Resurgent 500 Remains Pinnacle of Auto Racing

  by Stephen Cox
If there was ever any doubt that the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race is still the Mt. Everest of motorsports, it is gone after today's record-breaking event. Yes, I have a few gripes about the DW-12 chassis and the lame, new re-start procedures. We'll get to those in a moment. But the race itself was a sight to behold. Here are my random thoughts on this year's Greatest Spectacle in Racing: I really thought that Marco Andretti was going to run off with this race........

Kahne scores third 600 win, first at Hendrick

  by Pete McCole
Just two weeks after scoring their 200th Sprint Cup victory, Hendrick Motorsports newest driver Kasey Kahne secured win number 201 for the team with a victory in Sunday’s 53rd annual Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kahne blasted his way through the field following a restart on lap 325 then passed Denny Hamlin for the lead with 68 laps to go and held on for his third victory in NASCAR’s longest race.

2012 Indy 500 called one of greatest races ever

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
On my way out of the track after today's Indy 500 to catch my flight back home to enjoy the remainder of the Memorial Day holiday with family, I heard fans saying that this was the greatest Indy 500 of all time, and there have been many great ones through the years. Not one fan, I am talking about hundreds of fans all gushing the same - they could not believe what a fantastic race they just saw.

Dario Franchitti wins Indy 500 over Scott Dixon

  by Tim Wohlford
With the fans on their feet in the most exciting Indy 500 ever run, Dario Franchitti won the 96th running of American classic over Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan.  The finish was a 6-lap sprint to the end after Marco Andretti, who was passing cars and heading toward the front, lost control and hit the Turn 1 wall with 13 laps to go. Takuma Sato from Japan passed Scott Dixon with one lap to go and then tried to pass Dario Franchitti in Turn 1 on the final lap but Franchitti squeezed him low and Sato spun and hit the wall.

Webber holds off Rosberg, Alonso to win Monaco GP

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Red Bull driver Mark Webber won the most prestigious F1 race of the year winning the Monaco Grand Prix ahead of a train of cars led by Nico Rosberg's Mercedes (0.6 sec back), Fernando Alonso's Ferrari (0.9 sec back), Sebastian Vettel in the 2nd Red Bull and Lewis Hamilton for McLaren. Webber led from pole and only relinquished the lead during pit stops.

2012 Hoosier Hundred Review

  by Stephen Cox
On Friday night at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, several thousand die-hard race fans got a glimpse of what real auto racing is supposed to look like. The 59th running of the Hoosier Hundred was held on the appropriately named “Track of Champions,” the historic one-mile dirt oval where Barney Oldfield drove a mile in less than a minute for the first time in history on June 19, 1903.

Keselowski milks fuel to win Nationwide race

  by Pete McCole
Brad Keselowski earned another Memorial Day weekend victory for team owner Roger Penske, turning in a dominating performance to win Saturday’s History 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Keselowski held the lead after getting past Kasey Kahne for the lead on lap 134, stretching his fuel to beat Denny Hamlin.

Monaco GP: Saturday Press Conference

  Formula 1
DRIVERS
1 - Michael SCHUMACHER (Mercedes)
2 - Mark WEBBER (Red Bull Racing)
3 - Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes)

Schumacher wins Monaco GP pole, Webber to start 1st

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Considered too old by F1 standards, Michael Schumacher, the winningest driver in F1 history showed the youngsters how it is done on the streets of Monaco Saturday by turning the fastest lap all weekend at 1m14.301s in qualifying for Sunday's Monaco GP.  However, Mark Webber, who was second fastest in his Red Bull, will start on pole because Schumacher has to serve a 5-place grid penalty after he collided with moving chicane Bruno Senna in Spain.

IndyCar CEO talks about future series expansion

  Interview with Randy Bernard
IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard met with the IndyCar media this morning here at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and covered a lot of ground from Marco Andretti and James Hinchcliffe, to Chevy, Honda and Lotus, to returning to Road America, Phoenix, Australia and MIS, to the return of Milwaukee, Baltimore and Detroit, to the silence on China.  It's a must read interview for any IndyCar fan.

Ganassi teammates 1-2 on Indy 500 Carb Day

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
They have not run carburetors at the Indy 500 in years but they still call the final warm-up before the Indy 500 'Carb Day' referring back to the era when mechanics would make final carburetor adjustments before the big Indy 500 mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  Before the biggest 'Carb Day crowd that we have seen in many years, the Honda powered Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon were the only drivers to break 222 mph.

NASCAR Coca Cola 600 preview

  by Dave Grayson
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams will roll out onto the Charlotte Motor Speedway this Sunday for the second time in eight days. Last weekend, the event was the Sprint All Star race that featured five sprint like segments, for a total of 90 laps, with a winner take all format. On the opposite extreme, the second Charlotte race this Sunday, the Coca Cola 600, will feature one of the longest races in all of motorsports.