An Inside Look at Motorsports
Fenway Sports Group’s growth ambitions received a double dose of hopeful news Tuesday. The parent company of the Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club approved a $750 million private investment … Read More
Fox TV earned a 2.3 rating/3.857 million viewers for Sunday’s Instacart 500; down 16.0% from last Spring’s Phoenix race which drew 4.592M viewers. It was yet another double-digit crash. As … Read More
They could be sponsoring a car in IndyCar, but the TV ratings are too low. So Walmart has chosen to be an associate sponsor on the Red Bull F1 team. … Read More
Earlier today, Lehigh Valley Health Network announced Pocono Raceway will serve as their Monroe County, Pa., COVID-19 mass vaccination site starting at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 20, 2021. CLICK … Read More
The 60th season of racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will feature its five traditional events in 2021. The legendary road course in Lexington, Ohio, will showcase some of the … Read More
Audi has stopped the development of new combustion engines. In an interview, Audi CEO Markus Duesmann justified the decision with the EU plans for a stricter Euro 7 emissions standard. … Read More
Sports Business Journal’s Adam Stern reports that NASCAR and teams continue to consider the idea of moving car number back on the cars as early as next season. The Next … Read More
Joe Gibbs Racing announced today that SiriusXM will be featured as the primary sponsor of Christopher Bell’s No. 20 Toyota Camry for four races during the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series … Read More
(GMM) Sebastian Vettel says there is no “panic” despite his difficult start to on-track life with Aston Martin. “Ten years ago there would have been panic,” the quadruple world champion … Read More
(GMM) Lance Stroll could be “a benchmark” for quadruple world champion and teammate Sebastian Vettel in 2021. That is the view of former driver and pundit Marc Surer, who played … Read More
(GMM) Former F1 driver Christijan Albers has dismissed claims that Mercedes may be sandbagging ahead of the 2021 season. “Mercedes wouldn’t achieve such a bad outcome deliberately,” the Dutchman told … Read More
(GMM) Max Verstappen was “much faster” than Mercedes’ drivers at the Bahrain test. That is the claim not only of authoritative sources like Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport, but even … Read More
(GMM) Sharp-eyed observers have questioned rookie Yuki Tsunoda’s pace in the pre-season Bahrain test. Alpha Tauri’s young Japanese ended with the second fastest time behind sister team Red Bull’s Max … Read More
(GMM) McLaren is “surprised” to be the only team exploiting an early loophole in the tweaked aerodynamic rules for 2021. Spain’s Marca sports newspaper says the British team has found … Read More
(GMM) Long-time F1 safety car driver Bernd Maylander admits to feeling “nervous” about the 2021 season. “I haven’t been so nervous about a new season before,” the German admitted to … Read More
(GMM) Team boss Gunther Steiner admits it is “possible” Haas will finish dead last in the 2021 world championship. Most observers agree after the Bahrain test that Williams may have … Read More
The free streaming platform Tubi, a division of FOX Entertainment, today announced its first-ever branded integration at NASCAR, kicking off its partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) and the No. 42 … Read More
Martinsville Speedway President Clay Campbell told the Martinsville Bulletin on Monday that he expects the track will be able to operate at 30% capacity for NASCAR’s next visit on the … Read More
Defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott and rising star Corey LaJoie are the latest NASCAR Cup Series drivers to enter this weekend’s Karl Kustoms Bristol Dirt Nationals. Racing action … Read More
When it comes to getting TV ratings for cable sports networks, there’s ESPN, and then there’s the rest….by a factor of 6. When IndyCar decided to take less money from … Read More
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced an increase to mass gathering capacity, including outdoor events. Below is an official statement from Pocono Raceway regarding this update. For the full release from … Read More
(GMM) The winner of the trial ‘sprint qualifying’ races in 2021 will receive 3 points as well as pole position for the main event. It now appears set in stone … Read More
(GMM) Ferrari has succeeded in producing a more powerful engine for 2021. “As far as we can tell so far, our top speed looks reasonable,” team boss Mattia Binotto said … Read More
(GMM) Formula 1 is hoping to race through the covid crisis by attending all 23 scheduled grands prix on the 2021 calendar. Melbourne, China and Vietnam are not happening for … Read More
(GMM) Alpine’s executive director Marcin Budkowski has defended the emergence of a notably ‘plump’ area of the 2021 car’s engine cover just behind the airbox. Some said it even reminded … Read More
