Overall winning team. [Photo by Robin Thompson] By Jack Webster and Eddie LePine The 2019 edition of the HSR Classic 24 at Daytona presented by IMSA was a resounding success, by any measure you could possibly come up with. Over 300 drivers, piloting over 175 cars around the historic Daytona International Speedway made for quite […]
Easily Support the Museum by Using AmazonSmile for Online Shopping INDIANAPOLIS, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2018 – The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum has a variety of great gift ideas for the passionate racing and auto enthusiasts in your life. An IMS Museum Annual Membership provides incredible year-around benefits, such as free museum admission and a 10 […]
John Menard is perhaps the richest man in the state of Wisconsin. But money couldn’t bring Menard… ARCA Ansell Protective Gloves 200 winner Ty Dillon and runner-up Ryan Blaney form a combination to watch… Some mid-season issues that need comment, questioning, discussion or encouragement: • The 2011 Brickyard 400 will mark… Iowa Speedway – Newton, […]
MILLSTADT, Ill. (Jan. 4, 2013)-The POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series has scheduled an all-time high 39 events in Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin and Indiana for its ninth season in 2013, starting March 23 at Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Ill., and ending Oct. 3-5 with the USAC co-sanctioned Gold Crown Midget Nationals at Tri-City Speedway in […]
Just an idea – and a borrowed one at that. The late John Reiser, crew chief Robbie?s dad and an outside-of-the box-thinker if there ever was one, was discussing the state of NASCAR racing one day a few years ago in Charlotte. Robbie and Matt Kenseth had gone Cup racing, and John was about to […]
Josh Brock (17) battles with Donnie Wilson (2) for position (Josh James Photo) West Allis, WI- Championship winning drivers Josh Brock and Donnie Wilson are among the early entries for the Father’s Day 100 being contested on Sunday afternoon June 16 at the Milwaukee Mile. Brock, the 2018 ARCA/CRA Super Series Champion from Corbin, KY […]
Charlotte Motor Speedway is the place this weekend as round two, the Challenger Round, is starts to shrink the Chase field from twelve drivers to eight. [Credit: Drew Hallowell/NASCAR via Getty Images] by Dan Margetta and John Wiedemann The Challenger Round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship kicks off Saturday night with the […]
Charlotte, NC – In a week where it?s sports/entertainment counterparts were ducking controversy left and right, NASCAR managed to stay under the radar with the running of the 14th-annual Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Questions about the weather and tire wear could hardly compare to the firestorm being hurled at the National Football League, […]
Gerald “Jerry” Karl was not a household name. Even those interested in today’s Indy Car racing may… Allan G. Krause loved auto racing, from the first race he saw in the old coliseum on… ?Get those peanuts outta here.? That was a common phrase heard at many racetracks in the 1940?s… Several times a year, […]
VALENCIA, Spain- It took a while for World Champion Sebastian Vettel to come out for the final… VALENCIA, Spain- Despite having won the Grand Prix of Europe for the last two years, Sebastian Vettel… Support series highlights vintage race cars from Formula One’s ‘Golden Era’ Austin, Texas (June 22, 2012) –… MONTREAL, Canada- Lewis Hamilton […]
by Paul Gohde Begun in 1986 as a trade show for the “grass-roots racer,” PRI (Performance Racing Industry) is a three-day event, now held at the Indianapolis Convention Center since its 2013 move from Orlando, Florida. The show attracts more than 1,000 manufacturers who display their racing products to an estimated 70,000 racers and teams […]
Wayne Taylor will be back, with new drivers. [Photo by Jack Webster] By Jack Webster & Eddie LePine IMSA’s historic 50th anniversary celebration season is in the history books, and in 2020 IMSA will begin writing more motorsports history beginning this weekend at the Roar Before the 24 at Daytona International Speedway, in preparation for […]
Charlotte, NC How much is too much? That has to be the question of the minds of countless fans this morning after watching another NASCAR Nextel Cup race drone on for almost four hours Sunday. The 3 hour, 49 minute event from Texas Motor Speedway was punctuated by a patented thrilling NASCAR finish, but provided […]
We don’t realize how lucky we are. Recently I had the opportunity to purchase some vintage copies… As I drove north to the picturesque grounds of the Ritz-Carlton hotel on Amelia Island located just… Toward the end of the 1928 Milwaukee racing season, tensions were high due to stiff competition between… With two races in […]
