Here’s the press release from the RallyCar Series summarizing the final results of the first round of the Rally America National Championship, the Sno*Drift Rally in Atlanta, Michigan. It was quite an epic story for Super Production driver Travis Hanson as he became the first SP competitor to claim an overall victory. Shaun will have more commentary and insight into this phenomenal achievement later today in his Sunday Service Park column. Travis Who? Hanson Wins Sno*Drift 2011, Makes American Rallying History Atlanta, MI (January 30, 2011) — Travis and Terry…
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Mazda Road to Indy Wrapup: 1/15 – 1/28
Not a lot has happened since my last update. Not much until this week, that is. A lot of things have started coming together for a variety of teams and drivers, and I’m expecting February to be extremely busy for US F2000, Star Mazda, and Firestone Indy Lights news. Also, in the coming weeks, we plan on having some chats with a variety of drivers and teams about their 2011 plans beginning early next week with Anders Krohn of Belardi Auto Racing. Anders has a very remarkable story, and I…
Read MoreIndyLights – Belardi Adds Liberty Engineering as Primary Sponor
Things are continuing to look upbeat for the Belardi team and their driver Anders Krohn. Today, Belardi Auto Racing announced that they have added Liberty Engineering as their primary sponsor for the entire 2011 Firestone Indy Lights season. In recent years, the Firestone Indy Lights series has been a hard sell, especially without having a television contract until a couple weeks ago. Hearing that a smaller team to the series was able to secure a solid sponsor such as Liberty Engineering is very good news. “Certainly the brand attributes of…
Read MoreStar Mazda – 24 for the 24
Its not just the IZOD IndyCar Drivers going down to Daytona to represent. As if you needed any more reason to watch the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, 24 drivers who have previously competed in the Star Mazda Championship are down at Daytona now to compete in both the DP and GT classes. Here’s the full release from the Star Mazda Championship: Two dozen alumni of the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear – including seven past champions and two defending Rolex 24 winners – will be competing in this…
Read MoreIndy Hump Day Report, on the bubble: Double File Re-Starts (AGAIN)
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadLunch with Randy and Simona This past Monday’s trip to Charm City was quite the informational voyage. Aside from the fact HVM had an amazingly tasty lunch spread in the middle of an announcement. They also was plenty of opportunity to talk with Simona de Silvestro, and IZOD INDYCAR Series CEO Randy Bernard. The Baltimore media was the dominant media in attendance, but was more a silent observer aside from a few obvious (and somewhat overused questions for female drivers). Myself; and the local…
Read MoreRally – Tire War in 2012?
It would appear as though a year away from the WRC is all Pirelli needed. The Italian manufacturer has indicated that they would like to rejoin rally’s top flight as soon as 2012 after a one year break. The intent of the return is to attack Michelin and have a battle amongst top teams in 2012. “I want us to be back in the WRC in 2012, once those regulations are out, we will study them carefully and begin – if the conditions are right – to prepare ourselves. We…
Read MoreEpisode 73 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin a full panel as the Openpaddock.net podcast returns from a week long break. Kristi joins us to talk Monte Carlo Rally and other odd rally news. Spike is back from Baltimore and provides us with an interview from Simona de Silvestro. We also talk Baltimore GP and other INDYCAR related stuff! Sit back and enjoy the show and thank you so much for the download!
Read MoreStar Mazda – Team GDT Adds Eric Purcell as Top Engineer
As it continues to prepare for the coming 2011 Star Mazda Championship season, Team GDT added a big gun to its engineering arsenal when they hired Eric Purcell as their new Chief Engineer. Purcell has been involved in motorsports engineering for the past 30 years and was Johnathan Edwards’ engineer during their 2008 championship winning season in Star Mazda with AIM Autosport. “Team GDT has really stepped up their game for 2011 and I’m excited to be a part of it,” says Purcell. “J.W. Roberts, who is both the owner…
Read MoreIndyCar – Exclusive Photos From Today’s HVM Racing Announcement
Our IZOD IndyCar Series beat reporter and op-ed columnist, Spike Rogan, was on the scene today for the much anticipates sponsorship announcement by HVM Racing and Simona De Silvestro. You can read his article on the event here: Big news from HVM and Entergy for 2011. In addition to being one of the few to be present for the event, he also was able to grab some fantastic exclusive photos of the announcement and of the car demonstration on the streets of Baltimore. Enjoy!
Read MoreBig news from HVM and Entergy for 2011
In what was a chilly January morning, HVM Racing announced their primary sponsor for the 2011 season in the IZOD INDYCAR Series. The livery for Simona De Silvestro will be green and white with “Nuclear Clean Air Energy” backing. The program in its fourth year; is from Entergy, a national educational campaign, this will be their first full year with HVM Racing, and in the IZOD INDYCAR Series. January 24th also is the start to “National Nuclear Science Week”, and thus was the reason for today’s announcement at the InterContinental…
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