When the race crews drove up from Indianapolis at the Wisconsin State Fair Grounds on the weekend of June 8th, 1958, the face of IndyCar racing had changed a bit. Racing was a dangerous game back in the day and 1958 was no exception. Gone was popular Indiana driver, Pat O’Connor who was killed the […]
First and second place finishers racing into the last hour of the race. [Jack Webster Photo] By Jack Webster & Eddie LePine As is so often the case, the last week in January seems to bring cold weather to Daytona Beach, just in time for the running of the first IMSA race of the season, […]
Indianapolis 500 Drivers Sharp and Tagliani Take On IMS Road Course For The First Time INDIANAPOLIS, Thursday,… ELKHART LAKE, Wis., June 12, 2014 – On Thursday, June 19, NASCAR Nationwide Series team haulers will gather… Al Unser, Jr. #42 and Buddy Lazier #17 line up on the first row for the inaugural… INDIANAPOLIS, Tuesday, June 3, […]
Heading to Road America, the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship has been a reality check for reigning… Tyler Reddick is hoping Sunday’s Brickyard win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will help smooth things over… The numbers weren’t pretty going into Saturday’s race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Afterwards, Alexander Rossi was… For IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar […]
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (May 4, 2012)-Brett Anderson held off Chett Gehrke by a car length Friday to win his second straight feature at quarter-mile Valley Speedway in the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series. Gehrke briefly took the lead in Turn Three on the 30 th and final lap and Anderson regained it exiting Turn […]
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Air Guard 400 Saturday, September 11, 2010 in Richmond, VA It’s back to old-fashioned Saturday night at the races this weekend as Sprint Cup drivers head to Richmond Virginia for the running of the Air Guard 400. This ? mile oval is sized like a short track but races like a superspeedway. […]
SCHUMACHER ONCE AGAIN LEADER IN FASTEST CATEGORY BAYTOWN, Texas – It takes 46 days for pledges to approach proven. All teams make promises before a season starts. Everyone has goals for 2008. But less than two months have passed since the season-opener of the NHRA POWERade Series in Pomona, Calif. and in the three races […]
May 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the first Indianapolis 500. Many special activities are planned for the month but this column will be a brief summary of the daily happenings at the track leading up to the Indianapolis 500 itself. May 29 Race Day! – Wow! It was a finish totally befitting the 100th […]
Marcus Ericsson celebrates winning the 2022 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500. [Media Credit – Penske Entertainment: James Black] by Steve Zautke During practice, Marcus Ericsson, driver of the Chip Ganassi Racing-Huski Chocolate Honda was consistently near the front of the speed charts all month. It eerily reminded me of Arie Luyendyk’s month of May […]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 17, 2019) – Race fans looking for a glimpse into the future need look no further than this year’s Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. As demonstrated throughout its illustrious history, NASCAR’s annual all-star spectacular will again provide the platform for the world’s greatest stock car drivers to […]
by Pete Gorski “Back to Back in Year 2” When IMSA’s WeatherTech Championship arrived at Road America last year, they were following in the tire tracks (literally) of a half-dozen other series, including heavy hitters IndyCar and NASCAR, as they experienced the new-for-2023 pavement for the first time. It was an interesting situation, because at […]
[Credit: Patrick Smith/Getty Images] by Dan Margetta and John Wiedemann The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers head to the Pocono Raceway for the Overton’s 400 on Sunday afternoon. Overton’s 400 Pocono Raceway 400 miles (160 laps) Sunday, July 30 3 p.m. ET NBCSN, 2:30 p.m. ET MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Stage 1 (Ends on […]
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Nov 24) ? Nearly a month after winning the NHRA POWERade Pro Stock World Championship, Jeg Coughlin isn?t ready for his memorable 2007 season to end. Looking for one last chance to fulfill his need for speed before taking a much needed break, Coughlin entered the Thanksgiving Bracket Nationals at The Strip […]
Menomonee Falls, WI (October 15, 2010) – RacingNation.com columnists, Eddie LePine and Steve Zautke both saw the documentary “Senna” over the last several days. Here is their review. Eddie- I was able to finally see the Senna movie at a little cozy theater in Maitland Florida. I would guess there were about 20 people in […]
