Kyle Busch collected his 200th NASCAR victory on Sunday. Where does that put him vis a vis The King? (RacinToday/HHP photo by Andrew Coppley)
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
Looking back at … Fontana:
NASCAR fans all over America today are undoubtedly viewing Kyle Busch’s 200th victory in the series in the same denigrating way as did […]
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Putting COTA On Schedule Is A Winning Move
By Jim Pedley | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
As North American racing series continue their overwrought fire drill to reclaim fan bases that no longer exist, and as they attempt to attract new, young devotees in an age in which young people are seemingly devoted to very little, bad decisions have tended to rule the sport.
So when an actual good decision is made, it should be put on proper display and celebrated.
IndyCar has made such a decision by putting the Circuit of the Americas on its 2019 schedule.
The race is scheduled for this coming weekend. Probably not the best time to be holding the inaugural COTA race, conflicting/competing for attention as it does with the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, but great news it is for open wheel fans.
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Kyle Busch collected his 200th NASCAR victory on Sunday. Where does that put him vis a vis The King? (RacinToday/HHP photo by Andrew Coppley)
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
Looking back at … Fontana:
NASCAR fans all over America today are undoubtedly viewing Kyle Busch’s 200th victory in the series in the same denigrating way as did […]
Wet weather is expected to plague Satuday’s 12-hour race at Sebring. (Photo courtesy of IMSA)
RacinToday.com
An tentacle of the Team Penske racing octopus has reached all the way to Sebring, Fla. as one its IMSA program will start Saturday’s 12-hour race in both the pole position and the favored to win position.
Doing the honors for Penske […]
Team owner Bryan Herta issues orders to his Hyundai drivers. (Photo by Andrew Modena)
By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
Former Indy car/sports car driver Bryan Herta humbly downplays the suggestion that he and longtime running buddy Michael Andretti are positioning themselves as team-owners who eventually will emerge as the second comings of motorsports moguls Roger Penske […]
Hall of Fame nominee Neil Bonnett and Jeff Hood, the author the piece below, in 1981.
By Jeff Hood | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
“Everything’s better, with Neil Bonnett on it…”
Nearly four decades later, that goofy jingle still resonates in my mind.
It was a blistering hot and humid Labor Day Monday in 1981 in Darlington, S.C. Stock car racing’s […]
Kyle Busch looking to shed his fenders? (RacinToday/HHP file photo by Harold Hinson)
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
The day after … Phoenix and St. Pete.
After winning for the 199th time in NASCAR, Kyle Busch hung out the “Position Wanted” sign. And team owner Joe Gibbs must have been sent digging through his pockets looking for […]
Kyle Busch added another checkered flag to his collection Sunday in Arizona. (RacinToday/HHP photo by Garry Eller)
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
Kyle Busch didn’t do anything stupid on Sunday. On the contrary. His drive to victory in the NASCAR Cup Series race at ISM Raceway in Avondale, Ariz. was brilliant.
A week after the Joe Gibbs […]
IndyCar driver Roberts Wickens, who was paralyzed as the result of a crash at Pocono, has big plans for his future. (File photo)
By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
Five months after confirming that he is a paraplegic, Robert Wickens is working to realize his dream of returning to competition in the NTT IndyCar Series. But first, […]
The Team Penske cars of Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski were the fastest on the track at Las Vegas on Sunday. (RacinToday/HHP photo by Andrew Coppley)
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
The day after … Las Vegas:
When major rules changes are placed upon competitors in the sport of auto racing, it’s axiomatic that one organization will […]
The new-look Cup Series cars are in Las Vegas this weekend. Texas Motor Speedway’s Eddie Gossage said this week that he is a fan of the rules package that debuted at Atlanta last weekend. (RacinToday/HHP photo by Andrew Coppley)
By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
FORT WORTH, Texas _ Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage has […]
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
The Cup Series and its new rules took to the 1.5-mile oval at Atlanta on Sunday. (RacinToday/HHP photo by Barry Cantrell)
The Day After … Atlanta:We kinda know how drivers feel about the new rules package that debuted over the weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway. And we definitely know how television […]
