Posted in Indy Racing League, Open Wheel on Jun 24th, 2007 No Comments »
Forget hard hitting Presidential primaries, did you see the hard hitting IRL cars at the Iowa 7/8ths mile? Wow, the track was gobbling up the IRL stars like they were pieces of popcorn!
The visuals were great and the director had the good fortune of being on Jeff Simmons in-car when Kanaan lost it and took […]
Posted in Formula One on Jun 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Lewis Hamilton chocks up his second F1 win at what may be the last F1 race in Indy for the forseeable future.
Posted in NASCAR, Indy Racing League on Jun 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Flyover kudos - OK, I’m primarily a airplane nut, but I’m a card carrying patriot at heart and endure the pre-race pageantry to see the flyboys get their brief minute in the sun at the end of the anthem. Good to get those units some exposure. I was really pleased to see a flyby this […]
Posted in NASCAR on Jun 19th, 2007 No Comments »
The Daly Planet
Motorsports TV Critic John Daly reviews the 2007 television coverage of the stock car racing scene.
The Slow Quiet Death of “Inside NEXTEL Cup” on SPEED
I simply cannot wait for Inside NEXTEL Cup Racing to finally die. This classic NASCAR TV program is dead as a doornail. […]
Posted in NASCAR on Jun 18th, 2007 No Comments »
How wonderful it is when racing series feel so financially secure that they can sue sponsors — especially when the sponsors only want to give the sport MORE money!
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US motor racing series, NASCAR, has filed a $100 million counter claim against AT&T in a landmark case concerning NASCAR’s right to offer its series title sponsor, […]
Posted in Formula One on Jun 15th, 2007 No Comments »
Can Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton resist rushing to Indy this week for a photo op?
Interest in Paris Hilton has cooled down so they’ve lost their spotlight opportunity in LaLa land.
The timing couldn’t be worse for the young lad.
Pray for him!
Posted in American Le Mans Series on Jun 15th, 2007 No Comments »
That is more dramatic than mentioning that the new Peugeot diesels proved fastest in the pre-race trials. This should provide some drama to what has threatened to become a perpetual Ingolstadt Teutonic walkover. Of course, reliability is likely to be the big issue.
Also, while Corvettes have driven out all other competitors in the US races, […]