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		<title>Did The Right Guy Win?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ll start this post with a full disclosure. I’m a Lewis Hamilton fan. I’ve been aware of Lewis for years, watching his rise through the ranks via the pages of the specialist racing media, and watching him race on TV whenever I got the chance. He reminded me of the days I spent watching the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dario&#8217;s Return</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I almost danced for joy when I read the report on the Autosport website earlier today that Dario Franchitti is to return to IndyCar racing with Chip Ganassi&#8217;s team.
I never really understood his move to NASCAR and while I wished him the best, I am overjoyed to see that he is returning to open wheel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phil Hill (1927-2008)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday when I first heard of the passing of Phil Hill, the first American to win the F1 World Championship, I posted a quick note of appreciation on my personal blog, in which I said I&#8217;d write a fuller tribute later.
I&#8217;ve sat down to write that entry here on The Speed Blog at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Driver Rankings &#8211; July</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last month seven more drivers qualified to be included in the overall SPEED BLOG RANKINGS which rate drivers from NASCAR, Formula One, IndyCar, NHRA Drag Racing and World Rally against each other&#8217;s relative performances.
World Rally ace Mikko Hirvonen stays on the top again this month, while for the first time this year a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;SMOKE&#8221; Thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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There&#8217;s been a lot said and written since last week&#8217;s announcment of Tony Stewart&#8217;s departure from Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of the season to take on part ownership of the Haas Racing team. The main question seems to be why would he go from a team that has given him two NASCAR championships, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Driver Rankings &#8211; June</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the half-way point of the season 135 different drivers from Formula One, Indycar, NASCAR, NHRA drag racing, and the World Rally Championship have qualified to be included in The Speed Blog driver rankings.
World Rally driver Mikko Hirvonen maintains the top spot for another month, but the gap to second placed Indycar racer Scott Dixon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scott Kalitta 1962-2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NHRA.com reports that Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta, 46, died June 21 from multiple injuries suffered after his car went out of control and crashed in a high-speed racing accident at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park during the fourth and final round of qualifying at the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals. Kalitta was extracted from his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Driver Rankings &#8211; May</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again World Rally ace Mikko Hirvonen stays at the top of our overall driver rankings for another month with his preformance on the Sardinian Rally continuing a run of strong finishes.
The Speed Blog Ranking list compares drivers from World Rally, F1. NASCAR, IndyCar and NHRA based on the number of top ten finishes and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Driver Rankings &#8211; April</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 01:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finnish rally ace Mikko Hirvonen stays at the top of our combined driver rankings chart for a second month. By the end of April a total of 116 drivers from NASCAR, FI, IRL, NHRA and WRC have qualified for inclusion in the ranking calculations. Thsi month the rankings are dominated by World Rally and IndyCar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Driver Rankings &#8211; March</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finnish rally ace Mikko Hirvonen leaps to the top of our combined driver rankings chart at the end of March. So far a total of 91 drivers from NASCAR, FI, IRL, NHRA and WRC have qualified for inclusion in the ranking calculations with all series being represented in the Top 10 this month.

The Top 10 [...]]]></description>
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