Justin Wilson’s first oval win
Any regular reader knows I’m a big Justin Wilson fan. Justin is an excellent driver – fast, clean, consistent and extremely adept technically. He’s also an absolute gentleman and after…
These days most people in racing take the HANS Device for granted. Invented 20 years ago by veteran American sports car racer Jim Downing and Michigan State University bio-mechanical engineering…
IndyCar’s return to Detroit’s Belle Isle last weekend was rather messy as the rough track began to come apart in the middle of the race resulting in a two-hour red…
In the wake of his brilliant victory at Indianapolis last weekend Dario Franchitti is clearly emerging as the greatest UK driver in the history of the sport outside Formula 1.…
Dario Franchitti drove a magnificent race at Indianapolis on Sunday to score his third win in America’s biggest race in the past six years. Dario made a superb recovery after…
The Indianapolis 500 is the world’s largest annual, single-venue, one-day sporting event. Its cavernous grandstands seat more than a quarter of a million, while its infield viewing areas can swallow…
Based on what we saw in qualifying last weekend this year’s Indy 500 will witness a titanic battle between Roger Penske’s and Michael Andretti’s Chevrolet-powered multi-car teams. The Penske and…
Jimmie Johnson came through to score Hendrick Motorsports’s 200th NASCAR Sprint Cup win last Saturday night at Darlington, South Carolina. Johnson’s victory in the Southern 500 brought an end to…
Will Power and Team Penske appear to be waltzing away to this year’s IZOD IndyCar Championship. After taking his third pole of the year Power drove a perfect race on…
For the second year in a row five-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has been ranked by Forbes magazine as America’s most influential athlete. Forbes polled more than 1100 adults aiming…
Rubens Barrichello remains on a steep learning curve as he tackles his first year in Indycars with KV Racing and Chevrolet engines. Rubens has been struggling in qualifying, but has…
Team Penske employed keen strategy and excellent pit work so that Will Power came from 12th on the grid to score his second IndyCar win in a row this year.…
Will Power showed why he should be the man to beat in IndyCar this year as he came from ninth on the grid to score an excellent win in round…
Roger Penske was in a bullish mood after his team dominated IndyCar’s season-opener in the streets of St. Petersburg. Penske’s cars swept the front row with Will Power and Ryan…
IndyCar’s teams recently completed four days of testing at Sebring in preparation for the season opener the weekend after next in the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida. After six increasingly…
So Rubens Barrichello has decided to set out on a new adventure in his racing career. After becoming the most experienced Grand Prix driver in history over 19 years in…
Roush Fenway Ford team-mates Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle controlled the final 100 miles of this year’s Daytona 500 on Monday night after a day and a half of rain…