Welcome to Memorial Day Weekend 2013! For race fans across the world this is the biggest weekend for major races in Formula 1, IndyCar, and NASCAR. It is a marathon and a day infused with racing drama on the world’s finest circuits. Breakfast in the States can be enjoyed while watching the historic Monaco Grand [...]

A wild ending to the Auto Club 400 resulted in a win for Kyle Busch and his Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 team. Busch skirted by as the battle between Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin resulted in both drivers hitting the wall. Busch earned his second win of the weekend, he took the Nationwide victory [...]

Four races in, a fifth waiting to be run, the first “off-weekend” looming, and there is much to be enjoyed in NASCAR. The Gen-6 car is getting a lot of positive feedback, the racing has offered some dazzle, and familiar names populate the top-10 in points. But there still isn’t a big story to write [...]

After topping the time sheets in both free practices for this weekend’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix, three-time defending World Champion Sebastian Vettel and his Infiniti Red Bull Racing team have given notice to the entire paddock that they will not go away easily.  With similar technical regulations to 2012, Red Bull has continued with the [...]

I finally had the opportunity to sit down and watch “Richard Petty: A Racer’s Life” with my husband the other evening. It was a great look at Petty’s life at home as his life at the track has been well-documented. The viewer got to see The King’s wife’s Lynda in a new perspective; life force [...]

After a strong start to the 2013 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season on the west coast, the four pro classes make their first appearance on the east coast for the 44th annual Amalie Oil Gatornationals at legendary Auto-Plus Raceway in Gainesville.  The track has seen many historic events; with Kenny Bernstein completing the first [...]

With yesterday’s announcement of the newly-formed United SportsCar Racing series for 2014, this Saturday’s 61st annual 12 Hours of Sebring will be the last under the current American Le Mans banner.   The series was started by Georgia businessman Don Panoz to incorporate Le Mans style racing here in the United States in 1999.  The [...]

When Dario Franchitti steps on the hallowed ground of Indianapolis Motor Speedway this coming May, he will have reason to celebrate.  Not because he is returning to the place where he has won three times, but because he will be celebrating a birthday; the big FOUR-O. Yep, IndyCar’s most successful driver of recent years is [...]

Where Do We Go From Here? IndyCar 2013 Season Preview By Frank Santoroski   IndyCar 2012 saw an exciting championship that went right down to the wire. We saw multiple engine manufacturers competing for the first time since 2005. We saw the debut of the DW-12, a brand new chassis named in honor of the [...]

Doctor, commentator, father, Dr. Jerry Punch is many people. If you have spent any time in the last 30 years watching college football and/or NASCAR on ESPN, TBS, or local radio affiliates in Knoxville, you have been exposed to Punch.   Formally trained to be a physician, Punch served as an emergency room doctor from [...]