There are times when one just can’t seem to catch a break. For the American Le Mans Series this past weekend’s Mid Ohio round was one of them. However, this time around it wasn’t so much what happened on the track, but above it
If one wanted to evaluate the state of the professional North American road course scene there was no better time to do it than this past Sunday when both the American Le Mans Series and the Grand Am’s Rolex sports car tour were both in action
Jul 25 2011 | Posted in
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If you like racing, the second weekend in July provided more than enough for all tastes. The question is, however, whether or not there was too much, and if so did that hurt the sport at a time when the industry is facing some serious problems, both financially and conceptually
If excellence is the goal we all strive for, why is it that in motorsport we spend so much time trying to replace it with equality?
In today’s united Europe the bigger children such as the French and the Germans seemingly play well together. Yet, when it comes to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the old nationalistic rivalries come into play
The words “poignant” and “exciting” are not often found in the same sentence
Time, as we all know, is always moving on, leaving causalities in its wake. On Memorial day Monday, the Grand Am’s Rolex-backed sports car series made its annual trek to Lime Rock Park, the aging just over one and a half mile circuit in Northwestern Connecticut
May 31 2011 | Posted in
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This May, The Grand Am’s Rolex Sports Car Series got an unwanted taste of Mother Nature’s sting when it made its annual trip to Virginia Int’l Raceway in the hill country along the border between Virginia and North Carolina
On a weekend when the finish at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway came down to a micro second among six cars after 500 miles, the two-hour American Le Mans Series show on the streets of Long Beach ended under a full course yellow with the same pair of Lola-built coupes out front
Apr 19 2011 | Posted in
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If anything can be learned from this Saturday’s Rolex Porsche 250 round at Barber Motorsport Park, it is that that one can’t legislate parity