RACING ON TV: WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK FRIDAY, MARCH 29 — Formula 1 practice 1, Sakhir Circuit, Bahrain; 6:55 a.m., ESPNU (L) — Formula 1 practice 2, Sakhir Circuit, Bahrain; 10:55 a.m., ESPNU (L) — Monster Energy NASCAR Cup practice, Fort Worth, Texas; 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., FS1 (L) — NASCAR Xfinity practice, Fort…
The NASCAR championship finale is set to head to a short track for the 2020 racing season; Double-header race weekend announced The highly anticipated 2020 NASCAR schedule has just made it’s debut. Officials announced the upcoming schedule via a live broadcast on various channels. View the full 2020 NASCAR schedule below. The biggest change involves…
Power put down a lap around the 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit in 1:00.4594 after the six-minute clock expired.PHOTO BY MOTORSPORT IMAGES-LAT INDYCAR SERIES ST. PETERSBURG QUALIFYING RESULTS: WILL POWER SAVES HIS BEST FOR LAST…AGAIN Will Power is the NTT IndyCar Series “Master of Faster.” The 2014 IndyCar Series champion and 2018 Indianapolis 500 winner once again saved…
Rain-plagued race cut short for the first time since 2004 BY: STEVEN COLE SMITH On a local TV station’s evening weather segment on Saturday, the meteorologist said she couldn’t remember the last time she forecast 100 percent probability of significant precipitation for the entire coast-to-coast Central Florida viewing area. You can’t argue with 100 percent, and…
The 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 at Daytona is set for Jan. 26-27.PHOTO BY MOTORSPORT IMAGES-LAT NBCSN and IMSA.tv will bring all the action home BY: MIKE PRYSON NBCSN is the place to be — with a few minor detours along the way — for race fans who want to take in all…
Max Verstappen was leading the Brazilian Grand Prix when he collided with backmarker Esteban Ocon on lap 44 Max Verstappen will serve part of his punishment for shoving Esteban Ocon “as an observer to the stewards” at Saturday’s Formula E race in Marrakesh. The Dutchman, 21, has to do two days of “public service”…
By: Jamie Klein Two-time IMSA GT Daytona champion Nielsen, 26, joins Katherine Legge, Ana Beatriz and Simona de Silvestro at the wheel of the #57 MSR Acura NSX GT3 for the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship curtain-raiser. The Dane replaces Heinricher, who was named as a fulltime driver for the #57 car alongside Legge but will miss the Daytona race…
Our friends at the 24 Hours of Lemons don’t just communicate with their racer minions, they craft creative missives of magnificence. One such example is the reminder sent to racers to register for the big Lemons desert race Feb. 23-24 at the fabulous Inde Motorsports Ranch in Arizona, truly one of the greatest road courses in the West.…
Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend? It’s a real quiet weekend for racing given that…
BY: Bradley Brownell As part of an FIA Women in Motorsports initiative, nine female racers participated in Sunday’s Formula E in-season test. All 11 Formula E teams participated in the test session, which took place the day after, and on the same track as, Saturday’s Ad Diriyah Grand Prix in Saudi Arabia. In addition to the…
BY: Alanis King Former employees of the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, an Arizona-based racing school that’s been around since 1968, said they walked out of work last month in protest of a hostile environment. The allegations, which include belittlement, racism, unequal treatment and fears that they wouldn’t get paid, come from a thorough report…
Pippa Mann is a veteran of six Indianapolis 500s.PHOTO BY MOTORSPORT IMAGES-LAT Mann wishes backers would spend money to help female racers in ‘real cars, real series’ BY: SAM HALL The W Series, an open-wheel racing series for women that will run as a support effort to the Deutche Tourenwagen Masters, or DTM, throughout Europe…
Photo: Hiflex480 (Wikimedia Commons) Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend? It’s that time in the…
Up-and-coming drivers compete Friday for $100,000 racing scholarship BOULDER, Colorado (December 5, 2018) — Loni Unser is heading to the Mazda Road to 24 Shootout this Friday for chance to earn a $100,000 scholarship for the 2019 Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires. The developing driver was initially among a dozen…
Image: Vimeo The Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, which became the official racing school for Dodge and its SRT performance line three years ago, said this week that it’s open and holding driving classes after filing for bankruptcy in October and abruptly closing earlier in November. The school didn’t announce, verbatim, that it was back open, only that there’s a new person leading…