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Blue Flag
Lord Paul Drayson positive on move to LMP1
2009-10-08 ALMS LEMANS LMS
Richard Sloop
Sloop's exclusive interview with Lord Paul Drayson on the team's new Le Mans Prototype 1 Lola Coupe ...
Read the article >Triple Eight celebrates 100 wins in BTCC
2009-04-11 BTCC HISTORY
Pat Cranham
Matt Neal opens Brands Hatch 2009 first race win to give Triple Eight/Vauxhall 100th victory ...
Read the article >Class warfare in ALMS
2008-11-18 ALMS LEMANS
Barret Bumford
Bumford gives insight into the changes afoot for 2009 by Corvette Racing and Acura ...
Read the article >Pappas and Black Swan fueling the green push
2008-09-24 ALMS
Tony DiZinno
Pappas adds his own unique stamp to the term "green racing" with his own desire to run an American product ...
Read the article >Allmendinger targets success in 2008
2008-02-08 NASCAR-CUP
John Dagys
AJ looks forward to his second season in NASCAR Cup ...
Read the article >Observations on the fall of Rome (i.e. NASCAR)
2007-11-19 BUSINESS COMMENTARY NASCAR
Jonathan Ingram
Ingram gives us observations with a top ten list the day after the final NASCAR race in the 2007 Chase for the Cup ...
Read the article >Gregoire plans to race at Le Mans again
2007-11-10 LEMANS
Olivier Michel
Stephane Gregoire reveals his 2008 Le Mans plans in an exclusive interview ...
Read the article >David Brabham on Acura, Le Mans and the Green Movement
2007-07-22 ALMS LEMANS
Carol Lynn Fogle & Richard Sloop
David Brabham, fresh from victory at Le Mans, chatted with Motorsport.com at Mid-Ohio ...
Read the article >Crikey! Is that a wing on the back?
2007-03-27 COMMENTARY NASCAR-CUP
Jonathan Ingram
Ingram shares another interesting piece of the recent debut of the NASCAR Car of Tomorrow ...
Read the article >Riding The (Ganassi) Gravy Train
2007-03-07 COMMENTARY NASCAR-BUSCH
Jonathan Ingram
It's funny, sometimes, what turns up on your doorstep. Read on for what Ingram has to offer ...
Read the article >Women turn heads at Rolex 24
2007-02-05 GRANDAM
Travis Braun
Braun highlights the three lady drivers at the 2007 Rolex 24 ...
Read the article >Grand-Am lights boost safety, affect strategy
2007-01-20 GRANDAM GRANDCUP
Travis Braun
With the Delphi’s TCS3 in-car caution safety light system, Grand American looks to increase safety ...
Read the article >Button striking it lucky at last
2006-08-17 F1
Katie Jones
Ms. Jones reflects on the emotional moment when Jenson Button earned his first F1 victory ...
Read the article >The passion of speed
2006-06-16 LEMANS
David C. Schilke
From slot cars to the 24 Heures du Mans, the thrill of headlights speeding by in the darkness is always exciting ...
Read the article >The shrinking generation gap
2006-06-08 GP2 GRANDAM INDYCAR INDYCAR NASCAR-CUP
Tony DiZinno
DiZinno understands the generation gap in motor sports, the talented writer is just shy of turning 17 ...
Read the article >RuSport's dynamic duo
2006-04-01 INDYCAR
Earl Ma
Can another team compete against Newman-Haas? If anyone can, it must be RuSport's pair of young lions ...
Read the article >Finlay Rolex-ready
2006-01-29 GRANDAM
Earl Ma
Finlay ended 2005 on a high note, 2006 starts with a new package and they are more than ready ...
Read the article >IROC doesn't get it
2006-01-23 IROC
Victor Genova
Victor Genova, a longtime IROC fan, throws in the towel after the series' latest moves ...
Read the article >Stallings, Gurney prepare for rookie Rolex 24 win
2006-01-19 GRANDAM
Earl Ma
One of the strongest pole contenders for the Rolex 24 at Daytona is a team which did not even participate in the race last year ...
Read the article >Winning location: Where for NASCAR in Canada?
2005-10-21 NASCAR
Victor Genova
A race north of the border may be closer than you think. Mr. Genova offers his idea on where in Canada...
Read the article >Montoya: The same but different
2005-10-10 F1
Katie Jones
JPM's presence at McLaren has given the team new impetus ...
Read the article >Interview: Jamie Bach and Guy Cosmo
2005-09-09 ALMS
Carol Lynn Fogle
Ms. Fogle chatted with the two Mazda drivers during some free time in Portland to gain insight for our readers on the new Mazda team ...
Read the article >Christian Klien: The persistence of memory
2005-08-20 F1
Katie Jones
How many times have we seen it all before? A promising new talent arrives, only to be cast aside in favor of the next young hopeful ...
Read the article >F1's voice of reason
2005-07-06 F1
Anne Proffit
In a pack of incessantly howling wolves, Australian Paul Stoddart has become the voice of Formula One reason ...
Read the article >Fisichella: The curse of number four
2005-06-17 F1
Katie Jones
Fisichella started the season on a very high note, now he appears a bit unhappy ...
Read the article >Bucknum crossing Indy 500 off goals list
2005-05-24 ALMS GRANDAM INDYCAR
Earl Ma
When Jeff Bucknum started the ALMS race at Mid-Ohio Sunday, the sportscar veteran did so without much worry over events transpiring some 250 miles away in Speedway, Indiana ...
Read the article >Get a Legge up
2005-04-11 ATLANTIC
Anne Proffit
Some people were just born to race. Katherine Legge is the real deal ...
Read the article >Valiante and Bomarito try sportscars in Daytona
2005-04-01 ATLANTIC GRANDAM
Earl Ma
Atlantic veterans Michael Valiante and Jonathan Bomarito try their hand at Daytona ...
Read the article >Terry Labonte cutting back, but not cutting grass
2005-03-28 GRANDAM NASCAR-CUP
Joe Jennings
The quiet-spoken Texan has devised a retirement plan that reduces his Cup schedule and allows him to have fun ...
Read the article >"Pop-Tart" McDowell springs into Grand-Am
2005-03-08 GRANDAM GRANDCUP STARMAZDA
Earl Ma
2004 Star Mazda champion McDowell jumps from openwheel to sportscar racing and he still has the ever present smile ...
Read the article >Richie Hearn: Team owner, racer, designer
2005-03-07 INDYCAR KART STARMAZDA
Nancy Knapp Schilke
Not one to sit just waiting for a full-time ride, Hearn keeps busy ...
Read the article >The Frisselle brothers' Daytona debut
2005-03-02 GRANDAM
Earl Ma
Burt and Brian start 2005 as co-pilots of a Daytona Prototype. One Hawaiian (writer) chats with two fellow islanders (the racers) ...
Read the article >The beginning of the end (part 5)
2005-01-15 MOTOGP
Ivan Alonso
The 2005 season will be different: HRC has now realized that it cannot take the fight to Rossi and Burgess without some hard work ...
Read the article >The beginning of the end (part 4)
2005-01-14 MOTOGP
Ivan Alonso
Simply getting factory support doesn't necessarily mean much, especially if you can't get what you ask for ...
Read the article >The beginning of the end (part 3)
2005-01-13 MOTOGP
Ivan Alonso
With the increased power of the latest generation four-stroke MotoGPs, Michelin was faced with the challenge of handling the power ...
Read the article >The beginning of the end (part 2)
2005-01-12 MOTOGP
Ivan Alonso
When Valentino Rossi and Jerry Burgess worked together at Honda, they saw some key weaknesses, starting with arrogance ...
Read the article >The beginning of the end
2005-01-11 MOTOGP
Ivan Alonso
The 2004 season was not only one of the most exciting we've seen in recent memory, but was also historic ...
Read the article >No more Porsches, please!
2004-12-23 GRANDAM
Burd Phillips
With the revamping of the Grand American GT class, non-Porsche teams look to 2005. Mazda team allowed a peek at "Prep 2" rules and ...
Read the article >Kurt Busch: Unusual chemistry wins championship
2004-12-01 NASCAR-CUP
Aaron Bell
Odd couples who have gone on to achieve success together in sports are not rare. Success comes in many forms with different individuals ...
Read the article >MotoGP musical chairs
2004-11-01 MOTOGP
Ivan Alonso
As leaves fall off trees, riders fall off teams. A metaphor that for many MotoGP riders may come true, read who, why and where they may land ...
Read the article >Are we equal?
2004-10-09 MOTOGP
Ivan Alonso
In the movie "Faster," Dr. Costa says "These riders live as Gods. At a certain moment they understand that they must go back to the world of man ..."
Read the article >Yawn-ula One
2004-08-20 F1
Matt Grimshaw
The writer may be yawning now, but he hopes next year will not be a GP (GP meaning Grand Procession) ...
Read the article >Robby Unser rues Pikes Peak split decision
2004-07-27 HILLCLIMB
Earl Ma
Nearly a month has passed since event officials threatened Robby Unser with disqualification from the Pikes Peak, then made him share the overall victory ...
Read the article >2004 MotoGP season preview, part two
2004-02-25 MOTOGP
Victor Genova
With all the changes slated for this year, which riders will be in a position to compete for the MotoGP crown?
Read the article >2004 MotoGP season preview, part one
2004-02-23 MOTOGP
Victor Genova
This year's MotoGP season will see many changes to the series. Let's take a look at some of the hot topics ...
Read the article >What price endurance?
2004-02-19 GRANDAM LEMANS
Tom Haapanen
The Daytona Prototypes opened the new season with the Daytona 24 Hours race, again the survival rate was low. The three basic aspects of race cars are performance, endurance and cost. Sportscar racing is endurance ...
Read the article >Da Matta making quiet inroads in F1
2003-12-22 F1
Katie Jones
When Toyota announced late last year that it was planning a reshuffle in preparation for the 2003 season, the last thing that anybo
Read the article >DTM by numbers: Round 10, Hockenheim
2003-10-24 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
The final race of the 2003 DTM season, Hockenheim, saw Bernd Schneider claim his fourth title in the series and his third since it was revived in 2000. All hail the 'new' champion but, to be honest, the hoped-for finale showdown fell just a little bit fl
Read the article >Villeneuve better off minus BAR
2003-10-10 F1
Jean-Paul Borg
This past season has been a very difficult one indeed for Jacques Villeneuve. His frustrations with the problematic B.A.R F1 team have permeated his life. "I don't think I could get any more frustrated than I have been the whole season," he says. "Continu
Read the article >Reaching a verdict: Michael or Kimi?
2003-10-07 F1
Maverick Adam
My question is this: of these two exceptional sportsmen, which deserves the coveted title of FIA 2003 Formula One World Drivers' Championship?
Read the article >DTM by Numbers: Round nine, Zandvoort
2003-10-01 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
The Zandvoort weekend was an active one, with one or two surprises thrown into the mix in qualifying and one or two inadvisable acts of stupidity in the race. Acts of stupidity in DTM are commonplace but an Opel on pole is not,
Read the article >DTM by Numbers: Round eight, A1-Ring
2003-09-17 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
Last year the A1-Ring proved the highlight of the season with quite possibly the maddest DTM race ever. This time around it was just as thrilling, and by the end I was chewing cushions and other soft furnishings between shrieking hysterically and hiding
Read the article >DTM by numbers: round seven, Nurburgring
2003-08-26 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
You may wonder what pogonophobia has to do with motor racing. You may be wondering what the heck pogonophobia is. The phobia in que...
Read the article >DTM by numbers: round six, Donington
2003-08-14 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
Surprisingly, I managed not to explode at Donington. My excitement fuse fizzed and spluttered close to detonation point on more than...
Read the article >Diehard fans flock to Daytona
2003-07-15 NASCAR-BUSCH NASCAR-CUP NASCAR-TRUCK
Linda Przygodski
Scorching temperatures of 95 degrees Fahrenheit and 100% humidity couldn't keep the diehard NASCAR fans away from Daytona International Speedway for the July Fourth holiday weekend tradition known as the Pepsi 400. Most fans without parkin...
Read the article >DTM mid-season review
2003-07-07 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
Like most other racing series, the DTM is now midway through its season and it's time for a look at how things are progressing...
Read the article >DTM by numbers: round five, Norisring
2003-06-25 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
After the relative sedateness of Lausitz, DTM action returned at Norisring with the usual mayhem and a couple of delightful acts of...
Read the article >DTM by numbers: round four, Lausitz
2003-06-11 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
The most remarkable thing about the fourth race of the season at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz was that virtually nothing happened.
Read the article >DTM by numbers: round three, Nürburgring
2003-05-29 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
Mercedes continued playing musical chairs with its drivers at the Nürburgring, but this time it was Patrick Huisman getting the hea
Read the article >DTM by numbers: round two, Adria
2003-05-13 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
The Adria International Raceway, as it is grandly titled, is new to the DTM calendar. The teams tested at the circuit, north of Ven
Read the article >DTM by numbers: The madness returns!
2003-04-30 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
I'm going to be utterly insane by the end of this DTM season. Having just about regained my marbles after last season, the first race of 2003 had me...
Read the article >The lure
2003-04-04 ARCA NASCAR-BUSCH
Andy Belmont
Most of us racers think about "getting to the next level", whatever that might be...
Read the article >Different strokes for different blokes
2003-03-16 INDYCAR
Anne Proffit
Last year they were teammates, albeit for a short period of time. Tomas Scheckter and Buddy Rice worked under the same Red Bull
Read the article >I've been watching, have you?
2003-03-13 INDYCAR
Mike Sulka
The IRL has changed. Did you notice? The IRL has substantially improved its level of professionalism this year by adding a number....
Read the article >New season, new start for CART
2003-02-21 INDYCAR
Earl Alexander
A great deal has already been written about the defection of Toyota and Honda and their favored teams to the IRL -- almost to the point of obsession. Even so the 2003 Champ Car World Series looks strong and promises...
Read the article >Double duty drivers: mixed results, consistent determination.
2003-02-18 NASCAR-BUSCH NASCAR-CUP
Thomas Chemris
Gaining valuable track time before the Great American Race by competing in the Busch Series is arguably not much of an advantage.
Read the article >Where are the credentials?
2003-02-17 ARCA NASCAR-BUSCH NASCAR-CUP
Andy Belmont
Here we are at the start of another great season for the ARCA RE/MAX Series. The 51st circuit will see us again reach new heights.
Read the article >Test in the West shows who to watch
2003-02-12 INDYCAR
Anne Proffit
If five days of Indy Racing League time trials at California Speedway and Phoenix International Raceway showed anything, it's that there is no clear favorite to take this year's IndyCar series title.
Read the article >Need a ride?
2003-02-09 INDYCAR
Anne Proffit
While there are a bunch of new faces in the Indy Racing League paddocks this week during Test in the West, what's more noticeable is the number of veterans who are seeking driving jobs.
Read the article >Fire that burns
2003-01-19 ARCA
Jason Jarrett
The "fire that burns" -- I heard this expression used by someone at one of the pre-banquet gatherings, referring to the intensity of one
Read the article >Dick Trickle still racing at 61
2002-12-11 NASCAR-BUSCH NASCAR-CUP
Amanda Brahler
Drivers: with each passing season they play musical chairs as owners look for the next best thing in the sport. The latest trend is to young, marketable drivers. But move over, young guns. Dick Trickle....
Read the article >Jean Alesi: Shrugging off F1 gentility
2002-11-27 DTM F1
Nikki Reynolds
The German Touring Car championship (DTM) is by no means an easy ride. To win the title takes more than a driver having more experience, a faster car or a quicker pit crew. It requires balls, and big ones at that. In Formula One in recent years, being at
Read the article >Allan McNish: Life After F1
2002-10-26 ALMS F1 GRANDAM
Anne Proffit
Allan McNish has been to the top of the mountain. Why wouldn't he fight to stay there? After developing and racing for Toyota's fledgling Formula One team, McNish was discarded, even before his ho
Read the article >DTM 2002: A champion season for excitement
2002-10-22 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
For 10 Sundays between April and October a vast amount of noise, excitement and crashing went on at various locations around Europe. The growl of revving engines, the roar of crowds and the freque$
Read the article >DTM by the numbers, Round 10 Hockenheim
2002-10-13 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
They promised the final race of the DTM season at Hockenheim would be a good one and, oh boy, it was a corker. Talk about going out with a bang! Or in this case quite a few bangs. There were crash
Read the article >A matter Of restraint
2002-10-12 NASCAR-BUSCH NASCAR-CUP NASCAR-TRUCK SAFETY
Linda Przygodski
Nobody keeps an official count of how many people die in auto racing every year. But in 2001 the Charlotte Observer conducted an independent study that found that since 1990, 269 fatalities have...
Read the article >DTM by the numbers, Round Nine: Zandvoort
2002-10-02 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
The DTM has a new champion after Zandvoort and a very deserving one at that. Many congratulations to Laurent Aiello, who managed
Read the article >DTM by the numbers, Round eight, A1-Ring
2002-09-11 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
I should be in hospital. If not a medical one, then at least one of the comfy-padded-cells and jackets-with-intriguingly-inescapable-arms type. What has that got to do with the price of lemons, I...
Read the article >German Touring Cars pursue safety in an unsafe sport
2002-08-24 DTM SAFETY
Nikki Reynolds
Anyone who follows motorsport will have seen some scary-looking crashes at some time or another and marveled how drivers have walked away. Sadly, sometimes they don't walk away, but these days...
Read the article >DTM by numbers: Round seven, Nurburgring
2002-08-08 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
The on track battles in the DTM get more heated as the season advances and the Nurburgring proved no exception. The top four were separated by just over a second as they crossed the line and Uwe...
Read the article >DTM by the numbers: Round six, EuroSpeedway
2002-07-17 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
It was another entertaining race for DTM fans at the EuroSpeedway, with Mercedes form continuing to improve and the ongoing battle between reigning champion Bernd Schneider and, current leader in the standings,
Read the article >DTM by Numbers: Round five, Norisring - crashing and bouncing
2002-07-09 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
Norisring was interestingly bouncy. Not so much the track itself but the amount of folks bouncing off each other and assorted inanimate objects was most enthusiastically done. Aside from the crashing and bouncing, the other...
Read the article >What is there to complain about?
2002-07-04 NASCAR-BUSCH NASCAR-CUP
Amanda Brahler
A restrictor plate's job is to reduce horsepower and slow cars down by a car down. It causes tight racing packs and is the blame for the annual wrecks that bestow the superspeedway tracks.
Read the article >DTM by Numbers: Round 4, Sachsenring
2002-06-05 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
Abt continue to be unnervingly good and Laurent Aiello won his third victory at the Sachsenring. In fact he showed off a bit, winning the qualifying race and the main race just to be clever. Makes...
Read the article >DTM by Numbers: Round 3, Donington - as incomprehensible as ever
2002-05-25 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
For Round Three the weather decided to be contrary, although not quite
Read the article >Grandstand Perspective: Lakeside Speedway
2002-04-27 WOO
Randy Fisher
Lakeside Speedway is usually a comfortable place to watch short track racing. Nestled among the trees of western Kansas City, Kan., not far from Kansas Speedway, the single grandstand faces east.
Read the article >DTM Round One by the numbers -- NOT!
2002-04-25 DTM
Nikki Reynolds
The DTM season arrived last weekend and it was a welcome distraction from the more sedate art of Formula One. F1 does have its moments and they can be spectacular, but let's face it, ontrack
Read the article >Wayne Taylor on the new Cadillac LMP
2002-04-22 ALMS LEMANS
Patrick Jennings
Can the new Nigel Stroud-designed Cadillac Northstar LMP 02 challenge the venerable Audi R8 for supremacy in international sports car racing? Sports car veteran Wayne Taylor thinks so. Taylor is a partial owner of the team and the driver of the No 8 Cadil
Read the article >IROC utilizes crash data to improve safety
2002-02-14 IROC SAFETY
Thomas Chemris
nternational Race Of Champions (IROC) is a series that pulls together winning drivers from a variety of sanctioning bodies and places them in identically-prepared cars. In
Read the article >What Demand?
2002-01-16 INDYCAR INDYCAR
Jeff Janoska
In 1994 Tony George announced the new Indy Racing League. In my previous article, I refuted some of the claims made justifying the formation of the series. Two significant justifications for the formation of the series remain, the first of which was to sa
Read the article >What purpose does it serve?
2002-01-07 INDYCAR INDYCAR
Jeff Janoska
Tony George's Indy Racing League is no longer in its infancy. The series has reached the five-year mark and in the coming year the series will need to make clear its vision for Champ Car racing. Simply put, Mr. George needs to explain exactly what the IRL
Read the article >This isn't the schism that needs repair
2002-01-03 ALMS INDYCAR
Jeff Janoska
Rumors continue to swirl around CART and ALMS hosting combined dates at Sebring and Miami. Many in the "Church of CART" have accepted as gospel the view that such a union will be CART's salvation, restoring vigor
Read the article >Those who pay no attention to the past have no future
2001-12-14 HISTORY MISC
Jeff Janoska
Once there was a glorious renaissance in motorsports. Spectator interest in racing seemed insatiable. The strong economy and the flow of sponsorship money allowed teams to increase technological sophistication and speed of the cars considerably.
Read the article >Meet the new boss... same as the old boss
2001-12-11 INDYCAR
Jeff Janoska
We've all seen the big news from the CART Board of Directors meeting. The palace coup is complete. Great hopes are resting on the imminent arrival of Chris Pook. Yet the question remains, just what can Pook or any president do to fix the problems plaguing
Read the article >What happened to Villeneuve?
2001-11-29 F1
Kelly Batke
For a brief moment last season it appeared as though Jacques Villeneuve wasn't going to re-sign with BAR for 2002. There were mumblings about a potential switch to McLaren and there was even talk of a possible return to Williams.
Read the article >Junie Donlavey exasperated by 2001 season
2001-11-26 BUSINESS NASCAR-CUP
Thomas Chemris
Donlavey discusses suit with sponsor, conflict with driver, owner and sponsor impacted season
Read the article >Is it time to put these ponies out to pasture?
2001-11-23 TRANSAM
Jeff Janoska
In 1966 an exciting new racing series made its debut. It quickly attracted the attention of all four American manufacturers and soon big American iron and motor racing legends fought for dominance in a period known as the Pony Wars. Trans-Am, in its heyda
Read the article >Shane Lewis: an interview
2001-11-20 ALMS ARCA GRANDAM IMSA LEMANS SCCA SCCA-WC USRRC-GT
Richard Sloop
Veteran road racer Shane Lewis discusses his past, future and recent foray into ARCA circles with Richard Sloop of Motorsport.com
Read the article >The A B C of F1 awards for 2001
2001-11-16 F1
Peter Chapple
At this time of year the F1 world sits down and indulges in an orgy of self-admiration. Loyal followers who have been fortnightly bored stiff in front of the TV wish they would agree to amend the rules so that some semblance of racing can be brought back
Read the article >2001: The Year of the Profiteer
2001-09-24
Keke Murray
It's autumn. The turning season makes me reflect on many things, not the least of which is the state of that multi-billion dollar entertainment industry we know as racing. European and North American series are winding down: two more Grands Prix, four mor
Read the article >Zanardi: a racer and a gentleman
2001-09-16 F1 INDYCAR
Earl Alexander
Alessandro (Alex) Zanardi yesterday suffered horrific injuries in a heavy impart during the American Memorial race in Germany. Zanardi, charging back onto track ...
Read the article >It's time to call Jimmy Carter
2001-08-29 INDYCAR INDYCAR
Jeff Janoska
We are now five years into the Second Champ Car Civil War and unlike the First Champ Car Civil War (1979-1981) it appears that regardless of the outcome (1979-1981) it appears that regardless of the outcome.
Read the article >Road Racing: at home in Washington, DC
2001-08-15 ALMS INDYCAR
Jeff Janoska
Two racing series, CART and ALMS, want to hold an event in the Washington area because they recognize that the D.C. area is a center for road racing ...
Read the article >To hell and (not quite) back
2001-08-07 F1
Claudia Leonhardt
Who doesn't remember them - the glorious years when Williams won twelve out of sixteen races a season and anything but a one-two-victory was considered a failure.
Read the article >It's time to move on
2001-07-23 NASCAR-CUP
Don Beichner
Following Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s triumph in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona some scribes within the motorsports press corps immediately concluded that NASCAR had made "The Call" and fixed the outcome of the race. Other members of the motorsports press conceded the
Read the article >Quo vadis, McLaren-Mercedes
2001-07-09 F1
Claudia Leonhardt
To say that their star has fallen would be a little harsh, but regarding the results McLaren-Mercedes have obtained during the first half of the ongoing season it's obvious that they have lost their previous dominance. With more than half the season throu
Read the article >Launch control, part II
2001-06-06 F1
Kelly Batke
The return of electronics into Formula One was supposed to make the job of the drivers much easier. But as we have witnessed since its return at the Spanish Grand Prix in April, things haven't exactly worked out as expected.
Read the article >Scott Goodyear all fired up
2001-05-25 INDYCAR
Earl Ma
When one speaks about futility and the Indianapolis 500, no driver better represents the 1990's than poor Scott Goodyear. But for a mere 0.043 seconds in 1992, 0.57 seconds in 1997 and the ever-controversial black flag for passing the pace car while lead
Read the article >Sarah Fisher "The Sophomore"
2001-05-23 INDYCAR
Earl Ma
Sarah Fisher has come a long way since she first arrived on the national scene as a shy, bespectacled 18-year-old, sitting behind the wheel of an IRL car for the first time in Texas back in October 1999. A mere year and a half later, she stands as one of
Read the article >Busy blowing bubbles: Jimmy Kite faces Bump Day again
2001-05-19 INDYCAR
Earl Ma
Among the many new Indianapolis 500 traditions Tony George launched with the creation of the IRL, one of the most predictable also comes as one of the most unscripted. For the fourth straight year of his four-year Indycar career, diminutive Jimmy Kite fi
Read the article >The significance of Imola
2001-04-20 F1
Kelly Batke
For many, the thought of Imola continues to conjure up somber memories. The fiery crash of Gerhard Berger in 1989, but more prominently the deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger.
Read the article >McReynolds happy with life in the booth
2001-04-18 NASCAR-CUP
Thomas Chemris
Larry McReynolds made his name as a Winston Cup crew Chief working for car owners such as Kenny Bernstein, Robert Yates and Richard Childress
Read the article >Kenny Wallace fields opportunities but is committed to Eel River
2001-04-17 NASCAR-BUSCH NASCAR-CUP
Thoma Chemris
For most of his Winston Cup career Kenny Wallace has struggled to break out of the pack and score that illusive first win. Wallace made his debut in Winston Cup in 1990, one year after his older brother was crowned Champion. Racing art time for three diff
Read the article >Retour aux affaires
2001-04-04 F1
Thierry Lecourt
Pour la premire fois depuis six Grand-Prix d'affile, Ferrari a ...
Read the article >Back to business
2001-04-03 F1
Thierry Lecourt
For the first time after six Grand-Prix in a row, Ferrari has been beaten and Michael Schumacher defeated. After a difficult season's start McLaren, Mercedes and David Coulthard did it, even in tricky conditions where normally Ferrari strategy and Michael
Read the article >Low car counts. lack of sponsorship cause for concern
2001-03-20 NASCAR-BUSCH NASCAR-CUP NASCAR-FMS NASCAR-TRUCK
Thomas Chemris
In the same fashion that an economist will look at consumer spending to predict future unemployment figures, Nascar needs to take a close look at a situation unfolding in its developmental and support series. As the sport enjoys the largest growth in popu
Read the article >Reflections on the Australian GP - triumph and tragedy
2001-03-08 F1
Kelly Batke
The first race for the 2001 FIA Formula One World Championship season at Albert Park, Melbourne Australia, may not have demonstrated safety on the track. The events that led to the death of the 52-year old marshal, Graham Beveridge, definitely raised que
Read the article >Four men, one prize
2000-08-04 F1
Julie Gates
Owing to the unexpected outcome of last weekend's German Grand Prix, this year's hunt for the first World Championship of the twenty-first century has been thrown into turmoil. Now, not only is the McLaren duo of David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen just two
Read the article >McLaren: a team to the end
2000-07-29 F1
Julie Gates
This season has once again proved to be both unpredictable and exciting. Despite winning the first three races, Michael Schumacher is under increasing pressure ...
Read the article >F1 glamorous? Think again!
2000-07-09 F1
Julie Gates
Have you ever wondered what it is like to walk in the F1 paddock? To see the cars, smell the fumes and feel the rip-roaring atmosphere present in the world's most expensive car park? ...
Read the article >Heads or tails: Button or Montoya?
2000-07-01 F1
Julie Gates
During past weeks, there has been much speculation regarding driver line-ups for the 2001 season, particularly where the Williams team is concerned ...
Read the article >On the downward spiral
2000-06-12 F3000
Julie Gates
After successful Championship campaigns in 1998 and 1999 With Ricardo Zonta and Nick Heidfeld respectively, the MySAP.com Team - previously known as West Competition - must be wondering what on earth they have done wrong to suffer such torrid luck this se
Read the article >Pointing out a problem
2000-05-31 F1
Julie Gates
The West McLaren Mercedes team has been the first to admit that it is 'surprised' at the season's outcome thus far. And let's face it, with Michael Schumacher eighteen-points clear in the Drivers' Championship ...
Read the article >Button pushing
2000-05-27 F1
Julie Gates
It has been sometime since the sport has witnessed the level of mania demonstrated on news that Frank Williams had signed a twenty-year old rookie to partner his future World Champion, Ralf Schumacher ...
Read the article >Brotherly love
2000-05-20 F1
Julie Gates
We all know how that little saying goes: blood is thicker than water. For a majority of people in the world, this statement remains true through thick and thin, no matter the circumstances. However, does this resemble the performance of Michael Schumacher
Read the article >DC: Nice guys can win!
2000-05-17 F1
Julie Gates
He is Formula One's nice guy. He is the driver who would make the ideal son-in-law and the ideal husband. Yet, he doesn't want to be the angelic family man ...
Read the article >Race Chaser's Guide to Indianapolis
2000-05-07 INDYCAR SPRINT US-FF2000
Dave Reininger
It’s May! Flowers are blooming, children are thinking of the three months they’ll have off from school and racers everywhere dream of the Holy Grail of motorsports, the Borg Warner Trophy ...
Read the article >The rebirth of local race tracks
2000-03-04
Dave Reininger
Motorsport has been enjoying something of a renaissance over the past decade. One of the most significant indications of this rebirth is the number of new tracks that have opened recently. Several ...
Read the article >Of Long Beach and Cleveland ...
1999-07-08 F1 INDYCAR
Dave Reininger
I thought CART learned something from Long Beach. Not the Long Beach Grand Prix we all know and love today, the other Long Beach Grand Prix, the Formula One race held from 1976 to 1983. Maybe it's ...
Read the article >Is open wheel racing poised to make a comeback in this country?
1999-05-06
Dave Reininger
I'm starting to see indications that open wheel racing may be making something of a comeback in the US. While open wheel racing has never left the motorsports scene, it certainly has been taking a ...
Read the article >The Ten Step Program to Enjoying Oval Track Racing
1999-03-23
Dave Reininger
The Ten Step Program to Enjoying Oval Track Racing As far as I can tell, there are two ways to become absorbed in oval track racing. The first is total immersion. Just do it, as they say. Buy a ...
Read the article >Don't forget your local race track!
1999-03-16
Dave Reininger
It's full speed ahead from here on out. The 1999 racing season goes into full swing in the next two weeks. CART's opener is this weekend at Homestead, NASCAR's Winston Cup series has already ...
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