Jonathan Ingram, Senior Writer
Jonathan Ingram has been writing full-time about the world’s major motor racing series and events since 1983 for newspapers, magazines and web sites. He has written five books, including biographies of Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Danica Patrick. Among his awards are recognition from the National Motorsports Press Association for columns and feature writing.
Articles by Jonathan Ingram
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
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From the Monday Morning Crew Chief:
Talladega, Ala. – The race at Talladega was decided as the tandems led by Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick emerged from the late afternoon shadows cast by the high banks just past Turn 1. Or, if you prefer, the race was decided in the piercing […]
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
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Talladega, Ala. – The Talladega Superspeedway is a spooky place.
Unlike my RacinToday.com colleague Rick Minter, I’m not quite religious enough to offer up a prayer when I head toward Alabama from Atlanta. But I tend to get a Revelations-like sense of foreboding when I reach the halfway point and cross […]
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
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From the Monday Morning Crew Chief:
There was a time when every race weekend in NASCAR’s premier series had enough story lines to compose a saga, each driver’s career was like a novel in progress – including those struggling to get due credit like Regan Smith – and any conflict between […]
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
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The “30 for 30” series of sports documentaries lives up to its reputation with the story on Tim Richmond. To be shown Tuesday night (Oct. 19) on ESPN, the film by director Rory Karpf combines tragedy with celebration and social history with an extraordinary motor racing story.
Although universally compelling, “To the […]
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
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From the Monday Morning Crew Chief:
For the first time in recent memory, the future of NASCAR started looking brighter than the past in Charlotte.
Jamie McMurray, the now celebrated comeback kid, backed up his victories at Daytona and Indianapolis on the double dog-legged Charlotte Motor Speedway layout. McMurray’s terrific come-from-behind drive […]
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
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From the Monday Morning Crew Chief:
Given that the Auto Club Speedway is not too far down Interstate 10 from Hollywood, it’s fair to say that Sunday’s Sprint Cup event was a Chevy Chase.
While Chevy entries dominated the top three positions at the finish and clinched the manufacturer’s championship, the fastest […]
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
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From the Monday Morning Crew Chief:
Let’s get right to The Chase.
1. Biffle’s the best.
With a victory at the Kansas Speedway to match his earlier win at Pocono, Greg Biffle has established himself as the best of the Ford drivers — and the only one to win points races this year. All […]
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
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Braselton, Ga. – Peugeot double-teamed Audi at Road Atlanta to win the 13th Petit Le Mans and the second round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. Stephane Sarrazin and Franck Montagny repeated as victors for Peugeot Sport and were joined on the victory podium this year by Pedro Lamy. Their […]
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
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Braselton, Ga. – If William Sydney Porter ever chose to write about a road racing event, he likely would have picked the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. The well traveled short story specialist better known as O. Henry was famous for his surprise endings. Stunning finishes have also become […]
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer
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Sometimes the kid who can only dream of being a racer becomes a racer. And the rest is history.
For Gene Felton, who will be one of the special guests to help Road Atlanta celebrate its 40th anniversary this weekend at the Petit Le Mans, it all started as a boy. […]