INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Sunday, July 26, 2009 in Speedway, IN This Sunday, Cup drivers make their only appearance of 2009 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the running of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. Drivers will make 160 laps around this flat (9 degree corners, 0 degree straightaways), 2.5-mile quad-oval. […]
Barberville, Fla. – World of Outlaws champions Donnie Schatz and Steve Kinser opened the 2010 season with each of them scoring a victory in two days of racing at the 39th Annual Florida DIRTcar Nationals by University of Northwestern Ohio at Volusia Speedway Park. The pair drove winged-sprint cars for Tony Stewart Racing, and it […]
2020 DRR WIX Filters Road IndyCar. [photo courtesy Dreyer & Reinbold Racing] – Sage Karam Set For GMR Grand Prix In No. 24 DRR Wix Filters Chevy – Karam makes return to IMS road course since 2nd place IMSA sports car finish in 2014 SPEEDWAY, IN (June 30, 2020) – It’s hard to believe that […]
Knoxville, Iowa, will truly be the “Sprint Car Capital of the World” on June 3-4-5 as sprint car racing greats, past and present, will converge on the Marion County Fairgrounds for the twenty-first annual National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (NSCHoF) induction weekend and the inaugural World of Outlaws-sanctioned “Hall of Fame Classic” winged sprint […]
In two unexpected moves last week, Honda announced it has ceased its Formula One operations and Audi has ended its European and North American LeMans-based prototype ventures. For Honda, Formula One is the epitome of auto racing. F-1’s technological base is second to none in motor sports. However with budgets reaching over $200 million, the […]
The two and a half mile tri-oval track of Pocono is next up for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers as they race in the Pocono 500 on Sunday. With the big wreck early in the race last week, there were big changes in the bottom half of the ?Chase 12? portion of the point standings. […]
10-Year Race Contract Brings F1 Back to the U.S. in 2012; Construction to Resume Immediately AUSTIN, Texas – December 7, 2011 – Circuit of The Americas announced today they have reached an agreement with Formula One Management that ensures the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix remains on the FIA Formula 1 World Championship race […]
First and foremost, John McKarns was a race fan and loved all kinds of automobile racing, but he had a special place in his heart for stock car racing. McKarns, 65, former head of the Illinois-based ARTGO Challenge Series late model stock car tour, passed away at a Florida hospital on February 9 from complications […]
During a visit to Silverstone today, the Minister of Sport, Gerry Sutcliffe MP, met the 1996 Formula 1? World Champion and current President of the British Racing Drivers? Club (BRDC), Damon Hill, who briefed him on plans to redevelop the circuit and ensure the long-term security of the British Grand Prix. The presentation was attended […]
Clermont, Ind..—Jerry Coons Jr., and Wilke-PAK Motorsports currently find themselves in ninth place in the Mopar USAC National Midget Championship points. Coons is try for a record-tying third straight drivers championship, while Wilke-PAK has won the car owner championship for the 2005 and ’07 seasons. The team will be trying for an elusive victory in […]
After the drama of last week’s “big one” at the end of the Talladega race, it’s got to be good to be home for the drivers and crews. Charlotte Motor Speedway is the location for the fifth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup with the Bank of America 500 under the lights this […]
Orlando, Florida (March 17, 2010) – The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is one of those events I wanted to check off on my “must attend” list. I’m certainly glad I’m now able to. Having met event organizer, Bill Warner at the Harry Miller Meet in 2008, he spoke enthusiastically about the event and I was […]
Jimmie Johnson (48) races alongside Kurt Busch (41). [Everet Kamikawa photo] For those wondering if Jimmie Johnson would ever win a race this season, the wait is over. Johnson ducked below Matt Kenseth with nine laps to go to earn his 67th career win Sunday in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It was […]
Calvert Dynamics team returns after devastating fire Friday GRANTSVILLE, Utah – Young GT driving star Michael Lewis of Laguna Beach, Calif., made a tremendous comeback and last lap pass in the No. 98 Calvert Dynamics/Curb-Agajanian Porsche 911 GT3 R Saturday at Utah Motorsports Park to win Round 3 of the SprintX 60-minute feature. Co-driving with […]
