The IZOD IndyCar Series has posted a US$5million (£3.1m) prize for any driver outside the championship who enters and wins its Las Vegas season-closer. The bonus money was announced on…
(Following a crash in Wednesday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice Dale Earnhardt Jr will now start from the back of the grid as he will have to use a different…
Jim Hall (below) is happy to hear that there’s so much interest in his Chaparral Can-Am and long-distance sport cars, as well as in the rapid rate of evolution motor…
Chip Ganassi’s Grand-Am team added to its already stunning record in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona last weekend when its pair of BMW-powered Riley Daytona Prototypes finished one-two. Defending…
NASCAR has announced a new points system for its top three series, replacing the method used for the past 35 years. The new system awards 43 points to the winner…
I had the pleasure of talking to Jim Hall of Chaparral fame recently. The tall Texan built and raced some of the sport’s most appealing and ground-breaking cars, and went…
In the spirit of the holiday season, I want to share my best hope for IndyCar racing in 2012 when it adopts its new 2.4-litre, twin-turbo V6 formula with adjustable…
One of motor racing’s truly great guys passed away in Indianapolis this week. John Anderson, known to all as ‘Ando’, suffered a heart attack while playing racquetball on Thursday. An…
A tip of my hat this week to my local track, the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS), a 1.058-mile oval with a 1.6-mile road course included which seats more than…
Roger Penske further expanded his retinue of sponsors on Tuesday. In the wake of previous announcements over the past week, Penske’s NASCAR and IndyCar teams confirmed that the Automobile Club…
You have to take your hat off to Roger Penske. At a time when many American race teams are struggling to sell sponsorship, Penske has announced a string of new…
On Tuesday it was announced that Richard Petty has bought his NASCAR team from majority owner George Gillett Jr to become chairman of Richard Petty Motorsports. NASCAR’s most successful driver…
