Here is the list of top ten fastest NASCAR race tracks
1. Texas Motor Speedway
Track - Texas Motor Speedway
Driver - Brian Vickers
Speed - 196.235 MPH
2. Atlanta Motor Speedway
Track – Atlanta Motor Speedway
Driver – Ryan Newman
Speed – 194.690 MPH
3. Michigan Speedway
Track – Michigan Speedway
Driver – Ryan Newman
Speed – 194.232 MPH
4. Lowes Motor Speedway
Track – Lowes Motor Speedway
Driver – Elliott Sadler
Speed – 193.216 MPH
5. Talladega Superspeedway
Track – Talladega Superspeedway
Driver – David Gilliland
Speed – 191.712 MPH
6. Daytona International Speedway
Track – Daytona International Speedway
Driver – Dale Jarrett
Speed – 191.091 MPH
7. California Speedway
Track – California Speedway
Driver – Kyle Busch
Speed – 188.245 MPH
8. Chicagoland Speedway
Track – Chicagoland Speedway
Driver – Jimmie Johnson
Speed – 188.147 MPH
9. Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Track – Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Driver – Casey Mears
Speed – 186.293 MPH
10. Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Track – Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Driver – Kyle Busch
Speed – 185.995 MPH
These track speeds were set after the year 2000 when NASCAR had changed the rules of keeping speed limits down to ensure safety. There are speeds set above 200 MPH before the year 2000.
Monday, December 7, 2009
TOP 10 RACE TRACKS
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Abu Dhabi Race Track
Certain facts about the circuit..
TRACK LENGTH & WIDTH
Track Length (centre line): 5.555 Km
Track Length (ideal line): 5.491 Km
Track Width: 12 m - 16 m
Start / Finish Straight Width: 15 m
SPEED CALCULATION
Acceleration Sections (>500m): 4
Longest Acceleration Section: 1173m
Estimated Top Speed (F1 in front of turn 8): 317 Km/h
Estimated Lap Time (F1): 1 min : 40 sec
The total project area accounts to 162 Hectares (approx). The circuit is built in such a way that two race events can be held simultaneosly without any disturbance between two tracks or can be combined to form a single circuit track. The north circuit is 3.15km long whereas the south circuit is only 2.36km long. The entire track is 5.6km long.
FIFA PLAYER LIST
FIFA Football Committee has shortlisted 23 men for this year's accolade. The winner will be announced on 21st December.
Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Kaka of Brazil, who were the last two winners of the World Player of the Year award, have been shortlisted for this year's honour.
The players shortlisted are -
1. Lionel Messi (Argentina)
2. Diego (Brazil)
3. Kaka (Brazil)
4. Luis Fabiano (Brazil)
5. Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon)
6. Frank Lampard (England)
7. John Terry (England)
8. Steve Gerrard (England)
9. Wayne Rooney (England)
10. Franck Ribery (France)
11. Thierry Henry (France)
12. Michael Ballack (Germany)
13. Michael Essien (Ghana)
14. Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)
15. Didier Drogba (Ovory Coast)
16. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
17. Andres Iniesta (Spain)
18. Carles Puyol (Spain)
19. David Villa (Spain)
20. Fernando Torres (Spain)
21. Iker Casillas (Spain)
22. Xavi (Spain)
23. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden)
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Revival of Indian Hockey
India is one of the premier hockey playing nations and India’s national sports. Eight time Olympic gold medallist, India, had failed to qualify for the Beijing Games last year. This was the first time since 1928 when field hockey was introduced as a medal sport. With this regard, Australian foreign minister said that Australia will train promising India field hockey players to enable the beleaguered former champions regain their old glory.
Minister Stephen Smith said, “All hockey playing nations, including Australia, want India to return to its historic place as a great hockey playing nation.” He announced the establishment of the ‘Australia-India Council Hockey Scholarships’ for young players and coaches. Three scholarships will be given every year to one male player, one female player and one coach. They will train at the AIS elite national hockey program in Perth.
ICC World Cup 2011
ICC World Cup 2011 will be jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. India will be hosting 29 games at 8 different venues. Sri Lanka will host 12 and rest of the eight matches will be hosted by Bangladesh. The eight venues which will host the matches in India are Mumbai, Mohali, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Nagpur and Kolkata.
The final match will be played in Mumbai while the semi-finals will be played in Mohali and Sri Lanka. One of the Quarterfinal will be hosted in Ahmedabad while others will be hosted in other nations. Other venues like Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Nagpur and Kolkata will host one India game and three other games each. Number of matches to be held in India has increased because of the reason that games scheduled in Pakistan were shifted.
Sandeep Patil
Age – 53 years ( 18 August 1956 )
Represented India from 1980 to 1986
Batting style - Right-hand batsman
Bowling style - Right-arm medium
Test Career:
Matches Played – 29
Batting:
Runs Scored – 1588
High Score – 174
Average – 36.93
100’s – 4
50’s – 7
Bowling:
Balls Bowled - 645
Wickets - 9
Average - 26.66
ODI Career:
Matches Played – 45
Batting:
Runs Scored – 1005
High Score – 84
Average – 24.51
Strike Rate – 82.17
100’s – 0
50’s – 9
Bowling:
Balls Bowled - 864
Wickets - 15
Average - 39.26
(Standing L -> R) PR ManSingh (manager), Yashpal Sharma, Kris Srikkanth, Balwinder Sandhu, Ravi Shastri,Sandeep Patil, Roger Binny, Sunil Valson, (Sitting L -> R) Dilip Vengsarkar, SyedKirmani, Kapil Dev, Mohinder Amarnath, Sunil Gavaskar, Madan Lal
Coaching:
• Coached India A team in the year 1995
• Assisted Ajit Wadekar during 2006 World Cup
• Coached Kenya for almost 5 years during which Kenya reached semi-final stage ( 2003 WC).
• Returned as Coach to India A in the year 2004
• Coached Oman in the year 2004
• Joined ICL and coached Mumbai Champs in the year 2007
Sandeep Patil - The New NCA Director
The former India player, Sandeep Patil, has been appointed as the Coaching Director of the National Cricket Academy (NCA). He seeks this post as a replacement to Australian Dav Whatmore who quit the post after being hired by Kolkata Knight Riders, an IPL franchise representing Kolkata.
The 53-year-old attacking batsman is set take charge from 1st November. In relation with this, Mr. Patil told," I feel as if I am making my debut again. There are so many emotions and ideas in my mind. When I finished my 25 minute meeting with Mr. Shetty, there was first a feeling of enormous elation. Nervousness has replaced that. I have butterflies in my tummy now”.
Sandeep Patil has coached India A in 1995 and was assistant to Ajit Wadekar during 2006 World Cup.
