS have retained Jason Tahinci for 2007 and brought in former Jaguar and Williams F1 ace Antonio Pizzonia . Trident Racing have an all new to GP2 line-up of Kohei Hirate, who comes up from finishing third in the F3 Euro

UNITED STATES GP – SUNDAY – RACE INCIDENTS
GrandPrix.com – Behind them Fernando Alonso beats Rubens Barrichello off the line and then slots into third ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella. Jacques Villeneuve is next followed by Ralf Schumacher. As the tail-enders try to get into the corner there is a mess as

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Tim Tuttle: Changes to rules, personnel will shape new F1 season 
Sports Illustrated - Mar 15 8:26 AM
The winds of change have swept across Formula One at hurricane strength for the 2007 season, which opens this weekend in Australia. Fernando Alonso, the winner of the past two world championships with Renault, has switched to McLaren-Mercedes. Kimi Raikkonen has moved into the retired Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari. And a slew of technical restrictions has been instituted in hopes of placing an …Save

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Round 11 – Britain
Sporting Life – Brazil’s Rubens Barrichello triumphed in one of the most dramatic British Grands Prix of recent years after a demonstrator The Ferrari driver won by just over five seconds from the Williams of Juan Pablo Montoya after the leaderboard had been

Round 17 – Brazil
Sporting Life – Juan Pablo Montoya, who won in Brazil last year, led home McLaren’s first one-two for five years but it was not enough to Button lost sixth place to Rubens Barrichello late in the race while Ralf Schumacher took eighth for Toyota. At the start

BRITISH GP – SUNDAY – RACE INCIDENTS
GrandPrix.com – Behind them are Nick Heidfeld and Juan Pablo Montoya. At Becketts Ralf Schumacher is knocked into a half-spin by Behind the Safety Car Rubens Barrichello passes Montoya for seventh. * Lap 4: The race restarts. Barrichello allows Montoya ahead

SAN MARINO GP – SUNDAY – TEAM QUOTES
GrandPrix.com – Juan Pablo Montoya (3rd): “I’m pleased with today’s race and that we managed to get a podium position and some important Rubens Barrichello (10th): “It was disappointing for us today at the end of what has been a strong weekend. I had a bad start

Round Five – Spain
Sporting Life – near Barcelona as he triumphed by almost 36 seconds in his Ferrari from the Williams-BMW of Colombia’s Juan Pablo Montoya And again when Ferrari did suffer a reliability problem when it mattered it befell team-mate Rubens Barrichello as an

Round 8 – Canada
Sporting Life – McLaren should have made considerable ground in the constructors’ championship as well but Juan Pablo Montoya jumped a red runners and he took a hard-earned second for Ferrari, who were able to celebrate a double podium after Rubens Barrichello

AUSTRALIAN GP – SATURDAY – QUALIFYING SESSION 1 REPORT
GrandPrix.com – with the two Renaults of Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella and the McLarens of Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya The worst disaster however befll Rubens Barrichello who was comprehensively blocked at a key moment by Yuji Ide in the Super

EUROPEAN GP – SATURDAY – PRACTICE SESSION 3 REPORT
GrandPrix.com – Kimi Raikkonen was 10th fastest ahead of Nico Rosberg, Scott Speed, Rubens Barrichello, Mark Webber, Nick Heidfeld, David Coulthard and Juan Pablo Montoya. Expect a very different line up after qualifying this afternoon. It will be interesting to see

Round Sixteen – United States
Sporting Life – Rubens Barrichello was gifted victory by Michael Schumacher as Ferrari manipulated the result of the United States Grand prix Juan Pablo Montoya attempted to overtake team-mate Ralf Schumacher at turn one but the German, who was on the inside, refused

Round Eight – Canada
Sporting Life – The German’s record fifth triumph on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with team-mate Rubens Barrichello finishing third Younger brother Ralf could only finish seventh after a botched pit-stop while fellow Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya

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Sports briefs 
The Herald News - Mar 19 2:26 AM
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Plenty of changes in Formula One 
SportingNews.com - Mar 07 2:16 PM
No Michael Schumacher. A laid-back Kimi Raikkonen in bright red. Fernando Alonso and Ron Dennis toge…Save

KELLY: Australia Stat Wrap 
Speed TV - Mar 18 11:53 AM
It was in The Whos rock classic Wont Get Fooled Again that Roger Daltrey famously sang the line meet the new boss. same as the old boss.Save

Raikkonen wins Australian GP on Ferrari debut 
Boston Herald - Mar 18 11:40 AM
MELBOURNE, Australia – Kimi Raikkonen won in his first race for Ferrari, dominating the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday for his 10th Formula One victory. Raikkonen started from pole position,…Save

Hamilton praised on stunning debut 
CNN.com - Mar 18 9:12 AM
Lewis Hamilton lived the dream in Australia on Sunday with a grand prix debut that ranked as one of the most impressive in Formula One history.Save

Paul Ricard official test notes 2007-03-25 
Motorsport.com - Mar 26 6:45 AM
The dawn of the 2007 Le Mans Series test session at Paul Ricard was dry, bright and sunny and teams enjoyed a full day of testing with the threat of rain during the afternoon failing to materialise.Save

Johnson eyes title after victory 
Long Beach Press-Telegram - Mar 18 10:59 PM
Auto racing: Nextel champ looks to win second straight Cup. Jimmie Johnson already has his eye on the big prize. The reigning NASCAR Nextel Cup champion passed Tony Stewart three laps from the end Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway and went on to win his second straight race.Save

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College basketball, hockey, high school basketball 
The Toledo Blade - Mar 19 3:36 AM
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Toyota “Better Than Expected,” Says Trulli 
Speed TV - Mar 22 8:15 AM
Despite his troubled race in Australia Jarno Trulli acknowledges that the Toyota TF107 was more competitive than testing had indicated, while reliability appeared to be better after problems in the winter.Save

F1: Raikkonen Takes Dominant Melbourne Pole 
Speed TV - Mar 16 9:38 PM
All through winter testing, it was Felipe Massa who grabbed most headlines for Ferrari, but when the time came for the green flag to drop and the B.S. stop, new Scuderia driver Kimi Raikkonen made justice to his unofficial role of Michael Schumachers successor, taking pole for the opening race of the 2007 season and of his Ferrari career.Save

Ferrari’s Raikkonen wins Australian GP 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 17 11:28 PM
Kimi Raikkonen of Finland won the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday driving a Ferrari, with defending world champion Fernando Alonso of Spain second in his McLaren.Save

F1: Ferrari Responds in Practice 2 
Speed TV - Mar 16 5:53 AM
After McLarens Fernando Alonso dominated a weather-affected Practice 1 in Melbourne, Ferraris Felipe Massa answered with a commanding performance in the following session to lead a 1-2 for the he Scuderia on Fridays second practice for this weekends Australian Grand Prix, the 2007 Formula 1 season opener.Save

BUMP AND RUN 
Birmingham News - Mar 25 1:38 AM
%%head%%Carl Edwards held off teammate Matt Kenseth to win the Sharpie Mini 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday. Top 5: Carl Edwards, 1,005; Kevin Harvick, 808; Kyle Busch, 757; Dave Blaney, 714; Matt Kenseth, 683.Save

New Sepang challenge for winning Ferrari 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 18 7:07 PM
Australian Grand Prix winner Kimi Raikkonen says the steamy weather and long stretches of Malaysia’s Sepang circuit will test Ferrari’s ability to maintain their early-season Formula One dominance.Save

Tim Tuttle: Changes to rules, personnel will shape new F1 season 
Sports Illustrated - Mar 15 8:26 AM
The winds of change have swept across Formula One at hurricane strength for the 2007 season, which opens this weekend in Australia. Fernando Alonso, the winner of the past two world championships with Renault, has switched to McLaren-Mercedes. Kimi Raikkonen has moved into the retired Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari. And a slew of technical restrictions has been instituted in hopes of placing an …Save

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A look at this weekend’s Auto Racing action 
KOIN News 6 Portland - Mar 16 2:00 PM
MELBOURNE, Australia The Formula One season gets started with the Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne this weekend. Fernando Alonso is seeking his third drivers’ title as he tries to revive a McLaren team that failed to win a race last year.Save

Raikkonen takes F1 opener 
The News Journal - Mar 19 12:50 AM
MELBOURNE, Australia — Kimi Raikkonen won in his Ferrari debut, dominating the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday for his 10th Formula One victory.Save

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You’re better off red!
GrandPrix.com – And then eighth and ninth on the list were Giancarlo Fisichella and Fernando Alonso, just a tenth and a bit ahead of the Toro Rosso of Tonio Liuzzi. How can one explain such a situation. If it is down to tyres, how come fellow Michelin-users McLaren

A funny old world
GrandPrix.com – The poor performance of the Toyotas meant that Giancarlo Fisichella was able to make up for a poor first lap to move up from seventh at the end of the first lap to third by the end of the race. He gained one place from Michael’s retirement and two

No Schumacher, and plenty of other changes in ’07
MSNBC – Alonso’s former Renault team has a new Finn, Heikki Kovalainen, and veteran Giancarlo Fisichella, who won the second race of the 2006 season. Honda has Jenson Button looking for his second victory after it took 113 for his first. It also will sport a

Formula One 2007 team-by-team outlook
ESPN.com – He won seven races last year to Giancarlo Fisichella’s one. The team simply won’t be as strong this year without Alonso. On his day, Fisichella can be very quick, but he isn’t fast in every race. Kovalainen has a lot of talent and could be another

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Renault ponders lack of performance 
Motorsport.com - Mar 20 8:18 AM
As expected, Ferrari and McLaren were the leaders of the pack in the 2007 season opener at Melbourne but reigning constructors’ champions Renault struggled for competitiveness.Save

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MALAYSIAN GP – SATURDAY – TEAM QUOTES
GrandPrix.com – Giancarlo Fisichella (1st, 1:33.840): “I want to dedicate this win to Pietro, a childhood friend of mine who died last Sunday. This is the best pole I have had so far. Last year it was thanks to the rain, but today, everybody was up there and

What happened this week in Bahrain
GrandPrix.com – That was four-tenths of a second ahead of Renault’s Heikki Kovalainen, who recorded a 1m30.384s, just a tenth ahead of teammate Giancarlo Fisichella (1m30.498s). The pair were split by the BMW Sauber of Nick Heidfeld, apparently underlining the

Feeder series analysis
F1 Central – Giancarlo Fisichella s team FMS have retained Jason Tahinci for 2007 and brought in former Jaguar and Williams F1 ace Antonio Pizzonia . Trident Racing have an all new to GP2 line-up of Kohei Hirate, who comes up from finishing third in the F3 Euro

Raikkonen moves to the front
GrandPrix.com – Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time of the morning practice on Saturday in Melbourne, lapping the Albert Park circuit in 1m26.064s. He finished ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella’s Renault, which was four-tenths adrift and then the impressive

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F1: Lewis Hamilton Q&A 
Speed TV - Mar 18 4:54 PM
Lewis Hamilton fulfilled all the expectations and more by finishing his debut race in Australia in third place, having overtaken teammate Fernando Alonso at the start and led him until they swapped places at the second pit stops. He even had a spell in the lead after Kimi Raikkonen pitted.Save

F1: Ferrari Responds in Practice 2 
Speed TV - Mar 16 5:53 AM
After McLarens Fernando Alonso dominated a weather-affected Practice 1 in Melbourne, Ferraris Felipe Massa answered with a commanding performance in the following session to lead a 1-2 for the he Scuderia on Fridays second practice for this weekends Australian Grand Prix, the 2007 Formula 1 season opener.Save

Raikkonen wins Formula One opener 
Winston-Salem Journal - Mar 18 10:12 PM
MELBOURNE, Australia Ferrari was a winner in its first race of the post-Schumacher era. Kimi Raikkonen won in his Ferrari debut, dominating the season-opening Australian Grand Prix yesterday for his 10th Formula One victory. Raikkonen started from pole poSave

Raikkonen wins 1st race for Ferrari 
AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 18 2:54 AM
Kimi Raikkonen won in his first race for Ferrari, dominating the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday for his 10th Formula One victory.Save

Winter sports all-league teams 
Orange County Register - Mar 28 12:37 PM
BOYS BASKETBALL ACADEMY LEAGUE MVP : Corey Fava (St. Margaret’s, Sr.) Coach of the Year : Billy Assaf (St. Margaret’s) First Team: Corey Fava (St. Margaret’s, Sr.); Tyler Stowers (St. Margaret’s, Jr.); Daniel Morrison (St. Margaret’s, Jr.); Matt Metcalfe (Brethren Christian, Sr.); Pat Healy (Brethren Christian, Sr.); Jamie McGee (Sage Hill, Jr.); Jamie Hernandez (Whitney, Sr.)|Save

Auto racing 
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Mar 22 2:35 AM
Site: Bristol, Tenn. Schedule: Friday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 3:30 p.m.); Sunday, race (FOX, 1:30 p.m.).Save

Finland’s Raikkonen wins Aust GP 
UPI - Mar 18 4:23 AM
Finland’s Kimi Raikkonen, driving a Ferrari, led from start to finish Sunday to win the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. The defending Formula-1 world …Save

Enough already 
The Canton Repository - Mar 18 11:35 PM
Cease and desist with this incessant talk about points three weeks into the NASCAR season.Save

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Just what the doctor ordered
GrandPrix.com – Button too was an early pit caller and Michael Schumacher joined him in pitlane after trying to stop himself being overtaken by Giancarlo Fisichella and tagging his front wing on the rear tyre of the Renault driver. Suddenly Michael was back to ninth

UNITED STATES GP – FRIDAY – PRACTICE SESSION 2 REPORT
GrandPrix.com – Third fastest was Giancarlo Fisichella of Renault, the fastest of the regular drivers, followed by Felipe Massa (Ferrari) and the impressive Swiss youngster Giorgio Mondini (MF1). Michael Schumacher was sixth ahead of Tiago Monteiro (MF1), Jenson

Raikkonen moves to the front
GrandPrix.com – Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time of the morning practice on Saturday in Melbourne, lapping the Albert Park circuit in 1m26.064s. He finished ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella’s Renault, which was four-tenths adrift and then the impressive

Feeder series analysis
F1 Central – Giancarlo Fisichella s team FMS have retained Jason Tahinci for 2007 and brought in former Jaguar and Williams F1 ace Antonio Pizzonia . Trident Racing have an all new to GP2 line-up of Kohei Hirate, who comes up from finishing third in the F3 Euro

A funny old world
GrandPrix.com – The poor performance of the Toyotas meant that Giancarlo Fisichella was able to make up for a poor first lap to move up from seventh at the end of the first lap to third by the end of the race. He gained one place from Michael’s retirement and two

Winds of change
Sports Illustrated – Familiar faces, familiar places: Veterans Felipe Massa , with Ferrari, Giancarlo Fisichella , with Renault, Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli , both with Toyota, David Coulthard , with Red Bull, Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello , with Honda and Nick

FRENCH GP – SUNDAY – RACE REPORT
GrandPrix.com – Giancarlo Fisichella was a lacklustre fifth while Pedro de la Rosa’s three-stop plan was hurt badly when he made a poor start. He came back to get two points but his car came to a smoky halt on the slowing down lap. The final point went to two

You’re better off red!
GrandPrix.com – And then eighth and ninth on the list were Giancarlo Fisichella and Fernando Alonso, just a tenth and a bit ahead of the Toro Rosso of Tonio Liuzzi. How can one explain such a situation. If it is down to tyres, how come fellow Michelin-users McLaren

JAPANESE GP – SATURDAY – TEAM QUOTES
GrandPrix.com – Giancarlo Fisichella (6th, 1:30.599): “We did all we could this afternoon in qualifying, we just needed more pace on one lap. The grip levels were not fantastic, which meant that the balance was a bit inconsistent – some high-speed understeer and

MALAYSIAN GP – SUNDAY – TEAM QUOTES
GrandPrix.com – Giancarlo Fisichella (1st): “It was a perfect race for me, but it was very tough physically and mentally. It was really, really hot out there and I began to feel it from mid-race onwards. I knew it would be hard but there was no choice but to push

Australian GP – Friday – Practice Session 2 Report
GrandPrix.com – Felipe Massa topped the timesheets at the end of the first day of testing in Melbourne, beating his Ferrari team mate Kimi Raikkonen. He was a tenth clear of F1 debutant Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren. Giancarlo Fisichella was fourth quickest despite

CHINESE GP – SUNDAY – RACE REPORT
GrandPrix.com – Giancarlo Fisichella could not keep up but was in the right place, running second and acting as a “rear-gunner” for his squadron leader. Initially Giancarlo’s rear mirrors were filled with the silver-grey presence of Kimi Raikkonen but after only 16

BRAZILIAN GP – FRIDAY – TEAM QUOTES
GrandPrix.com – Giancarlo Fisichella (12th, 1:14.053): “With difficult track conditions today, it was hard to put together the best lap straight away on new tyres. There is some work to do on the car balance as I had too much oversteer, especially in the second

Michael and Massa at the front
GrandPrix.com – United States Grand Prix continued with a decent crowd at the speedway and Ferrari coming to the fore with Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa dominating the times, a second clear of the rest who were headed on this occasion by Giancarlo Fisichella

SAN MARINO GP – SUNDAY – TEAM QUOTES
GrandPrix.com – Giancarlo Fisichella (8th): “This was a race to try and recover what happened in qualifying yesterday afternoon and I cannot be happy to finish eighth, but I still got into the points. The start was fantastic but I got crowded out as others drivers

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Raikkonen completes perfect weekend 
Miami Herald - Mar 17 10:33 PM
In his first start for Ferrari, Kimi Raikkonen won Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix Formula One opener at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Australia. The No.6 Ferrari driver crossed the finish line 7.2 seconds ahead of two-time defending champion Fernando Alonso.Save

Australian GP: Red Bull race notes 
Motorsport.com - Mar 17 11:42 PM
Despite a pre-race visit from Aussie diva Kylie Minogue, our duo definitely didn’t get to sing her biggest hit I should be so lucky in the first race of the season…Save

Australian GP: Red Bull preview 
Motorsport.com - Mar 08 2:11 PM
Yes, our Australian GP Preview headline rhymes, as do some of the poems and other items seen in this photo, all paying homage to our new driver Mark Webber.Save

F1: Ferrari Responds in Practice 2 
Speed TV - Mar 16 5:53 AM
After McLarens Fernando Alonso dominated a weather-affected Practice 1 in Melbourne, Ferraris Felipe Massa answered with a commanding performance in the following session to lead a 1-2 for the he Scuderia on Fridays second practice for this weekends Australian Grand Prix, the 2007 Formula 1 season opener.Save

Hill backs the Brits 
Motorsport.com - Mar 07 9:57 AM
BRDC (British Racing Drivers’ Club) President and 1996 Formula 1 World Champion, Damon Hill was at Silverstone this week (Tuesday 6 March) to lend his support to the circuit’s season-long ‘Back The Brits’ campaign, celebrating the fact that four British drivers will line up on the start grid at this year’s Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix (6-8 July 2007).Save

F1: Raikkonen Cruises to Melbourne Win 
Speed TV - Mar 17 10:23 PM
%s Fittingly for the man deemed Michael Schumachers successor at Ferrari, Kimi Raikkonen began his Scuderia career in dominating fashion, leading from lights to flag in the Australian Grand Prix season opener at Melbournes Albert Park circuit.Save

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What happened this week in Bahrain
GrandPrix.com – The pair were split by the BMW Sauber of Nick Heidfeld, apparently underlining the progress that the team has made in recent months. Kimi Raikkonen was next up in his Ferrari but his 1m30.534s was probably not the best time he could have managed. The

Raikkonen sets the pace on day two
Pitpass – Tomorrow, Nick Heidfeld is on duty. McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton took to the Sepang track for the first time today, as the Woking outfit continued with its programme. Hamilton continued with the work Pedro de la Rosa began on Tuesday, including tyre

Raikkonen claims pole for Ferrari
CNN – BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld shared the second row with McLaren’s 22-year-old British rookie Lewis Hamilton, who continued an outstanding weekend by qualifying fourth for his debut race. Ferrari’s Brazilian Felipe Massa, winner of the last grand prix of

SPANISH GP – SATURDAY – PRACTICE SESSION 3 REPORT
GrandPrix.com – The Saturday morning practice session in Barcelona was headed by Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari, which is not a surprise now and he had Giancarlo Fisichella right with him and Nick Heidfeld not far behind. The big surprise of the weekend has been the

BMW Sauber Sepang test notes
Motorsport.com – Programme: After some rain in the early morning the track dried out quickly but had lost some of its rubber and grip developed during the first two days of testing. After 35 laps on used tyres at 12:00 hrs an oil leak caused a fire on Nick Heidfeld’s

EUROPEAN GP – SUNDAY – RACE INCIDENTS
GrandPrix.com – Next up is Jacques Villeneuve with a very fast-starting Nick Heidfeld, up from 13th to ninth. There is a mess in the midfield as Ralf Schumacher tags Tonio Liuzzi and the Italian spins across the road into David Coulthard’s Red Bull. In the sort-out

Australian GP – Friday – Team Quotes
GrandPrix.com – Nick Heidfeld (5th, 1:27.970): “I’m happy so far with the first day of the 2007 season. It looks like we have been able to confirm the positive impressions we had from our testing. In the morning the car was good in the rain, while in the afternoon

Kimi by a country mile
GrandPrix.com – Nick Heidfeld was sixth and there was a surprise to see local hero Mark Webber next in the Red Bull, a great effort considering that David Coulthard ended the session being one of the six cars that failed to make the cut. There was rejoicing down at

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Australian GP: Williams race notes
Motorsport.com – Alex Wurz’s race was prematurely curtailed when he was hit by David Coulthard eight laps from the finish, but the Austrian driver was unhurt in the incident. Nico Rosberg : 7th “I wasn’t perhaps expecting today would turn out so well, but I started

You’re better off red!
GrandPrix.com – In the race he tangled with David Coulthard on the first lap. Then he got busted for speeding in the pitlane and ended up ninth. And all of this opened the way for Michael and Felipe to appear to have an amazing dominance. “We have had a superb weekend

Newey calls for patience
Planet F1 – Despite these improvements Mark Webber and David Coulthard struggled Melbourne. The one-time Williams and McLaren designer insists that it will take time before RBR finds itself further up the field.. “We’ve grown rapidly already,” he said. “Now we

Auto Racing: URC sprint cars ready to hit the road
1960 Sun – David Coulthard and Alexander Wurz had a frightening encounter on lap 49. Coulthard s left front wheel went over Wurz s right rear wheel. Coulthard went airborne and the bottom of his car missed Wurz s helmet by just inches. Neither driver was

Formula One 2007 team-by-team outlook
ESPN.com – After two trying years at Williams, Mark Webber moves to Red Bull where he partners David Coulthard who is now in his third season with the team. Prospects Cars designed by Newey won the Indianapolis 500s in 1984, 1985 and 1986, a variety of sports

EUROPEAN GP – SUNDAY – RACE INCIDENTS
GrandPrix.com – There is a mess in the midfield as Ralf Schumacher tags Tonio Liuzzi and the Italian spins across the road into David Coulthard’s Red Bull. In the sort-out which follows Mark Webber goes from 19th on the grid to 12th and Takuma Sato is up from 20th

Raikkonen on top in testing
Ireland On-Line – Ferrari s Kimi Raikkonen was back on top in testing today as David Coulthard finally gave his Red Bull team reason to cheer. On the second of three days of testing at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia ahead of next weekend s grand prix at the venue

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Renault ponders lack of performance 
Motorsport.com - Mar 20 8:18 AM
As expected, Ferrari and McLaren were the leaders of the pack in the 2007 season opener at Melbourne but reigning constructors’ champions Renault struggled for competitiveness.Save

GP2: Pizzonia Leads Barcelona Day One 
Speed TV - Mar 08 1:38 PM
Formula 1 and Champ Car veteran Antonio Pizzonia edged another man with a similar resume, Timo Glock, in this weeks first day of GP2 Series testing in Barcelonas Circuit de Catalunya.Save

Plenty of changes in Formula One 
SportingNews.com - Mar 07 2:16 PM
No Michael Schumacher. A laid-back Kimi Raikkonen in bright red. Fernando Alonso and Ron Dennis toge…Save

Massa unbeatable on last day at Bahrain 
Motorsport.com - Mar 01 11:12 AM
March 1st was the last day of testing at Bahrain at Felipe Massa proved unbeatable this week with the fastest time on all three days of the test. The Ferrari man clocked 1:29.989 on Thursday — an unofficial lap record — and teammate Kimi Raikkonen was fourth fastest.Save

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Schumacher wins again, Speed slowed & stopped
Manteca Bulletin – Schumacher was followed by Felipe Massa for a 1-2 Ferrari finish. Afterward, Schumacher picked up his teammate and tossed him in the air, waving his arms like a maestro as the crowd sang along with the German anthem. He leaped to the top step of the

Australian GP – Friday – Team Quotes
GrandPrix.com – Felipe Massa (1st, 1:27.353): “It was a good day. We did a good job of comparing the two types of dry weather tyre and this morning we also got the opportunity to run in the wet, which led us to see that the balance of the F2007 is pretty good. This

Raikkonen Dominates Malaysian Testing
Sportnetwork.net – This was a 1:35.268, the fastest time of the test so far. Ferrari’s pace should be most distressing for the other teams, as if Ferrari is fast now in Malaysia, they will likely also be for the race on the 8th. Felipe Massa continues testing at Sepang

Raikkonen quickest on second day at Sepang
Motorsport.com – second day of the test Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was the quickest of the 13 drivers on the time sheet. The Finn clocked 1:35.258 while working on set up for the Malaysian Grand Prix, along with aerodynamic and electronic tests. Teammate Felipe Massa

Day in pictures
BBC News – Athenians get their first look at an ancient Macedonian gold funerary wreath which has just been returned to Greece by F1 driver Felipe Massa’s Ferrari kicks up a cloud of mist during a test session on Malaysia’s Sepang race track.

Australian GP: Bridgestone race notes
Motorsport.com – Felipe Massa (Ferrari) started from the back of the grid after an engine and gearbox change and employed a one pitstop strategy to work through the field to finish in sixth position. Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) finished in seventh with Ralf

BRAZILIAN GP – SUNDAY – RACE REPORT
GrandPrix.com – And that was what Felipe Massa was thinking about in the hours before the race. The last time a Brazilian won the Brazilian Grand Prix was in 1993 when Senna won an astonishing victory – as he often used to do. “It has been 13 years that a Brazilian

EUROPEAN GP – SUNDAY – RACE INCIDENTS
GrandPrix.com – * Lap 1: At the start of the race Fernando Alonso maintains his advantage over Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa with Jenson Button taking fourth and Kimi Raikkonen fifth. Jarno Trulli grabs sixth while Rubens Barrichello drops back from fourth to

SAN MARINO GP – SUNDAY – TEAM QUOTES
GrandPrix.com – However I got stuck behind Felipe Massa and to overtake here at Imola is virtually impossible as we could see in the race today. We can leave Imola with some points which is important and I now look forward to the next race in Germany.” Ron Dennis

What happened this week in Bahrain
GrandPrix.com – What emerged in Bahrain is that Ferrari still seems to be at the front Felipe Massa set the best lap times on each of the three days and ended up with a best of 1m29.989s. That was four-tenths of a second ahead of Renault’s Heikki Kovalainen, who

CHINESE GP – SUNDAY – RACE REPORT
GrandPrix.com – Mark Webber in the Williams had two spins along the way but took a point for eighth while Coulthard survive an assault from Massa to finish ninth. For Felipe it was a horrible day. Having started the weekend with a 10-place penalty on the grid, he

No Schumacher, and plenty of other changes in ’07
MSNBC – Raikkonen and Felipe Massa have been consistently at the top of testing during the last two months, including last week’s final test in Bahrain, site of the third race of the season. Most of the drivers were out for that test, and Ferrari was first

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Raikkonen wins Aussie GP in Ferrari debut 
Sports Illustrated - Mar 18 7:41 AM
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Ferrari was a winner in its first race of the post-Schumacher era.Save

BMW Sauber Sepang test notes 2007-03-28 
Motorsport.com - Mar 28 5:01 AM
Programme: Like yesterday, Robert Kubica covered more laps than anybody else and enabled the BMW Sauber F1 Team to tick off many more points from its to do list.Save

F1: Hamilton Tops Rain-Affected Sepang Day Three 
Speed TV - Mar 29 5:15 AM
A weather-affected third day of Formula 1 testing at Malaysias Sepang circuit means nine of the ten teams in action (all bar Toro Rosso) will carry on working for an extra day tomorrow.Save

Australian GP: BMW Sauber preview 
Motorsport.com - Mar 09 5:41 AM
Following intensive track testing at Valencia, Barcelona, Jerez and Bahrain, the BMW Sauber F1.07 is now set for its first race of the year.Save

Hamilton fastest in testing session for Malaysian GP 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 29 7:44 AM
Rookie pilot Lewis Hamilton drove the fastest lap Thursday in wet conditions on the third day of testing for the Formula One Malaysia Grand Prix.Save

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Raikkonen wins Australian GP on Ferrari debut 
SportingNews.com - Mar 17 10:02 PM
MELBOURNE, Australia — Ferrari was a winner in its first race of the post-Schumacher era. Kimi Raik…Save

Monterey County Science Fair awards 
The Monterey County Herald - Mar 26 3:14 AM
Grand prize Andrew Durkee, York School. First runner-up Jimin Sung, North Monterey High SchoolSave

All-state high school boys basketball teams 
The Beatrice Daily Sun - Mar 28 7:41 AM
COLUMBUS, Neb. – The Associated Press All-State Boys Basketball Teams for all six classes. First and second team listings include name, school, height and grade:Save

EuroTrash Thursday! 
PezCycling News - Mar 22 4:53 AM
Milan San Remo This Saturday! One of the best classics of the year is only a couple of sleeps away people!Save

F1: Raikkonen Takes Dominant Melbourne Pole 
Speed TV - Mar 16 9:38 PM
All through winter testing, it was Felipe Massa who grabbed most headlines for Ferrari, but when the time came for the green flag to drop and the B.S. stop, new Scuderia driver Kimi Raikkonen made justice to his unofficial role of Michael Schumachers successor, taking pole for the opening race of the 2007 season and of his Ferrari career.Save

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Kimi quickest in Sepang testing
Beeld – Rookie McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton, impressive in his debut Formula One drive with a podium finish behind reigning world champion Fernando Alonso, struggled with his testing on the Sepang Circuit here. Hamilton came out sixth fastest with a time

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College basketball, hockey, high school basketball 
The Toledo Blade - Mar 19 3:36 AM
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Formula for change 
San Diego Union-Tribune - Mar 15 3:05 AM
March 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE): Hard to imagine a Formula One season opening without Michael Schumacher. But that is what will happen Saturday night in Melbourne, Australia. After 16 seasons, Formula One goes on without seven-time world champion Schumacher, whose 91 career wins and 148 poles are but two of the records he holds.Save

Scoreboard 
The Appleton Post-Crescent - Mar 19 2:34 AM
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The fearless Columbian 
Southeast Missourian - Mar 06 5:05 AM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Juan Pablo Montoya is an aggressive, fearless driver — always has been, always will be. If that wasn’t clear before he came to NASCAR late last season, it certainly is now….Save

Australian GP: Bridgestone race notes 
Motorsport.com - Mar 18 12:27 AM
Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) won the ING Australian Grand Prix, the first race of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship. Raikkonen led the race for 52 of the 58 lap race which was run under blue skies at Albert Park.Save

Plenty of changes in Formula One 
SportingNews.com - Mar 07 2:16 PM
No Michael Schumacher. A laid-back Kimi Raikkonen in bright red. Fernando Alonso and Ron Dennis toge…Save

Massa fastest on Australian GP Friday 
Motorsport.com - Mar 15 9:41 PM
The second free practice for the Australian Grand Prix was a slightly less damp affair and at the end of it Ferrari’s Felipe Massa was the fastest man of the day. The Brazilian clocked 1:27.353, just under two seconds quicker than McLaren’s Fernando Alonso in the morning.Save

F1: Toyota Completes Jerez Test 
Speed TV - Mar 09 5:23 AM
The only manufacturer Formula 1 team with pre-Melbourne test days left after the Bahrain group tests of two weeks ago, Toyota fired its final rounds during a two-day testing program at Spains Jerez de la Frontera circuit this week.Save

Raikkonen Wins Australian Grand Prix on Ferrari Debut (Update1) 
Bloomberg.com - Mar 18 12:14 AM
March 18 (Bloomberg) — Kimi Raikkonen, making his debut for Ferrari, won the Australian Grand Prix as Formula One’s post- Michael Schumacher era began with a third-place finish for Lewis Hamilton, the sport’s first black driver.Save

Hamilton top in mixed conditions at Sepang 
Motorsport.com - Mar 29 7:00 AM
The third day of testing at the Sepang circuit proved to be a tricky one as mixed conditions interfered with work programmes. Overnight rain meant the track was wet in the morning and although it dried out for a while, a further downpour in the afternoon frustrated the teams again.Save

Aggressive move was vintage Montoya 
Winston-Salem Journal - Mar 05 9:28 PM
CHARLOTTE Juan Pablo Montoya is an aggressive, fearless driver – always has been, always will be. If that wasn’t clear before he came to NASCAR late last season, it certainly is now. Montoya lived up to his reputation in Mexico City, making a rSave

F1: Hamilton Tops Rain-Affected Sepang Day Three 
Speed TV - Mar 29 5:15 AM
A weather-affected third day of Formula 1 testing at Malaysias Sepang circuit means nine of the ten teams in action (all bar Toro Rosso) will carry on working for an extra day tomorrow.Save

Australian GP: Toyota Friday practice notes 
Motorsport.com - Mar 16 12:27 AM
The 2007 Formula One season began today for Panasonic Toyota Racing with a rain-affected day of practice for the Australian Grand Prix. This year Friday free practice has been extended to two 90-minute sessions so there was extra time for the drivers to get a feel for the TF107.Save

Toyota Sepang test notes 2007-03-28 
Motorsport.com - Mar 28 5:00 AM
Panasonic Toyota Racing resumed preparations for the Malaysian Grand Prix with the second day of testing at the Sepang circuit, near Kuala Lumpur. After putting the TF107 through its paces on day one, Franck Montagny stepped aside for Ralf Schumacher to take over driving duties today.Save

Raikkonen clinches opening victory 
CNN.com - Mar 18 9:37 AM
MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters) — Finland’s Kimi Raikkonen made a triumphant start to his Ferrari career with a pole-to-flag victory in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.Save

Auto Racing: URC sprint cars ready to hit the road 
Delaware County Times - Mar 29 12:13 AM
The 60th season of United Racing Company (URC) racing is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. April 14 at Bridgeport Speedway. The URC is the oldest traveling sprint-car racing organization in the U.S. The powerful winged sprint cars offer fast, exciting action on dirt tracks throughout the Northeast. Sliding sideways through turns and rocketing down the straightaways, the URC sprints are exciting to …Save

Montoya accused of nasty driving 
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Mar 06 1:54 AM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Juan Pablo Montoya is an aggressive, fearless driver – always has been, always will be.Save

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Raikkonen gives Ferrari dominant Aussie win 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 18 12:14 AM
Finland’s Kimi Raikkonen gave Ferrari early season ascendancy with a stroll around Albert Park to win his first Australian Grand Prix in the season-opener here Sunday.Save

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Motor Sports Beat: Racing’s ‘minors’ set to resume
Sacramento Bee – HDNet will broadcast the race at 7:30 p.m. “We’re excited,” said team owner Bill Moses has been racing all through the ranks — sprint cars, go-carts, Formula Ford More than 1,000 people turned out for Medlen’s memorial service Wednesday in

COLUMN – Cows are a vanishing species in F1
Reuters India – Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:37 AM IST LONDON (Reuters) – Few Formula One teams or sponsors will be too dismayed if this year about travelling to the geographical heart of the country in a flippant race

This Week In Auto Racing March 30 – April 1
ABC News 4 Charleston – This Week In Auto Racing March 30 – April 1 Sports Network) – The first race with NASCAR ( website – news ) ‘s Car of Radio Indy 300 as easily as Schumacher and Ferrari used to dominate Formula One

Altamont Motorsports Park Announces Diverse, Exciting 2007 Event
Forbes – Racing action returns, better than ever, for the 2007 Race Season, starting this Western Late Model, American Limited, Grand American Modified, Pro-Truck and Formula-4 this year, including international competition events scheduled with D-1 and

Sepang test raises Kovalainen’s spirits
Boston Globe – after a disappointing race debut in Australia with the fastest time in testing at Malaysia’s Sepang circuit on Friday. The Finn, who has replaced double world champion Fernando Alonso at the Formula One team, lapped in an unofficial time of 1:35

Valencia unfurls a new look to host the America’s Cup
USA Today – Over the next three months, an estimated 1 million spectators will converge here to watch the aquatic equivalent of Formula 1 race cars test their mettle in the first European staging of the America’s Cup since the initial race off Britain’s Isle of

Muslim 52%, Buddhist 17%, Taoist 12%, Christian 8%, Tribal 2%
Formula 1 – France 1 July in 1998 and, so good were its facilities, it became the inspiration for all of Formula All tickets are competitively priced in an effort to make the race as affordable as

Arab leaders offer Israel hand of peace
Gulf Times – strategic option for the Arab nation in accordance with the Arab peace initiative based on the land for peace formula The summit communique warned of the danger of a nuclear arms race in the region, though it also stressed the right of every

Montoya’s victory raises a few questions
Associated Press – race in the elite Formula One Formula One, only a few teams spend enough money to have a serious chance to win races. For the rest of the drivers, beating their teammate is their No. 1 goal on Sunday. — Q: What’s it like to watch a NASCAR race en

UK: Mansell instructs young racers at Brands Hatch
Motorsport.com – the exclusive bus trip involved a 45 minute lesson from the former Formula One World Champion, who was handing out lines of a different kind in the form of race tips on how to tackle the Indy circuit, which the young drivers face in Rounds 1 and 2 of

Pre-race demonstration run for BMW Sauber
Formula 1 – France 1 July Pre-race demonstration run for BMW Sauber BMW colleagues in the historic old town and will demonstrate the team s 2007 Formula

Don’t try racing to ‘test’ circuit
Electric New Paper – NOW that you know the proposed track layout, you may think it is all right to try a few ‘practice runs’. But before you want to emulate MichaelSchumacher, stop! Speeding on public roads is dangerous, said race experts. Formula 1 drivers can go fast

Round Nine
F1 Central – After a month long break, A1GP action return this weekend at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City F1 Australia 2007 Event Information Circuit Information F1 Profiles Teams Drivers Motorsport A1GP GP2 Shopping Formula 1 Sports F1 Fun F1 Race Driver Quiz

F1: Hamilton fastest in wet
Beeld – fastest lap on Thursday in wet conditions on the third day of testing for the Formula The 22-year-old, who finished third in his debut race this month, blew the engine at Red Bull, was second fastest two-tenths off Hamilton’s pace with a time of 1

First street race of the season brings new challenges
ESPN.com – of the Indy Racing League because it hosted the series’ first-ever non-oval race in The 1.8-mile street course utilizes runways on the Albert Whitted Airport to within walking distance of downtown hotels, restaurants and shopping, a formula

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