Jeg Coughlin, Jr. – Pro Stock CHARLOTTE, N.C. – April 24, 2018 – Six-time world champion drag racer Jeg Coughlin Jr. leads a strong contingent of talented JEGS-sponsored racers into this weekend’s ninth annual NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals that will vie for wins in Pro Stock, Top Alcohol Dragster, Super Gas and Super […]
MARCH 12: Kevin Magnussen, Haas F1 during the Australian GP on March 12, 2020. (Photo by Andy Hone / LAT Images) Danish Formula 1 Veteran to Partner Schumacher KANNAPOLIS, North Carolina (March 9, 2022) – Haas F1 Team has signed Kevin Magnussen to drive alongside Mick Schumacher in the 2022 FIA Formula 1 World Championship […]
Nikita Mazepin, Uralkali Haas F1 Team, Sunday at the Dutch Grand Prix. (Photo by Zak Mauger / LAT Images) #FWD2022 – Q&A with Uralkali Haas F1 Team Technical Director, Simone Resta KANNAPOLIS, North Carolina (September 8, 2021) – Following last week’s launch of #FWD2022 – a series of content and updates on the creation of […]
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Perhaps a new Golden Age is coming for IMSA. [Photo by Jack Webster] By Jack Webster & Eddie LePine In sports car racing, we tend to take a look backwards and yearn for what we considered “the Good Old Days” or “the Golden Age”. We think of the classic battles that took place at places […]
Several of my ?Open Wheel? friends have asked me, ?Do you think the (NEXTEL Cup) Chase will come down to the last turn?? Good question, the Indy Car Series at Chicagoland Speedway was entertaining and exciting. Seeing Indy Car Championship contenders Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti battle side-by-side for the lead as they took the […]
In doing research, you uncover a lot of things not related to the subject you’re researching. I’m working on a some research for the Milwaukee Mile regarding USAC Stock Car racing. While digging through some old Illustrated Speedway News from the early 1960’s I saw a startling picture. From 48 years ago I found a […]
Long Beach, Calif. – Ryan Hunter-Reay kicked off the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend by turning the fastest lap in IZOD IndyCar Series practice on Friday. Sunday’s race will mark the fourth round of the season for the open wheel stars. Hunter-Reay blazed around the 11-turn, 1.968-mile street course at a speed of […]
MANSFIELD, Ohio – Rookie driver Donny Lia battled his way through the field taking the lead on the final lap to win Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Ohio 250 at Mansfield Motorsports Park. Lia, NASCAR’s 2007 Whelen Modified Tour champion, caught and passed leader David Starr in the second turn of the 250th lap around […]
Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) The oddsmakers think this is the year of Kyle Larson. This is the 7th race this year that oddsmakers have named Larson the favorite to win, that’s 58.3% of races. Larson has rewarded oddsmakers by winning just one race. Larson is […]
PALMETTO, Fla., Oct. 20 – Dan Andersen, co-founder and co-owner of the popular U.S. F2000 National Championship in the nineties, announced today that he is re-establishing that series and has reached an agreement for it to be sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, the sanctioning body for the IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights. The […]
Oregon, WI- Former NASCAR Champion Matt Kenseth will return to Madison International Speedway on Friday Night August 16 to compete in the Howie Lettow Classic 100 presented by Zimbrick Chevrolet. Kenseth, the 1994 Champion at ‘Wisconsin’s Fastest Half Mile’ will compete for the $5,000 top prize against the top ARCA Midwest Tour Super Late Model […]
