I am a huge fan of all classic cars and a really big fan of classic racers. Whether it is the Ferrari abusing Ford GT40 or old Mercedes Grand Prix cars as mentioned below, I just love seeing where we have been in history compared to where we are and where we will be going! Enjoy this bit from the folks at Mercedes AMG Petronas: On Thursday 4th July, the team warmed up for its home race in Germany by sending its two drivers out on a lap of the…
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SCCA – The Kansas City Region Car Show
Ok, this was really a more of a meet-n-greet than anything, but it was still cool. The Kansas City Region of the SCCA meets monthly at the American Legion in Overland Park, KS, and many at the Legion have been asking to see the cars that we race. Joe Tasler, Regional Executive for the region, arranged for several of the members to bring out their cars fully decked out in numbers, class letters, and sponsor/supporter decals. My little SVTF was out there sandwiched between a couple of beasts, but it…
Read MoreFormula 1 – Why is Pirelli the Fall Guy?
The British Grand Prix has come and gone on track, while the fallout from the action is still being discussed. Six Pirelli tires failed during the course of the event and the Italian company has again been brought back under the microscope of the FiA. Fresh off of the tribunal for illegal testing with Mercedes, the teams and FiA were quick to point blame to Pirelli. Drivers said the performance of the tire was unacceptable and a hazard to the competitors. My question is why? Is it because they are…
Read MoreNameless Performance Stage Rally – What’s in a name?
The Nameless Performance Rally came to be when Rally America removed the ‘Olympus Rally’ from their schedule for 2013. This was largely because the organizers of Olympus wanted to move the date back to the spring after last year’s’ issues with fire danger. When the Olympus organizers attempted to renegotiate the schedule, Rally America said they wouldn’t alter their schedule for 2013 and with no resolution (among other issues) Olympus Rally was dropped for the season. Rally America even went to the point of enforcing a non-compete stating that if…
Read MoreInside the Helmet – Juan Pablo Garcia
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this edition of our driver interview series, Inside the Helmet, we speak with Juan Pablo Garcia, driver of the #2 Team Moore Racing machine in the Firestone Indy Lights series. Juan Pablo shares with us the story of how he came to see motorsports as a potential career choice as a young karter, his experiences in formula 2000 cars in Mexico, and in A1GP and Formula Renault and other junior formula series in Europe before coming to the US to race in the…
Read MoreWhere to go when coming to Pocono
So it is that magical time here in the Poconos–IndyCar has come back home to the “Tricky Triangle”! And with that, comes thousands of people who have never been here, or have not been here since George H.W. Bush was President, Oliver North was the grand marshall of the IndyCar Pocono 500, and Danny Sullivan was a winning driver. So much has changed in that time. We went from a mostly rural county, to now the most rapidly growing population of all the Commonwealth’s 67 counties. We have far more…
Read MoreExclusive: Le Mans 24 LMP2 Winner Martin Plowman
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download We are honored to talk with Martin Plowman who recently returned from winning the 24 Hour of Le Mans race. Fantasy Football gets things started before bridging into his experience at Le Mans through the highs and lows. We talk about how important team dynamics are to win a race like Le Mans as well as pick his brain about driving one of the most iconic race courses in the world.
Read MoreExclusive: Colin Clark Talks Rally!
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe were fortunate enough today to speak with Colin Clark and pick his brain on all things rally related! Colin was generous enough to allow us an hour of his time to talk about Promoting the WRC, VW and Sebastien Ogier’s 2013 domination, as well as Hyundai and much much more! We would like to thank Colin for his time and applaud his continued efforts to spread the passion of rally to our North American fans and fans around the world!
Read MoreIndy Lights – Iowa Sukup 100 Review
The Sukup 100 at the Iowa Speedway marks the halfway point in the 2013 Firestone Indy Lights racing season, and the third straight oval race of the season. With Karam’s win at Milwaukee, Muñoz’s lead in the championship narrowed to the point where Karam had the potential to take the lead in just one race if everything happened just right. Practice and Qualifying My expectation as the series headed to Newton Iowa was that Sage Karam would run away with the event. After all, Sage has won every time he’s…
Read MoreEpisode 194 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWithout Kevin’s voice of reason and professional influence, the show devolves into a rantfest by a bunch of drunks! The boys offer mad props to Plowman for his LMP2 victory at Le Mans, we review the IndyCar and Indy Lights races and news from the Iowa Speedway, Mr. Shaw leads us through the WRC news and recaps the Nameless Performance Rally (formally the Olympus Rally) and Shaun and Mike round out the show with commentary on the recent FIA tribunal involving Pirelli and Mercedes.…
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