Reprinted from NUVO.net with the author’s permission. All copyrights remain with their original holders. There’s more to motor racing than just drivers in fast cars battling on the race track. Racing is a team sport requiring a variety of talented people and high-tech equipment. In today’s economic climate, however, many teams are slashing budgets and [...]
It’s time for the Indy 500 and, per usual, the media commentators either have it all wrong, or they’re hopelessly out of date. Or both. Let’s start with Pete Pistone at Sportsline.com, who’s still beating the drum about Indy Car racing’s failures a dozen years ago. The premise: If Tony George wasn’t such a nitwit, [...]
Reprinted from NUVO.net with the Author’s permission. All copyrights remain with their original holders. The first time SAMAX Motorsport team principal Peter Baron set a Crocs-shod foot on the grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, it was as the team owner of the Citgo entry for rookie Milka Duno. The Chicago native has maintained an [...]
Reprinted from NUVO.net with the Author’s Permission. All copyrights remain with their original holders Old racecars don’t die; they go vintage racing. Vintage race preparation doesn’t differ much from any other kind of race prep, although working with older cars for which parts aren’t readily available isn’t always easy. Finding older parts is one challenge; [...]
If you’re not watching yet, now’s the time. US Indy Car racing is making a serious comeback. Great drivers. Serious speed. Plenty of drama. Let’s put it this way: This year’s Indy 500 field will feature a Foyt, an Unser and three, count ‘em three Andretti’s. It’ll include, for the first time ever, 3 female-person [...]
It’s gotta be tough living in a bubble… Every time I think I’d like to envy these racers their fame and fortune and gorgeous women, I get a reminder just how hard it is being Junior. Either of them. The original Junior, Al Unser, Jr., is in the news again and only partly because he’s [...]
If you’re up this early on Saturday morning (9am), you might want to catch Reality Racing’s “Rookie Challenge” on the Spike Network. From the Reality Racing release… Reality Racing – The Rookie Challenge combines reality television and stockcar racing, featuring amateur contestants vying for the ‘Bobby Allison Cup’ in a thirteen-episode series of races and [...]
These guys might be on to something. With no less luminaries than Coach Joe Gibbs and his JGR driving team including Tiny Stewart, Denny Hamlin and JJ Yeley involved, along with Interstate Batteries’ Norm Miller, the Arena Racing League is starting to look serious. This morning, Arena Racing is introducing its first franchisee, Arena Racing [...]
Want to know Danica Patrick’s favorite book? You sure? You might be disappointed. I sure was. Anyway, hopefully there are some more informative and rewarding tidbits in the first-ever Indy Car mag digital issue. IndyCar.com promises that that new digital rag uses some “sweet technology” (their word, not mine) to bring on the digital issue. [...]
Conventional wisdom holds this morning that Teresa Earnhardt should have just conceded 51% ownership in Dale Earnhardt, Inc. to her stepson. Conventional wisdom also holds that it’s a fait accompli that Junior will go on to great glory, possibly piloting the legendary #3, or perhaps with a powerhouse race team. Let’s think about both… First, [...]