A great deal of unhappiness and toxic comment has been aired on the web about the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona. Many fans were displeased with the excessive, unnecessary use…
This year’s Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona was dominated by a fleet of Corvette Daytona Prototypes and eventually they scored a 1-2-3-4 sweep. The winners were João Barbosa/Sébastien Bourdais/Christian Fittipaldi…
A few weeks ago Paul Fearnley documented Colin Chapman’s last Formula 1 cars, including the twin-chassis Lotus 88. Chapman was renowned for pushing the limit and breaking new ground, which…
It wasn’t a single moment that caught my eye this year. It was watching a pair of relentless, season-long efforts by Jimmie Johnson and Scott Dixon and their teams on…
Playstation/Gran Turismo has linked up with Mario Andretti to recreate his first race car on the new game. OK, it's a publicity stunt, but the documentary is actually very good.…
In 1971, Jackie Stewart raced not only in Formula 1 for Ken Tyrrell but also for Carl Haas in the Can-Am series. In those days the McLaren team dominated the…
It’s probably happened before and since in motor racing somewhere around the world, but the most spectacular last to first performance I’ve ever witnessed took place on the Milwaukee Mile…
Our editor-in-chief’s archive post about Brian Redman last week was right in suggesting that Redman may be the most underrated racing driver of all time. I had the pleasure of…
Matt Kenseth gave a rousing try, qualifying on the pole for NASCAR’s season finale last weekend at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. He led most of the race and finished a fighting…
Four-time IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti has retired from racing. He is recovering well from his IndyCar accident in Houston, but his doctors have advised him to stop. “Since my racing…
Whatever you may think about how it’s framed or operated, NASCAR’s Sprint Cup championship has once again come down to a two-man battle through the year’s final races. This year’s…
Any racing category is defined by its strongest teams. Today, those are Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes, Lotus and McLaren in Formula 1 and Audi, Toyota and hopefully Porsche in the…
It was good to watch a hard-fought IndyCar season-closer in California with Scott Dixon taking a very deserving third championship. Dixon has now won three IndyCar titles in 2003, ’08…
Scott Dixon took his third IndyCar championship after a furiously competitive, crash-filled 500-mile race on the high-banked California Speedway oval last Saturday night. The race was won by Will Power with…
There have been moments throughout racing history where drivers have been lauded for their courage in stepping out of the cockpit rather than their acts in it. Niki Lauda at…
When I wrote a few weeks ago about Mario Andretti and other drivers who achieved success across a wide variety of motor racing categories driving I neglected to properly credit…
