03 May

CONTINENTAL TIRE MONTEREY GRAND PRIX: Saturday Photos and Notes

One last practice session this morning before Qualifying took place late this afternoon.  Not everyone had an easy time of it this morning, as evidenced by the enormous cloud of dirt raised by the No. 33 Riley Motorsports SRT Viper GT3-R.  A handful of others also managed the occasional dirt drop, but with much less

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02 May

CONTINENTAL TIRE MONTEREY GRAND PRIX: Friday Photos and Notes

A very busy day here at Laguna Seca for the Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix Powered by Mazda.  Two practices for the Tudor Championship classes, and two for each of the supporting series: Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo, Mazda MX-5 Cup – who also threw in a Qualifying session, and the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge

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29 Apr

Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama – Results and Notes

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Results Sunday of the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Verizon IndyCar Series event on the 2.3-mile Barber Motorsports Park road course with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any): 1. (5) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 90, Running 2. (8) Graham Rahal, Honda, 90,

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27 Apr

Falken Tire: Ultimate Dark Night RC Drifting

You don’t even have to love drifting to appreciate the artistry of four cars dancing around city streets at night. You should especially love it because while it may look like the real deal, no Falken tires were shredded during filming. That’s because the cars are 1/10 scale R/C racers and the super-skilled drivers proved

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26 Apr

TUDOR United SportsCar Championship comes to the Streets of Long Beach

Often overshadowed by the presence of IndyCar at the Streets of Long Beach, the TUDOR United Sports Car Championship still attracts a number of die-hard fans who couldn’t care less about open-wheel racing. The best sports car racing America has to offer makes its yearly stop in southern California as a support race but for

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23 Apr

Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 2015: Indy Car Recap

Another great weekend of racing is in the books.  The 41st running of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is now over, and the temporary road circuit will be disassembled and put away like your kids Tyco track until next spring. Only here, the pieces are much bigger, way heavier, and don’t fit neatly

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23 Apr

2015 Repco Race to the Sky

Am I dreaming? That was the first thought that ran through my head when I heard the famed Race To The Sky was making a triumphant return. Yes, the 9 mile all-gravel climb up the Cardona valley hillside, would once again would be challenged by man and machine. The event (last ran in 2007) is

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23 Apr

Five Minutes with Lars Wolfe

We took a few minutes to sit down with our good friend, Lars Wolfe, and talk about his latest project, the Multi-purpose racer.  Also known as “Opy”, the car is a Nissan Juke, modified only with safety equipment required to be legal in any series he wants to race in, otherwise the car is bone

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22 Apr

Inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana at NOLA

Several months ago, I received a text from my good friend Kevin Waterman who works as a stunt man and driving instructor down in Louisiana. He was sharing his excitement of one of the newest additions to the 2015 IndyCar schedule.  The new event would be the Inaugural Grand Prix at his home track just

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