The 2013 Honda Grand Prix turned out to be a highly competitive, drama-filled event. When the smoke cleared and the checkers fell, it was James Hinchliffe visiting the IndyCar winner’s circle for the first time in his career.  His combination of charm, wit and driving skills have made the self-appointed ‘Mayor of Hinchtown’ a [...]

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 [...]

  The team transporters have arrived and unloaded in St. Petersburg, FL to kick off the 2013 Izod IndyCar Series season.  It won’t be long before we hear the screams of the engines reverberating through this beautiful community located on the Gulf Coast. This will be the ninth year that the speed limits will be [...]

Special Guest: Beaux Barfield – President of Competition/Race Director of IndyCar ….

By Frank Santoroski   Scott Dixon is a two-time IndyCar Series champion, an Indianapolis 500 winner and the winningest driver in the history of the Indy Racing League. While most of the general populous couldn’t pick him out of a lineup, he’s a household name among IndyCar fans. In our household, however, he has a [...]

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 [...]