Category Archives: racing

NASCAR Suspends Kurt Busch for Abusing Girl Friend

Posted on 20 February 2015 by Ken Zino

It was the latest example of professional sports crime, but given the NFL’s, the NCAA’s and local police agencies flagrant ignoring of domestic violence and other criminal actions, sanctioning bodies and so-called law enforcement agencies – under heavy media and blog scrutiny – are changing their previous look the other way attitudes. Continue reading →

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Speedway Motorsports Shuffles Top Executives

Posted on 11 February 2015 by Ken Zino

Speedway Motorsports is a marketer, promoter and sponsor of motorsports in the United States. The Company, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates the following tracks: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Sonoma Raceway and Texas Motor Speedway. Continue reading →

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The Jaguar Heritage Challenge Series. Good Idea?

Posted on 11 February 2015 by Ken Zino

The Jaguar Heritage Challenge Series will be during five weekends at tracks in the UK and Europe. The new race series, run in partnership with the Historic Sports Car Club, is open to pre-1966 Jaguar models, ranging from MkI and MkII sedan to C-type, D-type and early E-type cars. The question is do you really want to run these valuable and in some cases rare Coventry classics, risking damages? Continue reading →

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Ford Kicks off Racing Season with Win at Daytona

Posted on 27 January 2015 by Ken Zino

In only its second season, a heavily modified Ford EcoBoost engine has won the two most important endurance races in North America – the 2014 12 Hours of Sebring and the 2015 Rolex 24. The EcoBoost program has now racked up four Prototype victories overall with Chip Ganassi Racing, including the 2014 Long Beach and Circuit of the Americas events. Continue reading →

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Liam Dwyer Quits US Marines for Mazda Racing Ride

Posted on 21 January 2015 by Ken Zino

Dwyer was competing in only his second professional race, and he was doing it with an artificial leg, having been injured while serving as a U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant in Afghanistan just three years previously. Continue reading →

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Ford GT Returns. Le Mans Bound?

Posted on 13 January 2015 by Ken Zino

Ford would not confirm an endurance-racing program is underway, but it is virtually certain. Ford’s twin-turbo EcoBoost V6 raced to three wins in its first season of the IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship in 2014, including a win at the 12 Hours of Sebring, along with seven podiums and more than 15,000 endurance-racing miles. Continue reading →

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Acura NSX World Debut at 2015 NAIAS. GT Racing Planned

Posted on 19 December 2014 by Ken Zino

This racing program – emulating a well-worn, rubber covered line used by Chevrolet’s Corvette – begs the question whether the parent company of Acura, Honda – is now more “American” then, say Ford Motor or Fiat Chrysler? Continue reading →

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Patrick Dempsey With Porsche for World Endurance Racing

Posted on 19 November 2014 by Ken Zino

Patrick Dempsey will drive a Porsche 911 RSR in the Sports Car World Endurance Championship., aka, WEC, including the world Le Mans 24-hour race in 2015. Continue reading →

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Tony Stewart Driver Death Case to go to a Grand Jury

Posted on 16 September 2014 by Ken Zino

NASCAR, with the growing list of NFL female abuse (Ray Rice) and child abuse (Adrian Stewart, no relation to Tony) cases as a backdrop, said, “We are aware of the completed investigation and the announced next steps. Continue reading →

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Chevrolet Wins Brickyard. Gordon Sets Record

Posted on 28 July 2014 by Ken Zino
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Honda Prevails in Rain Soaked and Sunny Houston Races

Posted on 30 June 2014 by Ken Zino

Honda-powered rookie Carlos Huertas won Saturday’s opening race of the Grand Prix of Houston “double header” Verizon IndyCar Series race weekend, taking his Dale Coyne Racing machine to an unexpected victory in an 80-lap event that featured constantly changing weather conditions.

Simon Pagenaud and Mikhail Aleshin turned a tough loss in Race 1 into a podium in Race 2. The Schmidt Peterson Motorsports teammates finished 1-2 in the 90-lap battle on the 1.634-mile, 10-turn temporary street circuit. Continue reading →

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Sorted C7.R Corvette Takes Third Straight Victory at the Glen

Posted on 30 June 2014 by Ken Zino

The new Corvette C7.R on Sunday took a third straight victory in the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International. Continue reading →

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Jimmie Johnson Wins at Michigan International Speedway

Posted on 15 June 2014 by Ken Zino

Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet SS, won on Sunday in the Nascar Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. It was Johnson’s third win of the year and first at Michigan International Speedway. He is second in series standings. Continue reading →

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John Bishop – Sports Car Racing Legend – to be Posthumously inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame

Posted on 11 June 2014 by Ken Zino

While with SCCA, Bishop is credited with creating the U.S. Road Racing Championship series, followed by the Can-Am, Trans-Am and Formula 5000 race series. Under IMSA’s sanctioning, Bishop introduced international endurance racing to North America in the GT series. Continue reading →

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Chevrolet Wins 600 Mile IndyCar Race in Texas

Posted on 8 June 2014 by Ken Zino

In spite of some excellent racing this year, crowds in our view have been disappointing. That’s because the worst place to watch a race is at the racetrack. Continue reading →

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