Robert Wickens may have to make an emergency Verizon IndyCar Series debut this weekend.PHOTO BY LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC THIS IS A TEMPORARY CHNAGE UNTIL ALESHIN RESOLVES HIS IMMIGRATION ISSUES FROM FRANCE BY: MATT WEAVER Mercedes toruing car driver Robert Wickens will replace Schmidt Peterson Motorsports IndyCar regular Mikhail Aleshin this weekend at Road America until his […]
Few are more respected when it comes to enforcing racing’s rule book than Ricky Brooks.PHOTO BY CHRIS CLARK SHORT-TRACK AND TRANS AM SERIES OFFICIAL HAS DISQUALIFIED THE BEST OF ‘EM BY: MATT WEAVER Ricky Brooks is perhaps the most interesting man in grassroots racing. In a sub-discipline populated by former professionals, emerging prospects, gentleman drivers […]
The annual charity event has raised $18 million since 1995. 23RD ANNUAL CROSS-COUNTRY MOTORCYCLE RIDE AIDS VICTORY JUNCTION CAMP FOR SICK KIDS AUTOWEEK The Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America raised $1.3 million during this year’s 23rd anniversary ride — the most funds raised in a single year since 2008. Funds raised benefit Victory Junction — […]
Don Panoz says his Green4U Panoz Racing GT-EV will be able to race at 175 mph for 55 minutes before needing a new battery. IT MIGHT TAKE 10 1,000-POUND BATTERIES, BUT THE CAR VISIONARY HAS A PLAN TO CHANGE RACING BY: STEVEN COLE SMITH This morning at Le Mans, France, a race car concept unlike […]
FROM F1 TO NASCAR, RACING’S FINEST MAKE A PRETTY PENNY BY: ZAC PALMER The Forbes top-100 highest-paid athletes of 2017 list is out, and five race-car drivers made the cut. Formula 1 drivers with big contracts topped the racing list, but a couple NASCAR drivers did quite well in their own right, too. Here are your top-five-earning racers: 5. […]
Photo credit: Manu Fernandez/AP Images Fernando Alonso’s run in the Indianapolis 500 keeps paying off in juicy, tender beef. Not with Alonso—he was pretty chill. No, it’s between three-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton, who keeps talking shit about IndyCar, and that series’ drivers. There’s only one way to settle this: put Hamilton in an IndyCar. […]
Screencap via WSB-TV Longtime Road Atlanta volunteer Hazel Harrell died from injuries sustained after being struck by a motorcycle on Saturday, reports Roadracing World. Harrell was volunteering there as a corner worker at Road Atlanta’s Turn 7 during the WERA Cycle Jam racing event. She was 60. Harrell had been volunteering with the track for nearly two […]
TWO WINS IN TWO DAYS MOVES HONDA DRIVER INTO CHAMPIONSHIP PICTURE BY: MIKE PRYSON Graham Rahal summed up his Verizon IndyCar Series doubleheader sweep in pretty simple terms on Sunday on Belle Isle in Detroit. “As I said to you all last night (after winning on Saturday), these things don’t happen very often,” Rahal said. “Through my […]
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