Jim Pedley, Managing Editor
Jim Pedley is a veteran, award-winning sports journalist who has worked at, among other places, the Boston Globe, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Kansas City Star. He's a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Arts in History.
Articles by Jim Pedley
The Indy cars take to the twisties at the Circuit of the Americas this weekend. (Photo courtesy of INDYCAR)
By Jim Pedley | Senior WriterRacinToday.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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The 2019 NASCAR Cup Series begins on Sunday in Daytona. Once again, the series has undergone a number of changes and begins with a number of questions. (RacinToday/HHP photo by Alan Marler)
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
The 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season launches on Sunday. Well, kind of. Yes, the Daytona 500 is […]
Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace, driving for the legendary Richard Petty, is a wheelman and a words man. (RacinToday/HHP file photo by Ashley R Dickerson)
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
The thought at mid afternoon on Wednesday was the same as it has been on many of the past media day afternoons prior to the Daytona 500: Blow […]
Happy times returned to Hendrick Motorsports over the weekend at Daytona International Speedway. (RacinToday/HHP photo by Harold Hinson)
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
Shortly after the end of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season – a season in which Jimmie Johnson was not only not a race-winner but, crazily, not even consistently competitive – a colleague […]
Glen Wood was a true pioneer in auto racing.
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
Auto racing pioneer and innovator Glen Wood passed way it was announced on Friday.
Wood formed the iconic Wood Brothers Racing NASCAR team in 1950 with brother Leonard Wood in their tiny, backwoods hometown of Stuart Va.
Over the years such Hall of Fame […]
