Reports from around the web are stating that the operations of the fledgling USF1 team have ground to a halt. The brainchild of Peter Windsor and Ken Anderson which had the backing of YouTube Founder Chad Hurley apparently has informed their recently signed driver that they are going to miss at least the first 3 [...]
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Tony George doesn’t run the IRL anymore, he’s not on the Board of the Hulman-George Companies, and he’s shuddered Vision Racing. Newman-Haas-Lanigan appears to be a ride buying prep shop for 2010 which leaves Graham Rahal in the dirt (A recent Tweet from Graham mentioned that he was still working out regularly in case [...]
Monday, November 16, 2009
In what continues to be an interesting off-season in Formula One, Mercedes announced Monday they are going to purchase a 75.1 percent share of Brawn GP. The team will be operated as a works team starting in 2010. Mercedes went on to say that they will sell their 40 percent stake in McLaren over the [...]
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Indycar just announced their first title sponsor since 2002, and it is none other than…Izod. Yep, the aged clothing brand of Phillips Van-Heusen more associated with golf than motorsports. Most everyone in tune with the sport, figured this is where things were headed with the title sponsor announcement, but it is just such a letdown [...]
Friday, October 30, 2009
I’m callin’ it TacoGate!
For those of you that live under a rock I’ll cover the basics of this story first. During last Saturday’s ESPN coverage of the Ohio State – Minnesota game Chris Spielman asked Bob Griese “where Montoya was?” a reference to his position in The Chase. Griese doing his best impersonation of a [...]
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The staff at Angryracefan.com took a road trip over the weekend to find some live racing action. In the quick becoming frozen tundra of the Midwest, there aren’t many options this time of year. Luckily in Grand Rapids, Michigan, they have one of only three arena racing leagues in the United States. The off season [...]
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
I was presented with a dilemma recently. I received my annual renewal for my Nationwide and Sprint Cup tickets for the August Michigan race. My family has had four tickets together for both races and we have attended for at least 10 years now. As time goes by interest wanes with all parties involved; everybody [...]
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdullah al-Saud, a member of the Saudi royal family, appears to be buying into Richard Petty Motorsports. Reports say they are going to build a “NASCAR style” track and establish a Richard Petty Racing Experience driving school somewhere in the Saudi desert. NASCAR industry insiders are also speculating that al-Saud [...]
Thursday, October 1, 2009
It is nearly official, word has it that Danica Patrick has signed a 3 year contract with Andretti Green Racing and will hence stay in the Indy Racing League. This is without question, in my mind, the best decision she could have made.
Friday, September 25, 2009
On the About Us page of the Grand Am website they refer to the Daytona Prototypes (DPs) as an “extremely raceable and relatively affordable format”. DPs cost between $400,000 and $500,000 and are available from five separate constructors and have approved power plants from seven different manufacturers (both import and domestic). Each of these seven [...]
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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