festivals of speed - orlando

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WE MISS YANN

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I'd love to write about all the crazy antics leading up to this past Sunday's Festivals of Speed event in Orlando, but various non-disclosure and non-compete forms prevent me from doing so.

Really.

CLICK HERE to see more pics at the Flickr site.

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EDIT: SAME DAY

Same event, for-real photographer.

all-star classic results

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Turns out, the Stars of Karting All-Star event at last weekend's PRI show wasn't about Speed ... and wasn't about Andretti, Almendinger, or Eddie Lawson, either! Final results below.

1. 95 Michael Valiante
2. 151 Gary Carlton
3. 1 Buddy Rice
4. 84 AJ Allmendinger
5. 6 Tyler Dueck
6. 26 Jamie McMurray
7. 39 Christian Fitipaldi
8. 14 Joel Miller
9. 29 Phil Giebler
10. 401 Josef Newgarden
11. 7 Bryan Herta
12. 13 Heath Voss
13. 8 Nelson Phillippe
14. 459 Ron Capps
15. 1 Matt Jaskol
16. 92 David Jurca
17. 11 Jan Heylen
18. 26X Marco Andretti
19. 3 Eddie Lawson
20. 99 Steve Johnson

all-star classic is not about speed

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It seems like Scott and Alex Speed are going to have some company at this year's Stars of Karting All-Star Classic. SOK series president Paul Zalud sent out a press release last week announcing that the Speed brothers would be the hot shoes at next month's Classic (to be run in conjunction with the annual PRI show in Orlando, FL), and followed up that release with a more complete list of "celebrity drivers".

That list is a virtual who's-who of young American aces, and includes Marco Andretti (shown above, in a photo from this year's Indy 500), John Andretti (Indy/NASCAR), Jamie McMurray (NASCAR), A.J. Allmendinger (NASCAR), Bryan Herta (Indy, ALMS), Buddy Rice (Grand-Am), and Moto GP legend Eddie Lawson.

The smart money may still be on Scott Speed to win it, but alot of the smart money was on Lewis Hamilton a few weeks back - and that sound his transmission made in Brazil sounded an awful lot like choking to me. I have Marco winning, followed by Lawson.

all-star classic is all about speed

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Scott Speed, America's most recent F1 hope and ex-Scuderia ToroRosso driver is headlining this year's IRL Stars of Karting All Star Classic in Orlando, FL. Scotty boy will be racing in the Masters class, alongside his brother Alex (a star in his own right) and ChampCar driver Jan Heylen.

Stars of Karting Series President Paul Zalud seems pretty excited to bring the Speed brothers to O-town. "We have been fortunate to see both Scott and Alex succeed in our series, and make their mark as the dominant drivers of their era in karting. Personally, I have taken a lot of satisfaction watching Scott rise up to Formula One ... it will be great to see them be a part of this high-profile event."

The IRL Snap-On Stars of Karting All Star Classic will be run December 6th at Orlando's Orange County Convention Center.