Month: July 2008

Andretti Green’s Tony Kanaan went to a fight and a race broke out on the way to his 13th all-time IndyCar win at Richmond Raceway on Saturday.

Ten For The Weekend

1. The Unification High Is Over, Or Should Be — The Indy Racing League is now in charge of open-wheel racing in North America, but apparently has lost control of its races. The starts and re-starts at Richmond on Saturday night that led to a near-record 102 …

The first half of the season is wrapping up, the Western Swing is about to start and the drag racing community was shocked last week by the tragic death of Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta (preliminary findings about the Englishtown crash were released by NHRA.)

Some uplifting news was needed, and …

Japanese Vette fans can buy a limited-edition Corvette in either Arctic White or black, both with the Chevrolet 6.2-liter V8.

Just when news breaks that the Tony Stewart/Haas CNC deal is done for 2009, Smoke decides to drop a bomb in an interview session at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.   Asked if he would be interested in being considered for the 5 car that Casey Mears is vacating, Stewart responded that he would.  …

Where did these guys find their qualifying speed? Patrick Carpentier won the pole! Scott Riggs was fourth fastest. Reed Sorenson and  Dario Franchitti qualified sixth and seventh. There are four Dodges in the first seven starting spots. No Toyotas… ? Unfortunately

Corvette engineers tried to keep the ZR1 as close to stock as possible. The ride height and chassis alignment were stock, the emissions gear met EPA standards and there was pump gas in the tank.

The Indy Car Series heads from the Heartland to the Eastern Seaboard this weekend to take on the 3/4-mile high banks at Richmond International. Yesterday’s qualifying action produced some surprising results with several of the “new” Indy Car teams qualifying in the top ten.

The changes were obvious as soon as the speedway came into view.  Darkness was falling, and the ever-present evening campfire haze hung over New Hampshire International…oops, I mean New Hampshire  Motor Speedway.  Darkness was falling as we made the right turn off rural Route 106, and we made our way …

In 1963, under the direction of legendary chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov, Chevrolet offered the Z06 RPO package on its new “split-window” Corvette Sting Ray coupe.