This winter I recalled my major 2012 bucket list accomplishment. Fellow racing writer Norm Bogan and I for years had a similar bucket list goal — drive through the New England states and visit as many auto racing speedways as possible
The line between entertainment and sport in today’s world of professional motorsport is a blurry one. It is, though, one — blurry or not — that has been perfected by NASCAR, the same NASCAR that owns the Grand American Road Racing Ass’n
Before getting too far into the New Year, let’s take a look back at auto racing in the Chicago area 25 and 50 years ago. The years were 1988 and 1963
The annual Eastern Motorsport Press Ass’n convention had too many highlights for someone engaged in organizing the events to note, but we did catch a few notable moments and statistics
While Washington lawmakers may have trouble with the compromises needed to create the “grand deals” so far not found in Congress these days, those on both sides of the Grand-Am-American Le Mans Series merger appear to have made great strides in defining the rules that will shape the combined championship in 2014
Nick Allen, Eddie Hoffman and Kevin Weaver were among drivers that enjoyed very successful racing seasons in 2012 at speedways in and around the Chicago area
Andretti Motorsports announced recently that Ryan Hunter-Reay, the defending IZOD Indy Car Series champion, will switch car numbers for the 2013 season and will proudly carry the coveted No. 1
At last week’s NASCAR banquet in Las Vegas, Roger Penske stood at the podium and dropped a bit of a bombshell. He suggested that Tony Stewart “do the double” next year, meaning racing at the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and the Indianapolis 500 on the same day
The 72nd running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix returned to dirt at Perris Auto Speedway Thanksgiving evening and was a rousing success from the standpoint of on-track competition, fan and racer satisfaction
The leftover Thanksgiving turkey was barely in the refrigerator when the SuperFan entries for 2012 began to hit the inbox of our email, so the “snail mail” entries can’t be far behind
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