Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has two restrictor-plate wins in NASCAR’s Cup Series this season. Can he win anywhere… When NHRA FC champ Ron Capps gets to Route 66 Raceway, it’ll be like winning the title… Jamie McMurray is having a great season in NASCAR’s Cup Series. It’s just that his teammate is… Simon Pagenaud’s ESPY nomination […]
By Jack Webster I was looking though some of my old files of racing negatives and slides the other day and it got me thinking – where are we headed in photography? I can currently find original negatives and slides from races that took place ten, twenty, thirty or forty plus years ago, scan those […]
Road America announced a special 4-day ticket package available until October 31 for $100 that includes garage… Elkhart Lake, WI – Tony Awe Racing has won all four of the Trans-Am events this season… Road America Brings Win and Race Track Lap Record ELKHART LAKE, WI – August 18, 2012 –… Elkhart Lake, WI (June […]
Last weekend was my first trip to picturesque Barber Motorsports Park and I was looking forward to it for two reasons. One was because I have heard so much about it. The other was is it as pretty on TV as it is in person? The answer is yes. Television doesn’t do it justice The […]
Mazda Motorsports took the fight into the night at Sebring and triumphed over the notoriously unforgiving world-famous race track First endurance win for the Mazda RT24-P and first overall Sebring win for its drivers: Harry Tincknell, Jonathan Bomarito and Ryan Hunter-Reay The re-started IMSA season opened with a decisive Multimatic win at Daytona and ended […]
The NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve saw the long, long awaited Goodyear rain tires finally used on the track. The race on Saturday was scheduled for 74 laps was halted after 48 laps due to heavy rain and a flooded track. Veteran Canadian (albeit English-Canadian) Ron Fellows was in front the mostly […]
Lyn St. James at the Amelia Island Concours. [Eddie LePine Photo] By Eddie LePine I have just returned from one of my favorite automotive events of the year, the Amelia Island Concours. Bill Warner’s outstanding event was held for the 26th time on the lovely grounds of the Ritz Carlton hotel on Amelia Island. The […]
Eddie LePine, Tim Brookhart of White Allen, Jack Webster and David Pawlik by the Audi R8 at the book launch. [Jack Webster Photo] by Eddie LePine Racing season is over, and normally this time of year I am making my schedule for the upcoming season and deciding which races I will be covering with my […]
Tanner Foust snapped a 12-race winless streak in Red Bull Global Rallycross competition with a thrilling victory… Tim Nemeth celebrates his second win in a row at Rocky Mountain Nationals. EDMONTON,… Gary Bettenhausen left us on Sunday, March 16th, 2014 and it’s unlikely that his kind will ever… Joey Saldana was untouchable at Volusia Speedway […]
Big Bend, WI (November 22nd, 2013) – When someone reads a good book, it draws you in with the first chapter and keeps your attention throughout. But that’s just a start. I feel it also needs to take you on a ride. One book that is a delightful ride is, Dave Argabright’s latest, Let’s Go […]
Big Bend, WI (December 1, 2009) – Sage midget auto racing rep Bryan Gapinski informed me that sadly, demolition of the famed Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix continues. The track which was closed in April, is now padlocked. Gapinski wrote to me in an e-mail. He was given admission to inspect the track last week when […]
April 1st. I hate this day. It wasn?t always that way, I liked April’s Fools day. I liked playing jokes on people, pulling pranks, telling them something outrageous and making them believe it. That all changed 15 years ago. It was a Thursday evening, I was working as an emergency medical technician at the NCAA […]
Speedway, IN: As the Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened for practice Saturday leading up to the 96th running of the “500”, the all new Dallara DW12 (aka: “The Batmobile”) seemed hard-pressed to topple the 220 MPH barrier. However, according to IndyCar officials, help is on the way. A few days ago, it was announced that a […]
David Hobbs in the Lola T310 passing under the old drive over bridge at the CanAm race in 1972. [Photo by Jack Webster] By Jack Webster I have just arrived at Road America for the 2014 Tudor United Sports Car race this weekend, and on the way up here from Ohio I reflected on the […]
