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Troubled Toyota remaining in F1, will cut costs
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Bodine, Lucas win Bobsled Challenge (AP)

Boris Said is no longer king of the mountain. Todd Bodine and Morgan Lucas have taken his place. Bodine laid down a fast first run, then held on to edge Joe Gibbs Racing phenom Joey Logano on Sunday and capture the first race at the fourth annual Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge. Lucas beat Bodine in the spectacular second race.

Ex-Trucks champ T. Bodine tops bobsled qualifying
Larry Gunselman stared at the timing board in disbelief. “Dang!” Gunselman said. “He got me by a hundredth. We were up by 15 hundredths for a while. Sandbagger!” Former Craftsman truck champion Todd Bodine and brakeman Kenneth Stout, of Ogdensburg, N.Y., beat Gunselman and brakeman Matthew Golovach, of Morrisonville, N.Y., by that slim margin - 52.20 seconds to 52.21 - to win qualifying for the fourth annual Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge on Saturday.

Danica Patrick caught speeding, and pays fine (AP)
Danica Patrick paid a $196 fine to settle a speeding ticket after the star race car driver was caught going 54 mph in a 35 mph zone last month. Patrick, the first woman to win an IndyCar race, was due in traffic court Monday, but a Scottsdale City Court clerk says she paid the fine Wednesday. The 26-year-old driver was pulled over by Scottsdale police Dec.

Report: Ex-F1 champ Alonso moving to Ferrari?
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Gordon says developing COT was fortuitous move
Whether through happenstance or through foresight bordering on prescience, NASCAR’s development of the Car of Tomorrow was a brilliant move, says four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon.