Day 2 of Rally Argentina brought a large amount of drama and a first for this season. Dani Sordo started the day with Mikko Hirvonen in tow by5 seconds but boy how things changed. During SS15, Mikko Hirvonen for the first time this year, retired from competition with overheating issues in his BP Ford Focus. After the retirement it was announced Mikko would not be able to super rally on the final day. Jari Mati Latvala rounds out the podium and will challenge the Citroen team in hopes of a…
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IndyCar – Milka is Back
Dreyer and Reinbold has announced that Milka Duno has been picked up again for a limited schedule. With their 2nd car for Kansas and their 4th car for Indy listed as TBA, it was clear that Dreyer and Reinbold had something in the works with somebody other than Darren Manning and Milka’s name was most heavily linked with said works. While Milka definitely improved over last season, she is still not nearly as talented as most of the Indy Lights field. And while the media has to grudgingly accept that…
Read MoreRally – Argentina Day 1
Day 1 of Rally Argentina is in the books for the WRC and thus far Dani Sordo has taken a slight 5 second lead over Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen. Sebastian Loeb rounds out the top three in a day that saw a number of lead changes through tough gravel stages. From what I have seen this has been a very entertaining day 1 that saw everybody get in the mix to some degree. Latvala, Loeb, Sordo, and Hirvonen all had a taste of the lead at some point. P-WRC has…
Read MoreF1 – Bahrain Preview
Here we are on the eve of the first free practice session and for me, it feels like the first race of the season. We have had a number of variables thus far that have hampered us from really gauging the field. And what would be a Formula 1 weekend without a little news to build up the show. The Sakhir circuit is a hot, dry, and a wide open race track. The long straightaways and twisty turns are going to be ideal for the KERS on the few select…
Read MoreF1 – Look to Bahrain for True Pace
Bahrain may be the first pure grand prix of the season. As always, Melbourne was a safety-car stunted crash fest where the only true pace we got to observe was the FIA’s snail speed bureaucracy which still hasn’t finished its proceedings with the hapless McLaren team. Sepang has traditionally been the race that everybody starts to see how the championship is going to unfold, but this year Bernie, in his infinite wisdom, decided to push back the start of the race so that it would end at twilight despite protests…
Read MoreIndyCar – Attendance and Ratings
Attendance figures have been released for the Long Beach Grand Prix with a weekend total of 175,000. This is up from last years 170,000 for the Champ Car World Series finale. On the surface, a bump of 5,000 doesn’t seem to carry much significance, but with the stagnant economy, the numbers should be read as a win for the race promoters. But the numbers only tell part of the story. This event’s headline act is far more stable than CART or CCWS was in their last few visits here. The…
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IndyCar – Kansas City Preview
The IndyCar series makes it’s first visit to an oval this weekend on the hectic return trip from Long Beach. Kansas City is one of the five 1.5 mile ovals on the circuit this year, including Texas, Homestead, Chicago and Kentucky. And while the usual suspects (Ganassi, Penske & Andretti Green) are expected to continue their total domination of the ovals, there might be more hope for the other teams this year. An excellent article was posted today on IndyCar.com describing how the IndyCar series has fixed the wheelbase of…
Read MoreOpenpaddock.net Live From Kansas City
As the IndyCar series moves to Kansas City this weekend, so does openpaddock.net. We will be reporting everyday from the track with updates and editorial as events happen! The entire staff will be in attendance and we will be in the paddock getting the low down on all of the weekends activities. We will also be covering the Indy Lights series as well as the other happenings in the world of motorsports. Keep it tuned to Openpaddock.net and join the conversation all week long for your IndyCar content as well as reports all…
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