RacinToday.com Has Run Out of Gas: Thanks Racing World – And Farewell
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By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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RacinToday.com Has Run Out of Gas: Thanks Racing World – And Farewell
By | Managing Editor RacinToday.com

Farewell race fans.

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
RacinToday.com

When RacinToday.com was launched by a group of veteran daily newspaper sports writers  and two very talented website designers in 2009, we had no idea how long our little publication would last.

We now have an answer – until the end of the 2023 racing season.

It is with mixed emotions that as founder and managing editor of RacinToday, and after nearly 10,000 published articles, I am putting the all-racing website to bed for good.

The original mission of RacinToday was to keep alive a type of sports journalism that appeared to be foundering in the wake of economic, technical and cultural upheaval.

We had hoped that there was still an appetite among racing followers for source-based reporting, entertaining feature writing and intelligent commentary. To abet that hope, RacinToday assembled a highly decorated staff of veteran award-winning racing journalists.

But over the years economic circumstances, the online world and reader tastes all transitioned and we conscientiously would not. I believe we prospered journalistically but, unfortunately, not financially.

But a good ride it has been.

Embedded in the garages, paddocks, shops and tracks of NASCAR, IndyCar, the NHRA, sports car racing and Formula 1 as a result of previous work in daily newspapers, magazines and wire services, I believe our publication had the respect of the sport. And, I hope, readers.

Auto Racing, with the current exception of F1, has seen better days in terms of popularity and relevancy. That’s too bad as a weekend at a track in this country is still an exciting, visceral, entertaining delight.

With all the good times that staff, friends and family have enjoyed over the courses of their lives in the sport, I must believe that a resurgence in interest in the sport is possible if not imminent.

I want to offer warm thanks to everybody who played parts in keeping RacinToday going over the years – staff, supporters, friends and, especially, readers.

Anyway, good-bye and good racing.

– JP

Wed, 11/15/23 – 18:53 | Comments Off on RacinToday.com Has Run Out of Gas: Thanks Racing World – And Farewell
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By John Sturbin/Senior Writer
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The U.S. Auto Club Sprint Car champion …

Tue, 11/14/23 – 11:07 | Comments Off on Kalitta Caps 2023 Run With First Top Fuel Championship
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By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Sun, 11/12/23 – 12:15 | Comments Off on It’s Championship Sunday For NHRA Drag Racers
Herrera Closes In On 2023 Bikes Championship at Pomona
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By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Herrera claimed the …

Sat, 11/11/23 – 12:29 | Comments Off on Herrera Closes In On 2023 Bikes Championship at Pomona
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By John Sturbin/Senior Writer
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Thu, 11/9/23 – 14:28 | Comments Off on Pro Stock To Run Full NHRA Schedule in 2024
Blaney’s Runner-up Finish Gives Him The 2023 Cup Championship
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By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
and John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Late in the second stage of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Championship 4 race at Phoenix Raceway, Ryan Blaney’s Team Penske Ford was handling so poorly it …

Sun, 11/5/23 – 18:30 | Comments Off on Blaney’s Runner-up Finish Gives Him The 2023 Cup Championship
Ford To Field ‘Dark Horses’ in 2024
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Ford Performance has unveiled the new, Mustang Dark Horse model its NASCAR Cup Series teams will field next season, starting with the Clash at the Coliseum exhibition race inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on …

Thu, 11/2/23 – 17:09 | Comments Off on Ford To Field ‘Dark Horses’ in 2024
NHRA Season Finale Sets Up To Be A Beauty in FC
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By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Delivering on a self-imposed “must-win” edict, Robert Hight pulled to within one round of the Funny Car point lead with a victory against controversy-plagued Bob Tasca III in the final …

Tue, 10/31/23 – 11:07 | Comments Off on NHRA Season Finale Sets Up To Be A Beauty in FC
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The field for the NASCAR Cup Series’ Championship 4 was set on in Sunday’s race in Martinsville, Va.
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Sun, 10/29/23 – 16:40 | Comments Off on Blaney Wins Martinsville to Earn Berth In Final Four
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By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Title contender Robert …

Sun, 10/29/23 – 10:03 | Comments Off on Tasca DQ Slides Hight Into P1 in Las Vegas
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NASCAR Cup Series’ Aric Almirola announced on Saturday that he will retire from full-time driving at the end of the current season.
“It was not just about my timing,” the Stewart-Haas Racing driver said. “There were …

Sat, 10/28/23 – 12:21 | Comments Off on Almirola Says 2023 Will Be Final Full-Time Season