By Jerry Bonkowski NASCAR, IndyCar and IMSA team owner Roger Penske will receive one of the nation’s highest civilian honors, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Donald Trump announced Thursday. “He’s very thrilled to be getting it,” Trump said of Penske during an appearance with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House. Penske will…
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…
IMSA returns to action at Sebring in March.PHOTO BY MOTORSPORT IMAGES-LAT Where to find racing action, on TV and online BY: MIKE PRYSON FRIDAY, MARCH 22 — NHRA in 30, Gainesville, Fla.; 1 a.m., FS2 (T) — Indy Lights practice, Austin, Texas; 9 a.m., RoadtoIndy.tv(L) — NTT IndyCar Series practice, Austin, Texas; 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.,…
AJ Foyt has driven and won in everything there is to race; Dirt racing is his favorite AJ Foyt is the only driver to win the Daytona 500, Indy 500, Rolex 24 at Daytona and 24 hours of Le Mans. He’s a man that’s raced and one in just about everything. That of course, includes…
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…
BY: DAVID MALSHER IndyCar icon A.J. Foyt has revealed that an eventful off season saw him encounter more trouble with bees and also suffer an incident with a bulldozer that required him to be rescued from quicksand. The first ever four-time Indy 500 winner and seven-time Indy car national champion, who still farms his own…
Where to find racing action, on TV and online BY: MIKE PRYSON Racing on TV listings: THURSDAY, MARCH 7 — Kicker Arenacross, Greensboro, N.C.; 7 p.m., FS2 (T) FRIDAY, MARCH 8 — Indy Lights practice, St. Petersburg, Fla.; 8:50 a.m., Indylights.com and RoadtoIndy.tv (L) — NTT IndyCar practice, St. Petersburg, Fla.; 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., NBC Sports Gold (L)…
WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK RACING ON TV THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Kicker Arenacross, Denver; 7 p.m., FS2 (T) NHRA Sportsman Series, Pomona, Calif.; 10 p.m., FS2 (T) NHRA in 30, Phoenix; 11 p.m., FS2 (T) FRIDAY, MARCH 1 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup practice, Las Vegas; 3 p.m., FS1 (L) NASCAR Xfinity practice, Las Vegas; 4 p.m.…
Where to find racing action, on TV and online BY: MIKE PRYSON – AUTOWEEK FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 NASCAR Xfinity practice, Atlanta; 3 p.m., FS1 (L) NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck practice, Atlanta; 4 p.m., FS1 (L) Monster Energy NASCAR Cup qualifying, Atlanta; 5 p.m., FS1 (L) NHRA Friday Nitro, Phoenix; 11 p.m., FS1 (S) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23…
Derek Daly has sued WISH-TV in Indianapolis for $25 million for defamation of character.PHOTO BY INDYCAR Defamation suit claims Daly never made racially insensitive remarks in the 1980s BY: BRUCE MARTIN Derek Daly, who found himself in a firestorm of controversy thanks to former Indianapolis Colts play-by-play broadcaster Bob Lamey last August, has filed a…
Following more recent driver confirmations for the 2019 IndyCar season, the full-time driver lineup for the season is likely set. A total of 21 drivers have been confirmed as full-time drivers for the 2019 IndyCarseason, and that will likely remain the case. While there are two key factors pertaining to the 2019 driver lineup that have…
Sprint Car ace Rico Abreu is lobbying Chip Ganassi for an Indy 500 entry alongside best friend Kyle Larson.PHOTO BY MOTORSPORT IMAGE – LAT He wants to team up with Ganassi driver and fellow dirt ace Kyle Larson BY: MATT WEAVER – AUTOWEEK After a brief stint in NASCAR, Rico Abreu has willfully determined that he…
Michael Redlick PHOTO BY UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA Michael Redlick worked at IMS from 2011 to 2013 BY: GREG ENGLE The former senior vice president, chief sales officer and chief marketing officer for Indianapolis Motor Speedway was found dead in his home in Winter Park, Florida this past weekend. On Jan. 14, Winter Park police identified…
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…
“NEVER MIND” – RR-AZ Paul Tracy has been an analyst for NBC’s IndyCar coverage for five seasons. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images) Former IndyCar driver and current NBC IndyCar analyst Paul Tracy has been retained by the TV network for 2019 after NBC said it determined that an offensive post made from his Facebook…