? On the day that Team Penske won its 300th race, Ryan Briscoe felt some vindication after a week of Ryan vs. Danica left over from Indianapolis. “It’s great to win my first race, and win it for team Penske. It feels so good to do it here in Milwaukee. It was fun,” said Briscoe, […]
Dean Goforth won his first IHRA Pro Stock race since 2009 at Cordova. [photo courtesy IHRA] CORDOVA, Ill. (July 19, 2014) – Any question as to why the IHRA Summer Nationals at Cordova Dragway Park was the most anticipated IHRA national event of the season was answered Saturday night. With a massive crowd looking on […]
[Jack Webster Photo] By Jack Webster & Eddie LePine The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship started the season with the grueling Rolex 24 at Daytona, and in between that race and the season ending 10 Hour contest at Motul Petit Le Mans, there were countless stories of triumph and tragedy, victory and defeat, damnation and redemption. […]
After the ride. Dindo Capello, the author Jack Webster and Marcus Haselgrove pose by the awesome Audi R8 GT. [Photo by Eddie LePine] I have been around racing a long time. I was actually thinking about it the other day and put a number on it – 42 years. It has been 42 years since […]
Charlotte, NC (September 19, 2011) – Most of us wince when we pull up to the gas pump these days, the cost of fuel is hitting us squarely in the pocketbook. But that’s nothing compared to the sucker punch Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch took Monday. All four drivers – along […]
COVINGTON KY (12-9-06)?ARCA RE/MAX Series veteran Frank Kimmel joined his crew chief/brother Bill Kimmel, car owner Larry Clement and the Tri-State Motorsports team on stage at the ARCA RE/MAX Series Championship Awards Banquet this weekend to celebrate a record ninth championship. Rookie of the Year Michael McDowell, Hoosier Tire Superspeedway Challenge Champion Erin Crocker and […]
AJ Allmendinger won last years Cheez-It 355 at Watkins Glen to capture a spot in the Chase. [Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images] by Dan Margetta and John Wiedemann The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series makes its final stop at a road course this weekend as Watkins Glen International hosts the Cheez-It 355 at the Glen. Cheez-It 355 at […]
DAYTONA BEACH — Point-0-0-5. Five-one-hundredths-of-a-second. That’s close. Jamie McMurray didn’t care. It might as well have been five minutes, or five hours, five days, five weeks. He won. McMurray couldn’t believe it. Charging back from an early race penalty, McMurray edged Kyle Busch by an eyelash, tying the second-closest finish since the advent of electronic […]
Tight battle in Charlotte between Toomas Heikkinen (57) and Steve Arpin (32). (Photo Credit: Matt Kalish) 2014 marks the fourth season of competition for Global Rallycross. It will be a season of growth and change. If you are not familiar with GRC, it is a mixture of road racing and off-road racing with seventy foot […]
After a slow start, Tony Kanaan is looking for a strong finish to the Verizon IndyCar… Kurt Busch undecided about doing Indy-Charlotte double again next year. Catch more Motorsports Minute… It’s been a year of milestone wins for NHRA Funny Car driver Courtney Force. … With 5th Brickyard […]
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C. ? Casey Mears gambled and won Sunday night. Crew chief Darian Grubb?s fuel-mileage call in the closing laps of the Coca- Cola 600 at Lowe?s Motor Speedway propelled the No. 25 National Guard Chevrolet into victory lane in NASCAR?s longest event. Though it was Mears? first win in […]
HAMMOND, IN: Just after Christmas, I opened a box containing the latest and greatest model from the Carousel Indy Roadster series: the 1957 Belond Exhaust #9 driven to victory by Sam Hanks. Wow…talk about a time machine…at least for me. My first Indy 500 was in 1956, at the age of ten. Prior to that, […]
By Jack Webster & Eddie LePine The 2014 Rolex 24 at Daytona promises to be a grand kick off to the new TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, with world class drivers and cars from around the world participating, all going for the win at the world famous Daytona International Speedway on January 25th and 26th. At […]
The NHRA Four-Wide Nationals returns to zMAX Dragway, April 11-13. (CMS/HHP photo) by zMax Dragway CONCORD, N.C. (February 25, 2014) – With the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway right around the corner, it’s time to bring fans fun facts for the year so they’re prepared and in-the-know before the action-packed event arrives. The nitro-fueled […]
