As part of this month’s world exclusive Adrian Newey special, Gordon Kirby traces his roots in America. This early stage of Newey’s career is relatively overlooked in light of his…
Some changes are coming to racing on TV in the United States. Most significantly, NASCAR has completed the first step in re-negotiating its multi-billion dollar, eight-year TV contracts with Fox,…
I had to chuckle when I read Paul Fearnley’s blog last week about Romain Grosjean and the need for bad guys - black characters - in motor racing. Paul’s examples…
The high-banked Talladega Superspeedway is renowned as the ‘Wild Card’ in NASCAR’s championship battle. For the past twenty-five years Talladega and Daytona have been constrained by the dreaded ‘restrictor plates’…
Chip Ganassi’s Grand-Am team won its third straight Daytona Prototype championship last weekend at Lime Rock, the series season-closer. It was the sixth Grand-Am title for Ganassi and the fifth…
Indianapolis Motor Speedway president and CEO Jeff Belskus has denied reports that former IMS and IndyCar boss Tony George is leading an investor group bidding to take over management of…
The Dean of American motor sport journalists, Chris Economaki, has passed away two weeks short of his 92nd birthday. Economaki was publisher and editor of the weekly newspaper National Speed…
Bridgestone/Firestone’s American racing boss Al Speyer has expressed his disappointment to Motor Sport about strong rumours that IndyCar will switch to another tyre supplier in 2015 rather than agreeing to…
After running out of fuel on the last lap at the Chicagoland Speedway the previous Sunday, Denny Hamlin predicted he would bounce back and win NASCAR’s next race at the…
Ryan Hunter-Reay drove a perfect race at the California Speedway on Saturday night to win this year’s IndyCar championship after Will Power threw away his chances for the third year…
There was a glimmer of hope and we all prayed that Alex Zanardi… might save his Formula 1 career. I was editing a sister magazine, now a rival, at the…
After Saturday night’s 400-lap race on the half-mile Richmond, Virginia oval the field of twelve drivers for this year’s NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup has been set. The Chase…
After months of rumours it’s finally happened. The American Le Mans Series and the Grand-Am Series have agreed to merge and run a single American sports car championship in 2014.…
Going into Sunday’s penultimate IndyCar race of the year in the streets of Baltimore it looked like Ryan Hunter-Reay’s championship chances were fading fast. The previous weekend at Sears Point…
Top drawer executive jets are essential tools for the world’s top racing team owners. In America, guys like Roger Penske and Chip Ganassi damn near live in their aircraft as…
Roger Penske’s team dominated IndyCar’s third-last race of the year at Sonoma in California on Sunday. Will Power and Ryan Briscoe swept the front row with championship leader Power starting…
