The conundrum of American racing
Watching Le Mans on TV from across the Atlantic was both a pleasure and a source of depression. It was great to see a classic long-distance race featuring superbly prepared…
Highlights of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Party in the Poconos 400 at Pocono Raceway Click here to visit the highlights page.
Highlights of the IndyCar Firestone 550 at Texas Motor Speedway Click here to visit the highlights page.
Whatever your opinion of IndyCar these days, you can’t deny that the series is capable of producing surprise winners. It’s a form of racing where the ‘little guy’ has a…
After 12 years of trying Tony Kanaan finally put it all together to score a very popular win in Sunday’s 97th Indianapolis 500. Kanaan has been racing Indycars since 1998…
Not since Scott Dixon in 2008 has there been a first-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. Owner/driver Ed Carpenter, rookie Carlos Muñoz and Marco Andretti make up the surprising front…
Ed Carpenter is playing David versus the Goliaths of Penske and Andretti at Indianapolis this year. The 32-year old Carpenter is the only owner/driver in the Izod IndyCar Series. He’s…
1989 NASCAR Rookie of the Year Dick Trickle has died at the age of 71 from an apparent suicide. Racing fans in Europe might not have been that familiar with…
You have to tip your hat to Derrick Walker and wish him the best of luck. The 68-year old Walker has been talking to IndyCar for more than a year…
A chaotic, crash-strewn IndyCar race in the streets of Sao Paulo on Sunday got its act together in the closing stages to produce a superb three-way battle for the lead…
There was no catching Takuma Sato in the closing stages of this year’s Long Beach Grand Prix. The Japanese driver was in a class of his own through the race’s…
IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay bounced back from a poor result in the season opener two weeks ago to score an excellent win from pole in round two at Barber Motorsports…
Tony Bettenhausen was one of America’s greatest racers who twice won the IndyCar championship under the AAA in 1951 and USAC in 1958. Bettenhausen won 22 AAA/USAC races between 1946-’59…
Can the DTM work in America? The idea has been bandied about for five years by the DTM and NASCAR’s Grand-Am sports car racing division. In New York City on…
James Hinchcliffe has been knocking on the door the past two years and scored an excellent first win in Sunday’s IndyCar season opener in St Petersburg. The 26-year old Canadian…
For 10 or more years through the '90s into the new century Australian race fans enjoyed a thriving CART IndyCar race on the streets of Surfers Paradise in addition to…
It’s always said that NASCAR’s marathon season gets underway not at the traditional Daytona 500 season-opener, but at the year’s second race. Thanks to the use of power-sapping restrictor plates…