The two-car Colin Chapman Lotus team that arrived at Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway in mid-August of 1963 was entered in its second Championship car race. Earlier in May, Jim Clark had driven to a second place finish behind Parnelli Jones in the controversial Indy 500 in which ?Old Calhoun? the Watson roadster Parnelli was […]
Alex Palou races to victory at Road America. [John Wiedemann Photo] by Paul Gohde “It wasn’t meant to be… again.” For two races in a row, a Team Penske driver, leading a race late, ran into trouble that robbed each driver of a win. Last time it was Will Power at Detroit and now it […]
Speedway, IN (May 16, 2009) ? May in Indianapolis is more than a race, its two weeks… The frightening crash at Talladega will light up the message boards with cries to get rid of… One of the icons of auto racing died yesterday. Lloyd Ruby, who raced in the Indianapolis 500… The 57th Mobil 1 […]
Charlotte, NC (April 2, 2012) – Plow up Martinsville. Go ahead, grind it to bits. Why not? After all, if we’re changing tracks around based on fan reaction these days, Martinsville is a prime candidate for renovation after Sunday’s headache inducing Goody’s Fast Relief 500, right? Okay, we’re kind of joking here, but in an […]
The electrifying sound of nitro-fueled NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series action thrilled a rocking crowd on… NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car title contender Robert Hight, the 2009 series champion, will… Three-time champion Larry Dixon has been collecting race cars, engines, blowers, parts, transporters and pit equipment to… Ryan Young and Lizzy Musi […]
2017 Verizon IndyCar Series champion Josef Newgarden describes the 2018 Universal Aero Kit on stage during the 2018 INDYCAR unveil at the North America International Auto Show in Detroit. [Photo by: Joe Skibinski] by Allan Brewer Auto show season has swung into high gear with the turn of the calendar from 2017 to 2018, and […]
Haas F1 Team announces Romain Grosjean as their driver for the upcoming 2016 Formula 1 season. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Stewart-Haas Racing via Getty Images) KANNAPOLIS, North Carolina (Sept. 29, 2015) – When Haas F1 Team makes its debut in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship in 2016, it will do so with an experienced […]
Speedway, IN – “Today’s effort shows that our team is still competitive with the best teams in IndyCar,” said Rahal Letterman Lanigan C.O.O. Scott Roembke.”To come here with two strong cars and have a chance to win at the end gives us great reason to be optimistic for the future. ” And the team was […]
BMW announced at the Chicago Auto Show Wednesday its plan to return to the American Le Mans Series with its next-generation M3 coupe starting late 2008. For this venture, Rahal Letterman Racing will campaign the cars on behalf of BMW Motorsport. “This is another monumental day for the American Le Mans Series – we have […]
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series marks the halfway point in the Chase for the Championship under the lights Saturday as the Charlotte Motor Speedway hosts the lone night race in the Chase with the Bank of America 500. Matt Kenseth holds a slim three point lead over a closing Jimmie Johnson while the wild and […]
Big Bend, WI (February 20, 2011) – Trevor Bayne winning today’s Daytona 500 in the famed Wood Brothers Ford is easily the best “feel-good” story of the young racing season. Twenty-year-old youngster Bayne held off a charging Carl Edwards for a astonishing win in the Daytona 500, becoming the youngest winner ever of what is […]
Racing in Florida was won by Mother Nature on Tuesday, the threat of tornadoes much more powerful… (LAKE MARY, FL, February 11, 2008) In the Grand Ballroom at the Orlando Marriott Lake Mary, February… Monday we joined the 37th Annual Alltel DirtCar Nationals in progress at the revamped Volusia Speedway Park…. Sunday we joined the […]
Wisconsin road racing icon Augie Pabst has won many awards in his legendary career, but none more… WATKINS GLEN, NY – The green flag waved high Tuesday for the International Motor Racing Research Center’s… New Berlin, Wisconsin – It’s been a year of the status quo in many racing series, and… CONCORD, NC – Dec. […]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 19, 2007) ? The phase-in of the Car of Tomorrow takes another big step forward this weekend when it competes on a road course for the first time. ?The original design of the Car of Tomorrow has many characteristics of the current road course car,? said Brett Bodine, NASCAR director of […]
