Pagenaud, Power & Penske
This year’s Verizon IndyCar championship has turned into an intra-team battle between Simon Pagenaud and Will Power at Team Penske. Only four races remain on IndyCar’s truncated calendar – the…
NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon turns 45 years old today, so we've delved into YouTube's archives and found the day he tested Juan Pablo Montoya's Williams FW24 at Indianapolis in 2003. “It…
The podcast has now been recorded and will be released on August 24. Simon Taylor will be joining the podcast team to talk about his life in motor sport, his 'Lunch…
Blair Dupree runs ARCX (American Race Car Experience) at Rockingham and he’s in full flow before we’re let out on track in thoroughbred NASCAR racers. “I’m going to talk to…
This week in motor sport sees more British Grands Prix, plus Chris Amon and Jim Hall celebrate birthdays. July 18 1959: Jack Brabham leads the British Grand Prix from start…
Onboard live cameras have become the norm, and in many championships around the world required in the rulebook. But 13-time motorcycle Grand Prix winner Randy Mamola and his son and rider Dakota have…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database... the British Grand Prix visits three UK circuits, three ‘50s racers are born and sports cars head to Watkins Glen.…
This week in motor sport sees three wins apiece in France for Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell, plus a birthday for the greatest sports car racer of them all. A…
Carl Haas has passed away aged 86 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Chicago-based Haas was one of the major figures in American racing over the past half century. He was…
Josef Newgarden demonstrated some true grit at Elkhart Lake last weekend. He broke his right collarbone and hand in a big accident in Texas two weeks earlier but bounced back…
Tony Brooks, the quiet man of Grand Prix racing, not only competed against Dan Gurney but raced as his team-mate for the most glamorous of all marques, Ferrari. “Dan and…
Dan Gurney was inducted into the Motor Sport Hall of Fame on May 31 after a resounding win in the US racing category. Sadly Dan couldn't make the trip over…
Josef Newgarden was lucky to escape from a big crash at the Texas Motor Speedway last weekend with no worse injuries than a broken right clavicle and hand. It’s a…
Congratulations to Alex Rossi: the ninth rookie winner from 100 runnings of the Indianapolis 500. Successful in Formula BMW, GP3, Formula Renault 3.5 and GP2, this Californian would rather have…
It’s difficult to measure Alexander Rossi’s remarkable achievement in winning the Indy 500 on his first try. He certainly benefitted from the advice of co-team owners Michael Andretti and Bryan Herta. Both…
Monaco features prominently in this week in motor sport, and naturally so do Graham Hill and Ayrton Senna. Hill's first victory in the Principality came this week in 1963, but…
It started in 1936 when Louis Meyer asked for some milk after he had won the Indy 500, except for 10 years in the 1940s and '50s, it has been a…