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
Yes, it really happened 50 years ago.
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
Many years back, an old college friend and road racing freak asked me about NASCAR’s version of going fast. What’s it like “covering the Gomers?” the guy, who was a pure science guy in school, wondered.
The implication of his question/statement was that NASCAR […]
Another NASCAR tradition – the July 4th weekend race at Daytona – bites the dust this weekend. (RacinToday/HHP file photo by Alan Marler)
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
They call the little Q and A sessions they have with drivers or officials in media centers on NASCAR Cup Series race weekends “breakout sessions” these days. […]
Road America is, by consensus, considered a world class road circuit. (Photos courtesy of INDYCAR)
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
Just before the start of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway, Fox Sports’ Mike Joy let go with a Mike Joy. Dripping with condescending and take-my-word-as-gospel tone, he let go with this: Sonoma is […]
The Porsche 919 Hybrids were things of esthetic and technical beauty.
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
Thanksgiving for food and football, New Years Day for college football and all-day finger food and Le Mans for the greatest sports car race in the world and coffee and a grilling out and more coffee.
Those, in order, would be […]
Simon Pagenaud of Team Penske was one happy pole-winner at Indy last Sunday. This Sunday, he was one happy race winner. (File photo courtesy of INDYCAR)
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
If you’re driving an Indy car for Roger Penske, you had better be leading laps and winning races in that car. Simon Pagenaud had not […]
Carl Edwards talks with the man who helped make him a star – Mike Mittler. (RacinToday file photo courtesy of Dan Robinson)
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
After winning Saturday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway, Brad Keselowski got audibly and visually emotional. It wasn’t because of his victory or the fact that it […]
Chase Elliott and Chevrolet had a big day at Talladega on Sunday. (RacinToday/HHP photo by Alan Marler)
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
Team orders have always been controversial in auto racing. On Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, they resulted in a victory.
The team orders at Talladega came not from a team owner and they did not concern […]
Graham Rahal beat Scott Dixon to the finish line to – briefly – earn a podium finish at Long Beach on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of INDYCAR)
By Jim Pedley | Managing EditorRacinToday.com
The most impressive move at Sunday’s IndyCar Series race in the streets of Long Beach was made by Graham Rahal. It was a move that […]
Jimmie Johnson took himself out of the playoffs last October with an aggressive move on Martin Truex Jr. on the final turn of the race at the Charlotte Roval. (RacinToday/HHP file photo by Harold Hinson)
The 2019 season is only six races old but after watching last Sunday’s Cup Series race at Martinsville, it may not […]
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 […]
