Update – OpenPaddock Powered by ETV Live!

As promised, here is the information regarding tomorrow’s first live broadcast of our show via ETV Live! John and JD have been nice enough to offer us a platform to bring you the show as it happens with interaction chat bar on the side. This will come in handy for when we have driver interviews and all of that business on the show! The best part of the show is that it is unedited. That’s right…we get to say whatever we like and it is live and uncut to the…

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Episode 147 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin Shaun and Mike for all of this week’s motorsports news in brief. We also look ahead to the German Grand Prix, and Edmonton for the INDYCAR folks. We also give further detail on next week’s live show and what that means for the site going forward! As always, thank you for the download and enjoy the show!

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Indy Lights – Jubilee Motorsports To Compete In Firestone Indy Lights In 2013

Jubilee Motorsports today announces its intention to enter Firestone Indy Lights competition in 2013. Jubilee Motorsports is gearing up to campaign in the 2013 Firestone Indy Lights season, bringing with it a commitment to Christian values that will guide the team both on and off the track. “It is an exciting day for Jubilee Motorsports,” Rick Maas, Jubilee Motorsports President, said. “The Mazda Road to Indy has demonstrated it is an established, viable development system. The Firestone Indy Lights presents itself as a very real business opportunity within that development…

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IndyCar-Ryan Hunter-Reay: “We have to be solid. We have to be in the top six.”

Ryan Hunter-Reay is having a dream season in the IZOD Indycar Series. For once in his career, he’s been able to build continuity with a team and develop relationships key to success. His reward? Outside of mechanical failures at Indianapolis and Texas, he’s been one of the most consistent drivers o nthe grid. Perhaps that’s why RHR now leads Will Power in IndyCar points. He’s just rattled off three wins in a row, and is prepping to make a serious charge at the championship over the final third of the…

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Episode 146 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin Shaun and Mike as they recap the race in Toronto and talk about Ryan Hunter-Reay and his surprise lead in the championship. We also look ahead to the rest of the championship and weigh his chances at upsetting Will Power.

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Episode 145 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin Shaun and Mike as they preview a very crucial Toronto race. INDYCAR has to get this one right and stop the Toronto side show swing from becoming the norm. We also take a look back at all the weeks news in our motorsport in brief.

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Episode 144 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin the Paddock trio as they rehash the events from Iowa. A great weekend of racing from the IZOD IndyCar Series as well as the Mazda Road to Indy. We look at the low downforce setting and debate whether it is car or driver that is making the exciting on track product. We also look at the heat races as well. Should we have them again or drop them? This weeks motorsport minute also covers the European Grand Prix and the WRC from NZ.…

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IndyCar – Iowa Corn 250 in Photos

The low-aero formula once again produced magnificent racing! While my pick this week, Mayor Hinchcliffe, ended up with a busted hot rod at the entrance to pit road, the racing action all through the evening was fantastic. It was a little iffy whether we were going to get the race in given the twin deluges that struck the Iowa Speedway Saturday afternoon, but with the Firestone Indy Lights race postponed until after the IZOD IndyCar Series race, the big cars took the green flag right on schedule. …or at least…

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