A Brief History of the Short-Lived Chicago Motor Speedway
The American open-wheel split still has a number of unhealed scars among fans who felt slighted, but the upshot was a number of weird little nuggets of recent racing history. Among those is that of...
NSRA Streetkhana Action 2: More Cars, More Cones, More Cool Photos
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – More coverage from the NSRA StreetKhana. Mild to wild stuff in here. Lots of heavy hitters came out to show off and get folks interested in turning...
Morning Symphony: Testing A Brand-New Citroen C3 WRC On The Road!
Right here is the dream job none of us even knew to ask for when we were growing up. Firefighter? Cop? Photographer for lingerie models? Nope, you can keep all of that…at no point did I know to...
Andy Bozell Sets 3/8-Mile Oval Record With Insane 9.465-Second Lap
That’s a staggering headline, isn’t it? And yet as part of Kalamazoo Speedway’s “Call of the Wild” event on September 3, Andy Bozell’s highly modified Super Late Model car smashed the...
IndyCar Returns to Watkins Glen and Scott Dixon Rewrites the Lap Speed Record Books
When IndyCar axed the ill-fated Grand Prix of Boston earlier this year, the series suddenly had a void to fill on the calendar. With a few options on the table, IndyCar settled on a date at historic...
NASCAR Truck Race Ends With Motorsport Dumpster Fire, Driver Tackling Rival
While IndyCar was busy setting an absurd pace at Watkins Glen International and a clean win for Scott Dixon last weekend, just across the New York-Canada border, the NASCAR Camping World Trucks...
Labor Day Racing Footage: Irish Drifting? Yeah, It’s Real And It’s Good!
When I went to Ireland two years ago, to say that I was disappointed with the automotive culture I saw around would be an understatement. Nothing I was used to, none of the forbidden fruit minus one...
Labor Day Historical Racing Footage: The 1981 Australian Endurance Championship Round 1 Group C Race From Adelaide!
Got your feet kicked up? Fully relaxed yet? Good deal…you’ve been busting your hump all year so far, you’ve earned a day off and we want to make sure that you aren’t just...
Rumor: Ecclestone Says Liberty Media to Buy Formula One for $8.5B
American communications company Liberty Media is set to acquire the world’s largest racing series Formula One, Formula One Management (FOM) President and CEO Bernie Ecclestone has told German...
NSRA Streetkhana! This Ain’t About Power Parking – Corner Burning, Cone Killing Action
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – NSRA brings back its own version of autocrossing to select events. I can’t recall the last time NSRA had autox at its events, but it has been at least...
How Not to Endurance Race: This Driver Somehow Avoids a Crazy First-Lap Crash in a 24-Hour Race
The annual 24-hour race at the Nurburgring might just be the most grueling and daunting motor race. The massive track winds through the Eiffel Mountains in Germany and when it gets dark around the...
Pink Floyd Drummer’s Daughter Races a Pink Vintage Austin Named Floyd
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is well-known for his automotive enthusiasm. The rock star owns an impressive collection of priceless cars and even race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans five times during his...
Morning Symphony: An R33 Nissan Skyline Tearing Around A Mountain Pass
Blame Gran Turismo for my fascination with this car. The Nissan Skyline is the ultimate “forbidden fruit” car from Japan for me, and it’s all due to that damn game. It was the car...
This 1968 Mustang Is Pro Touring Cool, With A Nod Toward California Special Greatness
According to the seller this car is a real J-code 1968 Mustang, but it doesn’t say whether it really came as a California Special or not. We like California Specials, and my favorite body style...
