Four-Wide Nationals: Funny Car Is The Story
The Dollar General Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Concord, North Carolina, outside of Charlotte, is arguably one of the biggest spectacles in racing. Where else in the world do you have 40,000...
View ArticleParity Reigns Supreme In IndyCar
Toyota Grand Prix of Long BeachPodium celebration with second place Graham Rahal, winner Takuma Sato and third place finisher Justin Wilson A view of the podium at Long Beach this past weekend is all...
View ArticleHector Arana Jr. Is Three-For-Three In 2013
In his short NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle career, Hector Arana Jr. has shown great promise including accomplishing a nearly impossible feat by winning the U.S. Nationals as a rookie. However, if the...
View ArticleStarting With The 500, IndyCar Will Race 4 Times In 13 Days
The race schedule for the IZOD IndyCar Series gives new meaning to the phrase, springing into action. Later this spring, starting on Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend with the ‘Greatest Spectacle in...
View ArticleA Fan’s Take On Hamilton’s Admiration For Alonso
Fans are attracted to drivers in Formula One for a myriad of reasons. Some people like the affable type drivers who do interviews and are easy to listen to while being articulate and interesting....
View ArticleWho Will Win The Prestigious 2013 Southern 500 At Darlington?
One of NASCAR’s grandest races is this Saturday night, May 11, under the lights at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina for the Southern 500. May 12, 2012; Darlington, SC, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup driver...
View ArticleIs Kyle Busch A Power To Be Reckoned With Or A Power Failure?
Like something out of the movie Groundhog Day, Kyle Busch rises to a level and an objectionable situation occurs over and over again, aggravatingly repeating itself. To put it another way, those that...
View Article2013 Indy 500 Front Row Will Be …
May is here so it must be time for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to get busy with practice and qualifying for the ‘Greatest Spectacle in Racing’, the Indy 500. Winning races is the ultimate goal of...
View Article2013 NHRA Top Fuel: Battle Between Schumacher And Johnson Teams
When the 2012 NHRA drag racing season ended, it was obvious that one team was the standout over all the others, at least as far as the nitro classes were concerned. In Top Fuel, the Don Schumacher...
View ArticleNHRA’s Antron Brown To Make More History … In NASCAR
The man who made history in the NHRA last year by becoming the first black American to win a national championship of any kind in motorsports, is looking at creating more history: making left turns and...
View ArticleJustin Wilson: A Fast Fifth Surprises … Again
Spanish philosopher Baltasar Gracian once said, ‘Don’t show off every day, or you’ll stop surprising people.” Well, Justin Wilson of Dale Coyne Racing better be careful because if he shows off...
View ArticleTop 10′s Paul Menard Quietly Goes About His Business
Personalities are important to the press, fans and marketers. However, notoriety and celebrity don’t always translate to success on the track. Paul Menard is one of those guys who goes about the...
View ArticleAre Englishtown Winners Revealed As 2013 NHRA Champions?
Summernational winners clockwise from top left: Shawn Langdon, Matt Hagan, Mike Edwards and Michael RayAttributed to Mark J. Rebilas The just concluded Summernationals in Englishtown, New Jersey, at...
View Article20 Seasons Ago, NHRA Funny Car History Was Made Twice At Same Event
Major speed barriers in motorsports are always considered special if for no other reason than they build to an almost mythical level before finally being eclipsed. The events are always memorable and...
View ArticleIndyCar Season Is Wide Open But Experienced Drivers Are Rising To Top
The IZOD IndyCar Series has developed into a wide open affair where almost anyone on a given day can win a race. The series has a group of drivers that is as good a quality as we’ve seen in quite...
View ArticleTop Fuel Is Tough Going For Two Women Rookies
“Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be this hard.” Coldplay sang those words in the song ‘The Scientist’, but it might reflect the sentiments that two young women drag racers are...
View ArticleBiffle: “Just scratched the surface of how much better our cars are going to...
Three finishes outside the top 40 over a five-race stretch sent the Roush Fenway Ford #16 driven by Greg Biffle from the top five to out of the top 12 and precariously outside the Chase with half of...
View ArticleIs IndyCar Heading To Wisconsin Twice in 2014 – Or Not At All?
The race fans of the upper Midwest are very fanatical about their motorsports. The weather is part of the reason in part because it makes the race season so short. With winter such a long period in...
View ArticlePhoenix And NHRA Drag Racing: Firebird Out – Wild Horse In
The Arizona Nationals will continue for at least the next five years after a new management group signed an agreement to operate the facility, formerly known as Firebird International Raceway. The...
View ArticleWho Will Win The British Grand Prix?
After a three week hiatus, the Formula One (F1) teams are back in action, this time at the home of British racing, the Silverstone Circuit, for the British Grand Prix (Sunday June 30). When we last...
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