With the national championship already won by Travis Pastrana, the Rally America series went to Colorado to put on a show for the fans. Colorado is typically home of the world famous Pikes Peak hill climb, but the folks in the Rockies sure appreciate their rally racing whenever they can get it. Ken Block would enter the rally but drive for Dave Mirra who was away for the weekend. Block’s open class car had not recovered from damage suffered in the previous round, so the Monster Energy Drink star would…
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Episode 08 – Open Paddock Podcast
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis week Doug and I are joined by Todd aka Negative Camber to talk about a whole bundle of F1 news. Todd was gracious enough to lend us some smarts on the FIA traveling circus. Doug also does a brilliant job with feeder series. Enjoy!
Read MoreOP-Ed – DiRT 2 Review
It has been a week now since DiRT 2 came tearing through the back roads of the world and onto your game console of choice. We here at Open Paddock spoke very highly of the game and gave it as much free advertising as we could. However, it is now time to break the game down and give it our final review. We will do this by looking at car selection, controls, race types, and soundtrack as well as single and multi player modes. Car Selection: To understand the current…
Read MoreF1 – Symonds Offered Immunity
The showdown between the FIA and Renault over race fixing allegations is set to come to a head in just a few days, the FIA has reached out to Pat Symonds (director of engineering) at Renault F1 and offered him immunity from punishment if he releases further details regarding the events surrounding the 2008 Grand Prix of Singapore. Symonds has been somewhat suspect in dealing with these allegations all together. The director indicated that there were discussions about having Piquet crash, but those ideas were brought forward originally by Piquet…
Read MoreF1 – Having Your Cake and eating it too
We found out this past weekend that Santander will be sponsoring Ferrari for the next five years. However, it now appears the Spanish banking giant will now have the market cornered in terms of top teams as they have also extended a sponsorship deal with McLaren as well. What gives? This decision will see the banking company not only sponsor grand prix, but the two most successful teams in Formula 1 history. According to an article on AUTOSPORT, the deal with McLaren is mainly in line with Lewis Hamilton. Whereas…
Read MoreF1 – Alonso to Ferrari…Not Yet!
The Formula 1 silly season has really been centered around one individual. That man is double world champion Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard is currently the hottest driver on the market and has been all but put in the seat at the Maranello squad. Sponsors have signed, end of year banquets moved and all in anticipation for Ferrari’s next big signing. Hold the phone, President Luca has thrown a wrench in the plans by indicating that the Spaniard will probably drive one day for the red team, but next year is…
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Episode 07 – Open Paddock Podcast
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFinally, after 3 hours of fighting the server and getting it loaded, here is the seventh installment of the most politically incorrect motorsport show on the web! Rally Oz review, Palestinians and rocks, and a weekly round up of all the racing news you so desperately crave. Also, I finally give Doug a chance to respond to the verbal thrashings he recieved last episode. Enjoy!!
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Le Mans – Dixon at de Ferran for Petit
Scott Dixon will join de Ferran motorsport for Petit Le Mans. Dixon has ran in three previous ALMS races with the team and even put the Acura on pole for Sebring at the start of this year. The situations will be the same with Acura trying to take it to the real contenders in Audi and Peugeot. Going one step further with this, what are the chances that de Ferran will try and scoop up Scott for the IRL program?
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