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What a pleasure it was to watch Mike Shank’s team run a faultless race to win the Rolex 24 at Daytona. It was the first major win for Shank’s burgeoning…
Michael Andretti announced this week that James Hinchcliffe has joined Andretti Autosport and will drive the team’s Go-Daddy car in a three-car team with Ryan Hunter-Reay and Marco Andretti. Michael…
There’s so much sport on the goggle-box these days that even the most ardent armchair hero must pick and choose. Beyond motor sport – I draw the line at Supermoto…
I have to agree with Rob Widdows’ words about John Surtees. Without doubt the man deserves a knighthood and here’s hoping the honour will soon be bestowed. Here in America,…
As January arrives the torpor of the holiday season begins to fade and in the northern hemisphere we start to enjoy a welcome lengthening of the days. Already our thoughts…
IndyCar finally announced its 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series calendar on Thursday of this week. Fifteen races are included and IndyCar’s CEO Randy Bernard (below with 2012 car) says he’s still…
Four-time IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti and team boss Chip Ganassi (below) have been discussing the teething troubles with next year’s new Dallara DW12. Franchitti and his Ganassi Racing team-mate Scott…
IndyCar has released its report on Dan Wheldon’s fatal accident in the IndyCar Series finale at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway two months ago. The report concludes that Wheldon was…
Four years ago the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) trade show departed Indianapolis after many years for the warmer climes of Orlando, Florida. PRI’s move left a void which has been…
One of Indycar racing’s great drivers from the 1950s and early ’60s passed away last week. Jim Rathmann won the 1960 Indianapolis 500 after a fierce, race-long duel with Rodger…
You couldn‘t ask for a better championship battle than NASCAR has enjoyed this year through its 10-round ‘Chase for the Cup’. Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards raced for the Sprint…
Randy Bernard has confirmed four international IndyCar race dates for 2012, including a new event on a 3.87-mile street circuit in Qingdao, China. Qingdao, a city of 8.7 million people…
Tony Stewart or Carl Edwards? NASCAR’s 36th and final Sprint Cup race of the year takes place at the Homestead-Miami Speedway next weekend and the championship will go to one…
The past month has been a tough time for IndyCar’s boss Randy Bernard. In the wake of Dan Wheldon’s death, Bernard’s leadership of IndyCar was questioned in stories on the…
For NASCAR fans, it’s time to pay attention to this year’s chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Three races remain on successive weekends in Texas, Phoenix and the Homestead-Miami Speedway,…
You have to tip your hat to Dario Franchitti and Ryan Hunter-Reay. After acting as pallbearers at Dan Wheldon’s funeral in St Petersburg last Saturday and then flying to Indianapolis…
Paul Tracy found himself in the middle of the 15-car wreck in which Dan Wheldon perished at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway last weekend. Tracy, 42, has been racing Indycars…