Delta Wing Indycar concept unveiled The Delta Wing Indycar concept was revealed on Tuesday at the Chicago Auto Show. Designed by former Lola designer and current Chip Ganassi engineer Ben…
NASCAR’s season kicked off on Saturday with qualifying for this Sunday’s Daytona 500, followed by the Budweiser Shootout 75-lap non-points-scoring sprint race under the lights. Qualifying was swept by Hendrick…
This year’s Rolex 24 hours at Daytona produced a similar result to last year with a Brumos Porsche winning from one of Chip Ganassi’s two cars, but without 2009’s drama…
Last year’s season-opening Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona featured a tremendous battle through the final three hours between Juan Pablo Montoya and David Donohue. Donohue scored the biggest win of…
We all know that Mario Andretti was one of the world’s most versatile drivers, winning in Formula 1, Indycars and long-distance sports cars, as well as NASCAR stock cars, sprint…
I had a long conversation recently with Michael Andretti for the book I’m writing about Newman/Haas Racing. Andretti drove for Newman/Haas for 10 seasons between 1989-2000, scoring 35 of his…
A few days after Christmas I had the pleasure of talking to Jacky Ickx for a book I’m writing about the history of Carl Haas and Newman/Haas Racing. Thirty years…
Richard Petty has been in NASCAR for 50 years as a driver and team owner. His family’s racing roots go back to 1949 when his father Lee competed in NASCAR’s…
Richard Petty is known as the King of NASCAR, and rightfully so. Over 25 years between 1960-84 Petty won 200 NASCAR races and seven championships. He started racing in 1958…
The first snow fell in New Hampshire on Saturday night. There wasn’t much, only three or four inches, not even a minor hindrance to us Granite Staters. It came a…
Everyone I know was delighted to hear last Friday’s news that the Canadian Grand Prix will return to Montréal’s le Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 2010. A five-year contract has been…
Johnson sets new NASCAR record Jimmie Johnson won an unprecedented fourth straight NASCAR championship in style at the Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday. Johnson qualified on pole, ran at the front,…