An over-the-wall crew member for the Team Penske No. 12 was transported to a local hospital and roughly a half dozen cars received damage in a lap 14 crash on pit road during the competition caution for the Brickyard 400 on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The incident occurred at the entrance of pit […]
Tire Failures Eliminate Numerous Contenders from Brickyard 400
In addition to track position, tire management proved to be the other decisive element that determined the outcome of the Brickyard 400 on Sunday. Several teams saw their efforts to kiss the bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway derailed due to tire failures throughout the event. Denny Hamlin was leading with seven laps to go when […]
President Trump Says Bubba Wallace Should ‘Apologize for Hoax’
On Monday, Donald Trump used the bully pulpit of the United States presidency to go after NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace. Using his favored social media platform, Trump tweeted that Wallace should apologize to the drivers and crew members who stood alongside him at Talladega Superspeedway in the aftermath of a discovery of a noose in […]
NHRA Funny Car Driver Bob Tasca Sidelined by COVID-19
NHRA Funny Car racer Bob Tasca III announced Monday he has tested positive for coronavirus and that Jonnie Lindberg will drive the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Mustang at this weekend’s E3 Spark Plugs Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. Tasca, 44, a third-generation auto dealer from Cranston, Rhode Island, said the diagnosis took him by surprise. It was ironic, for […]
Saward: 567 F1 Grands Prix, and the 2020 F1 Austrian GP Was Strangest One of All
The strangest Grand Prix of them all … There are lots of people called Kaufmann in Austria, and quite a few of them seem to own a small hotel, known as Gasthaus Kaufmann. My Gasthaus Kaufmann is not far from the Red Bull Ring and is run by an old boy who has photos of […]
NHRA to Restart This Weekend without Four-Car John Force Racing Team
The NHRA is set to embark on an ambitious-but-tenuous return from the coronavirus-centered interruption, but evidently it will be doing so without the four-car John Force Racing team. Just five days before the start of the E3 Spark Plugs Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway—located no more than 2 miles from the expansive John Force Racing […]