An Inside Look at Motorsports
With Lewis Hamilton equalling Michael Schumacher’s seven World Championships and breaking his grand prix win record this season, the Mercedes lead driver was increasingly being presented as the greatest driver … Read More
The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series will mark the 73rd season for the stock car racing, which began in the 1950s. It will also be the 50th season of the modern … Read More
Hi all, I’m doing my best not to be speechless. As some of you may have seen, I have been selected as the 2020 Mazda MX-5 Cup Shootout winner which … Read More
You know the stats: 19 season in the NASCAR Cup Series, 83 race wins, seven championships. The numbers are eye-popping, among the best in the game, and when Jimmie Johnson … Read More
A sprained ankle, which thankfully wasn’t worse, left little time for thinking and writing last week. This meant I had to punt on my usual postscript following the Firestone Grand … Read More
With three Finnish drivers winning the F1 World Championship over the years, it is clear that Finland has produced some of the best drivers the racing world has ever seen. … Read More
A reader writes, Dear AutoRacing1, Sato cost Michael Andretti a million dollars by his unprofessional and dangerous driving on Sunday at the Saint Petersburg Grand Prix. Knowing he was fighting … Read More
Good morning from the streets of St Pete. It is the final race of the unusual 2020 season today. Temperatures are expected to be in the upper 80s with a … Read More
A reader asks, Dear AutoRacing1.com, Any word on why Arrows McLaren SP let Askew go? Before his concussion I thought he was driving well for a rookie. Bruce Steele Dear … Read More
Let me briefly begin by giving credit where credit is due. The NTT INDYCAR Series put on two very good shows this past weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road … Read More
With many people staying home due to Covid-19 one would assume TV ratings would spike. What else is there to do when you are stuck in the house and you … Read More
Continuing a trend in recent years, IndyCar gained one new venue, but lost three with their 2021 Schedule. The IndyCar Series will race 17 times in 2021, with a new … Read More
We talk all the time about Scott Dixon as this generation’s greatest IndyCar driver, and I would contend that statement is justified. At 40 years of age, Dixon, Mid-Ohio notwithstanding, … Read More
It was announced earlier this week that 7-time NASCAR Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson inked a 2-year deal that will see him contest the road and street circuits with the Chip … Read More
In this oh-so-bizarre year, the NTT DATA INDYCAR Series made its annual pilgrimage to World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, just outside St. Louis. This year featured a Saturday-Sunday doubleheader … Read More
In my view, the biggest story to come out of the 2020 Indianapolis 500 was not winner Takuma Sato (although we’ll get to him). It was five-time series champion and … Read More
Introduction Formula One usually travels to Spa-Francorchamps for the Belgian Grand Prix after a period of rest and respite but in 2020 matters are of course a little different. There … Read More
The finish of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday was as unexciting as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on the streets on Manhattan. The only thing missing were the floats It … Read More
Polesitter Marco Andretti will lead the field to green for Sunday’s 104th Indianapolis 500 Presented by Gainbridge. This year’s Greatest Spectacle in Racing will of course be a rather unique … Read More
After Carb Day on Friday, August 21st, the IndyCar engines go silent at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the teams and drivers will wait nervously for the 104th running of … Read More
IndyCar has been talking about trying to land a 3rd engine supplier for 10 years. For 10 years they have failed to land one. Why? Largely due to the low … Read More
The finish of Race #1 in Iowa Thumbs up to the NTT INDYCAR Series for two very entertaining shows this past weekend at Iowa Speedway. Friday evening, Simon Pagenaud parlayed … Read More
Scott Dixon IndyCar/IMS I think any discussion of the 2020 NTT INDYCAR Series to this point has to begin and end with Scott Dixon. The five-time champion, who will turn … Read More
Scott Dixon Following a delay of nearly three month due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the 2020 NTT INDYCAR SERIES finally began Saturday evening at Texas Motor Speedway. With no … Read More
Will Power is back in form Will Power is back in form, Scott Dixon and Chip Ganassi Racing get punched in the gut, and the NTT INDYCAR Series has another … Read More
