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…
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IndyCar – 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…
Read MoreIndy Lights – Jensen Motorsport Car Will Be Featured at Montreal’s Crescent Street Festival
Ever want a chance at being a member of the pit crew? If you’re going to the Formula 1 Montreal Grand Prix, you can get that opportunity with the chance to win VIP passes to the Grand Prix Trois-Rivières race on August 7, 2011 courtesy of Jensen Motorsport. The team is bringing the car of their Canadian driver, David Ostella, to be on stage during the Montreal Grand Prix Crescent Street Festival and fans will compete in a tyre-change competition sponsored by Ford Motor Company of Canada with the fastest…
Read MoreMazda Road to Indy – Weekly Wrapup: 1/1-1/15
First an apology. This has been a busy and rough holiday season, and although I very much enjoy following and writing about motorsports, especially the Mazda Road to Indy, family does and will always come first. So now I’m back and getting caught up with the happenings at Winterfest, the State of the Series, and all the other news and events that have been going on since the beginning of the year. This year, our newest member of the OpenPaddock crew, Kristi (aka IAIndyFan on Twitter) will be taking over…
Read MoreIndy Hump Day Report, on the bubble: Lapped cars or fuel knobs
The great compromise In American history, the founders spent years working on proposals for what would be the civic structure of the United States. Many ideas were kicked around, and at times the debate became very heated. Well in 1787 what would be known as “The great compromise” or “The Sherman Compromise” would be made. It seems that in the early days, the delegation from Virginia had an idea that would benefit the larger states more than the smaller ones with membership to the lower and upper houses of the…
Read MoreIndy Hump Day Report, On the bubble: Rubber
Firestone, “Should I stay or should I go?” If they go (for the INDYCAR Series) it may be trouble, and if they stay (for Firestone management) it will be double. “So come on and let (you) know” should they stay or should they go? Well to be honest while they have been a good promoter of the Series and Indianapolis 500 over the last several years. They are not the sole force. IZOD has run far more advertising over the last two years than Firestone. (Not to mention Firestone uses…
Read MoreIndy Hump Day Report, On the bubble: 2010
Out with the old………a year until “In with the new”. Well it is almost over, the year of 2010 is soon to be history like USAC overseeing the Indy 500. The year was dominated by Will Power who looked to be possibly finished after a horrific 2009 crash. It saw the decision on a new chassis for 2012. We got a new leader in Randy Bernard, gained new unity and respect. The series gained a real title sponsor, and even gained a new X-rated trophy for the winner of the…
Read MoreIndy Hump Day report, on the bubble: FESTIVUS
A New day for TK As a long time fan of racing, I love guys who give their all and leave nothing on the table. The IZOD INDYCAR Series has a few, Helio, Will Power, Paul Tracy, and Tony Kanaan. Just look at the start of the 2010 Indy 500 and that amazing opening run TK had. That is what I love in a racer, charge like Elwood Blues being chased by the police. (Let’s just hope TK does not fly into a mall toy store.) While TK and de…
Read MoreStar Mazda – Junco Racing Announces Its Four-Driver Lineup for 2011.
Who said anything about an off-season? There’s been no off-season this year, there’s just been no cars on track. The business of motorsport, and especially everything open-wheel, has been running at full-steam lately. Its been hard to keep up with all of the positive news and announcements. Carrying on with that theme, Juncos Racing announced the drivers for its four-car effort in the Star Mazda Championship today. Some names are familiar to those who followed Star Mazda last year, others are new, but here they all are: Tatiana Calderon, Martin…
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