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Pro Mazda – Juncos Racing Signs Argentina’s Julia Ballario

February 11, 2014February 11, 2014 Doug Patterson

As we approach the Mazda Road to Indy Winterfest, the driver announcements are starting to come in! Juncos Racing, a stalwart in the Pro Mazda Championship, has announced the first member their 2014 team. Julia Ballario will join the team beginning in March on the Streets of St. Petersburg. Ms. Ballario is be the first Argentinian woman to race in the US, and comes to the Pro Mazda Championship with a significant amount of experience in both open-wheel formula cars and in touring cars, and competed with Juncos in Pro…

PR – Team Penske and Verizon Take Partnership to New Level

February 11, 2014 Doug Patterson

TEAM PENSKE AND VERIZON TAKE PARTNERSHIP TO NEW LEVEL Incorporating More Technology While Reaching Out to New Fans, Multi-Year Agreement Includes Sponsorship of No. 2 IndyCar in 2014 MOORESVILLE, N.C. (February 10, 2014) – Team Penske and Verizon Wireless are growing their partnership beginning in 2014. Utilizing Verizon’s unique technology and communication capabilities to aid performance on the track while helping to bring new fans to the sport of INDYCAR racing, Team Penske proudly unveiled details of the enhanced partnership today. Team Penske is building on a strong bond as…

Episode 217 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

February 6, 2014 Doug Patterson

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadYour host Shaun, his co-host Mike and his other co-host Mike lead you through this week’s news in motor racing. The trio look at how the IndyCar grid is shaping up, and comment on the National Guard deal with Rahal that we all knew was all but complete. Shaw previews Rally Sweden and the first round of the Canadian Championship. Rally America officially announces it’s deal with NBCSN and the WRC will air on MAVTV. Bernie slams the F1 farce, and Whitesell brings us…

Episode 216 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

January 28, 2014 Doug Patterson

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadYour regular quartet of misfits meet once again to discuss the week’s news in motorsport. We even talk about NASCAR! I know, right? We discuss the wee bit of IndyCar news that’s out there and highlight a couple of USF2000 driver announcements. Pechin and Shaw discuss the biggest event of the past week, IMSA’s TUDOR United Sports Car Championship Rolex 24 at the Daytona International Speedway. We look at the exciting race that it was, but also discuss the indecision and waffling by the…

INDYCAR – How Did We Get Here? Pt. 3 The Indy Effect

January 27, 2014January 27, 2014 Mike Shaw

(Note: Part one here. Part two here.) After years of instability, the championship had finally become recognized and repeatable. Historical mistakes were made, but the sport is well on its way to greatness and The Indianapolis Motor Speedway finally takes the helm of championship racing for the first time. Board track racing was at its height in the early 1920’s. Millions of trees were felled to accommodate the hundreds of miles of the highly banked wooden autodromes that popped up all around the nation. These facilities led to a decline…

The Missed Shift – SCORE Scores! IndyCar Snores?

January 22, 2014January 22, 2014 John Olsakovsky

I came across an article that SCORE inked a contract to run the San Felipe 250 for the next three years. I think desert racing is insanely fun, for spectators and competitors alike. I’m sure part of the appeal for me comes from growing up in the desert, and running dunes or rock-crawling were commonplace. I knew who Ivan Stewart was long before his name was on a video game. So this was pretty cool news to me. For those that don’t follow off-road racing, SCORE is the sanctioning…

Episode 215 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

January 22, 2014January 22, 2014 Doug Patterson

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe illustrious Mr. Shaun Pechin returns to the OpenPaddock.net Podcast as he, Mr. Mike Whitesell, Mr. Mike Shaw, and Dr. Douglas Patterson stumble and stagger their way through the week’s motorsports news. We begin with a little NASCAR (that’s right!) and move into some of the changes happening in IndyCar. We also review the list of IndyCar and IndyLights drivers that will be competing in this weekend’s Rolex 24. Mr. Shaw gives us a rundown of the WRC’s first event, Rallye Monte Carlo, and…

INDYCAR – How Did We Get Here? Pt. 2 When Did It Go Sideways?

January 20, 2014January 20, 2014 Mike Shaw

(Note: Part one can be found here) Welcome back to the weird and wonderful world that is AAA and INDYCAR history. Racing through the 20’s was political, but more or less straight forward in its execution. The late 20’s bring a whole different problem. Instead of making history, AAA was finally interested in documenting its history correctly and accurately. You can decide how successful they eventually were. In 1926/1927, AAA Assistant Secretary Arthur Means, for reasons unknown, created false season tables for 1909-1915 and 1917-1919 and reworked the 1920 season …

INDYCAR – How Did We Get Here? Pt. 1 When Did We Start?

January 13, 2014 Mike Shaw

The prospect of American open-wheel racing is a fractured endeavor at best, and has been for nearly the entirety of its history. How long is that history, and how do we differentiate between the massive gaps in execution, ideology and technology that has graced the dusty roads of North America for over 100 years? We can at least agree that what we watch now can trace its history back a very long time. But how long depends on who you ask. The first race in the US was held in…

INDYCAR – One Final Dance with 2013

January 6, 2014January 6, 2014 Mike Shaw

Eric Hall here, you may remember me from such word-hack outlets as anotherindycarblog and Podium Magazine. After the tragic passing of Mr. Kevin Neely, I have been tapped to continue his fantastic work here at OpenPaddock.net. There is no way I, nor anyone, will be able to fill Mr. Neely’s shoes, but I do promise to keep spreading the love of IndyCar to the best of my ability. 2013 was another historic year for IndyCar, with the highest of highs and nearly the lowest of lows experienced at different times…