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Tarah Gieger – Enough Said
by Girls Riders Organization, Inc.
posted April 6, 2010 at 4:58pm

If you don’t know Tarah Gieger, you should. Her sponsors include Yamaha, Red Bull, Von Zipper, Etnies, Alpinestars, Troy Lee and many more. Her achievements list is even longer. Check out her team pages or become a fan on Facebook. Looking forward t...more

Laier takes first WMX heat win of 2010 at Sevlievo
by Pretty Tough
posted April 4, 2010 at 8:51am

Round one of the FIM Women’s World Championship started today from the Bulgarian race track of Sevlievo where Larissa Papenmeier took the pole and defending Champion Stephanie Laier won the opening heat. After clocking the pole Teka Suzuki Europe Worl...more

Q & A with Sherri Cruse
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted March 24, 2010 at 10:15am

by : Miki Keller <a href="http://www.dylamagazine.com/feature/q-sherri-cruse"><img src="http://www.dylamagazine.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/Headline_420_300/images/HEADLINE_Sherri-Cruse.jpg" alt="" ti...more

You can’t always win, but you can learn. Best lesson: Annika or Danica?
by Fair Game News
posted March 12, 2010 at 6:31pm

By Laura Pappano Obviously Danica Patrick struggled in her NASCAR debut. After finishing 6th in the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200, a race to “get comfortable,” she crashed at the Daytona International Speedway (finishing 35 out of 43 drivers), finished 3...more

IndyCar first: four women to start in season opener
by Athletic Women Blog
posted March 12, 2010 at 6:08pm

The inaugural Sao Paulo Indy 300 will mark several firsts, mainly of interest only to avid Indy-race fans, but one in particular grabbed my attention: this will be the first time that four women have started an IndyCar race. Methinks IndyCar is entitled ...more

GameOn Podcast: Sarah Fisher & Patrick Pho, the Sequel
by GoGameFace: Watch Sports Like a Girl
posted March 10, 2010 at 8:36pm

The ladies of GameOn continue to be star-struck this week, as they recap the Oscars, Fantasy Football-style, with regular contributor Patrick Pho. We talk about the top three headline stories from this year's Oscars, and ponder his next obsession: Fan...more

Danica Patrick designs new Hot Wheels car
by Pretty Tough
posted February 27, 2010 at 8:50pm

Patrick unveiled a sketch of her “Danicar” February 6th, 2010 at the Daytona International Speedway while announcing Hot Wheels return to NASCAR through a partnership with JR Motorsports . The custom die-cast vehicle was co-designed with the Hot Whee...more

Kawasaki’s Green Goes Pink
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted February 21, 2010 at 11:18am

by : Jenna Goldberg We all love action sports, and sometimes that passion drives us to do challenging and borderline- psychotic things. Take for instance, running a 24-hour motocross marathon, helping riders of all ages to learn to ride a dirt bike, ...more

Danica Patrick wrecks in first NASCAR race
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 15, 2010 at 11:56am

Danica Patrick crashed her GoDaddy car Saturday in a 12-car pileup in her first NASCAR race. She was not injured. Call me uninformed about race car driving – really, you should – but I had no idea she wasn’t racing NASCAR yet. I could blame it on a...more

Danica Patrick joins the celebrity fragrance circuit
by A Glam Slam
posted January 8, 2010 at 2:23pm

IndyCar driver, Danica Patrick, recently announced that she will be joining the NASCAR racing circuit. But it’s not only her racing that fans have to look forward to, as Patrick is also on track to launch her own fragrance this year. SA Fragrances, an ...more

Miss New Years. No Limits? No Problem!
by Westbound Boarder
posted January 6, 2010 at 5:07pm

This New Year’s Eve, Red Bull’s New Year. No Limits. where Travis Pastrana jumped 269ft. (a world record) in a rally car, was the event everyone, and I mean everyone, was talking about. (Yes, when my mom asks me if I saw “that guy in the car thing...more

Start the New Year with Red Bull
by Westbound Boarder
posted December 29, 2009 at 1:27pm

Don’t have plans this New Year? No bother, because Red Bull and sponsored athlete Travis Pastrana are bringing you something special: Red Bull: New Year. No Limits. This New Year’s Eve, Travis will attempt to break the world record for car distanc...more

Ashley Fiolek set to race in Europe again
by Pretty Tough
posted December 28, 2009 at 3:34pm

Following their successful 2009 campaign, LS Motors-Honda today announced their Belgian team is proud to continue its partnership with America’s leading lady of MX: Ashley Fiolek. Fiolek (19) herself enjoyed an outstanding season on the Honda CRF250R. ...more

New Feature: AIM HIGH book
by Horsepower & Heels
posted December 11, 2009 at 3:27pm

A few months back, I had the wonderful honor of being interviewed by book author Laura Contreras-Rowe for a book project she was working on called AIM HIGH: Extraordinary Stories of Hispanic and Latina Women. The interviewed lasted hours, where I talke...more

Hoping Danica Patrick doesn't regret this
by Women's Sports Blog
posted December 9, 2009 at 1:59pm

None of the reasons for Danica to eschew a Nascar deal have changed since April. I still think it's a terrible mistake, and that she will face an audience and colleagues who are more hostile than she expects in a driving environment too unfamiliar for h...more

A whole lot of head-shaking sport news
by One Sport Voice
posted December 9, 2009 at 1:15pm

I’ve purposely stayed out of commenting about Tiger Woods. It’s just low hanging fruit. What is left to say? But I will say the most interesting thing to me is that everyone is shocked that a golfer could behave so badly–especially Tiger Woods. ...more

Sporty Saturday Spotlight: Drag Racer Cyndee Schwarz
by Pretty Tough
posted November 14, 2009 at 2:08pm

This Saturday the sporty spotlight shines bright on 2006 Queen of the Track, Cyndee Schwartz. Check out Cyndee’s sensational interview below where she shares how she stays balanced, her thoughts on winning, and much, much more. Name: Cyndee Schwar...more

Inspiration and feeling blessed
by Horsepower & Heels
posted November 6, 2009 at 8:00pm

Its easy to lose perspective when we get wrapped up in daily life.Lately, I've been in the dumps about the state of my racing program and my extended sidelined status. I know that its been tough for a lot of folks with the current economic situation, and ...more

Pro Mod now NHRA Professional Category
by Horsepower & Heels
posted November 4, 2009 at 8:18pm

The long, hard fought battle has finally been won.For 9 long years, Pro Mod racers have begged, pleaded, borrowed and stole to gain the acceptance of the NHRA as a professional category, only to be shunned aside as a mere exhibition class. Popular across ...more

Racing: US National history tarnished
by Horsepower & Heels
posted September 10, 2009 at 11:21am

The Big GO is to drag racing what the Daytona 500 and the Indy 500 are to our roundy-round companions in racing. It is the single biggest weekend of the season, and one where tradition and competition run second only to emotion of the participants.One of ...more

Guest on Pit Crew Conversations BlogTalk Radio
by Horsepower & Heels
posted August 5, 2009 at 8:30pm

Today, I had the pleasure of being a guest on Parent Driven School's Pit Crew Conversation Blog Talk Radio Show.Parent Driven Schools is an organization that believes parents are the solution to the education crisis in our country. The group gives parents...more

Fiolek's ride for gold
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 5, 2009 at 3:19pm

Here's the vid from Ashley Fiolek's gold medal performance in Super X. As a young, deaf athlete she's been getting a gratifying amount of sports press this week. My own aesthetics are not really geared toward motocross, especially at the expense of th...more

X Games: Ashley Fiolek wins women’s moto X
by Pretty Tough
posted August 3, 2009 at 12:33pm

X Games Women's Moto Medalists: Elizabeth Bash, Ashley Fiolek, Jessica Patterson If it seems like the X Games are all about testosterone driven events, that may be changing. With riders like Ashley Fiolek, Jessica Patterson and Elizabeth Bash taking to...more

Women’s Moto X Photo Journal
by Pretty Tough
posted August 3, 2009 at 12:13pm

Women's Moto X Medalists: Elizabeth Bash, Ashley Fiolek & Jessica Patterson Ashley Fiolek edges Jessica Patterson at X Games Moto X Ashley Fiolek (67) Women’s Moto X Jessica Patterson (250) Women's Moto X Jessica Patterson (250) Women's...more

Twitter for the Racing Crowd
by Horsepower & Heels
posted July 21, 2009 at 7:14pm

One of my favorite social networking tools is Twitter. I've been using it for a couple of years now, and although I first thought it was rather odd and didn't "get it", I've realized the myriad of different usages for the service, and how they can be cust...more

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