An Inside Look at Motorsports
Date Event/LocationJan. 14-16 17th SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge Laughlin, NevadaMarch 11-13 25th MasterCraft Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 San Felipe, Baja CA, MexicoJune 2-5 43rd Tecate SCORE Baja 500 Ensenada, … Read More
Buemi sets new Swiss waterslide record 2011 was last chance for F1 dream – Perez RB7 to be evolution of 2010 Red Bull – Newey Red Bull keeping F1 engine … Read More
Shares in electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc. fell 15.1 percent to $25.55 Monday after a 180-day, post-initial public offering restriction on certain stock sales expired and allowed investors to unload … Read More
The next on-track activity for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be January’s three-day test at Daytona. The session, known as NASCAR Preseason Thunder, is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 20 … Read More
According to Hispania Racing team owner Jose Ramon Carabante the HRT team will soon announce a major sponsor. A company that is among the top five most important companies in … Read More
Guess which active driver below still does not have a ride in IndyCar in 2011? The stats were compiled and combined from CART, Champ Car and IRL record books. Despite … Read More
The 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 will be honored on a United States Postal Service commemorative stamp that will go on sale in May 2011. The Indianapolis 500 is one of … Read More
Suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield, as expected, will appeal a judge's decision that ruled in favor of NASCAR in his lawsuit over a May 1, 2009, drug test that he says … Read More
Rank Driver RaceWinnings SpecialAwards NASCAR/Sprint Season Total 1 Jimmie Johnson $7,264,781 $350,000 $5,778,405 $13,393,186 2 Denny Hamlin $5,856,553 $175,000 $2,605,220 $8,636,773 3 Kevin Harvick $6,812,584 $280,000 $2,134,247 $9,226,831 4 Carl … Read More
[Editor's Note: This article talks about NASCAR's choice to use E15 fuel despite Ethanol being wrong on so many levels. The criticism applies equally to IndyCar series, which are equally … Read More
In 2008, Jim M. Sweeney sought to register the trademark CORVOLTTE for "electric vehicles, namely, automobiles". General Motors opposed registration saying it would cause confusion with its mark CORVETTE. Through … Read More
SpeedTV.com/Marshall Pruett: Do you have plan in place to restore the series to national prominence? Randy Bernard: On January 11 [2011], when we make our State of the Union presentation, … Read More
Randy Bernard didn't like a lot of things he saw with the IRL, so he is changing it, including the series name to IndyCar and merging the statistics from AAA … Read More
MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo has tipped Honda's Casey Stoner and American Ben Spies as his biggest rivals for the 2011 title. "As things stands now I'd say Casey/Honda is the … Read More
Fernando Alonso says he does not fear if someday his teammate would be Sebastian Vettel if the world champion were to switch to Ferrari in future. The Spaniard points to … Read More
We've always known that NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards can hold his own in the many humorous tinged television commercials he's appeared in on behalf of his team sponsors. … Read More
HP-Tech Motorsport has announced it will contest the 2011 F2000 Championship Series season with at least two new RFR (Ralph Firman Racing) F2000 cars. The Florida-based team has already signed … Read More
Lewis Hamilton pointed to problems in his personal life as a contributing factor to his failure to recapture the Formula One title and said he is trying to banish "outside … Read More
When the FIA wanted to re-inaugurate the Formula Two championship, they turned to one man: Jonathan Palmer. A former F1 driver, Palmer raced in 87 grands prix for such teams … Read More
Penske Racing has announced that experienced crew chief Todd Gordon has been named as the crew chief for the defending NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) championship-winning No. 22 Discount Tire/Ruby Tuesday … Read More
Formula One’s newest addition, Pirelli, has been hard at work this month with a scheduled five day testing session at the Bahrain International Circuit, where former Sauber driver and McLaren … Read More
Dorna Sports and Swiss watchmaker Tissot announced that they have extended their long-standing partnership as the Official Timekeeper and Official Watch of MotoGP. The partnership began 10 years ago. Commenting … Read More
Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes has denied he is considering a takeover bid for Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic airline. In response to a Sunday Times report this past weekend, the … Read More
