Colton Herta will begin the final IndyCar Series race of the season from the pole. (Photo courtesy of INDYCAR)
By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
Mercurial rookie Colton Herta celebrated his newly-secured future at Andretti Autosport Saturday with a salute to his father while upstaging the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series championship contenders during qualifying for the season-ending […]
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IndyCar team owner Bobby Rahal is standing behind driver Takuma Sato in the wake of last Sunday’s race in Pocono. (File photo courtesy of INDYCAR)
By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has rallied to the defense of NTT IndyCar Series veteran Takuma Sato in the aftermath of an opening-lap crash during last Sunday’s […]
Will Power got his first victory of the season on Sunday. It came on a crazy day at Pocono. (Photos courtesy of INDYCAR)
By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
LONG POND, Pa. – In the often-surreal world that defines open-wheel competition at Pocono Raceway, the Media Center became Victory Lane and vice versa as torrential rain forced […]
IndyCar’s run at Pocono Raceway may be coming to an end. (RacinToday photo by Martha Fairris)
By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
LONG POND, Pa. _ While 10 drivers remain mathematically eligible for the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series championship, Sunday’s ABC Supply 500 will showcase open-wheel racing’s version of the Final Four.
And as an intriguing subplot, riddle […]
Drivers Denny Hamlin, left, and Matt DiBenedetto met up in the infield after they had fought for the victory on track in Saturday night’s Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. (RacinToday/HHP photo Alan Marler)
By Deb Williams | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Denny Hamlin was fighting for his fourth victory of the season Saturday […]
The burned-out remains of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s airplane at the airport near Bristol Motor Speedway. (RacinToday.com photo by Deb Williams)
By Deb Williams | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Private air travel became popular in NASCAR’s top series 30 years ago. Today it’s considered a necessity, but each time there is a plane crash in the motorsports […]
Veteran David Ragan will bid farewell to the cockpit on a full-time basis after the 2019 season. (RacinToday/HHP photo by Alan Marler)
By Deb Williams | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
BRISTOL, Tenn. – NASCAR driver David Ragan said Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway that at the end of the season he will step away from full-time competition in the […]
Dale Earnhardt Jr. walked away from a serious airplane crash in Tennessee. (RacinToday/HHP photo by Andrew Coppley)
By Deb Williams | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
ELIZABETHTON, TENN. – Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s jet bounced at least twice on the Elizabethton Municipal Airport runway before the landing gear collapsed, NTSB senior investigator Ralph Hicks said Friday.
“We were able to obtain surveillance […]
The burned-out remains of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s airplane at the airport near Bristol Motor Speedway. (RacinToday.com photo by Deb Williams)
By Deb Williams | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
ELIZABETHTON, TENN. – Sissy Moody was working across the street from the Elizabethton Municipal Airport Thursday when she heard a loud “thud”, ran to the window and saw Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s […]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s airplane crashed in Tennessee. He and his wife are reportedly not seriously injured. (RacinToday/HHP file photo by Andrew Coppley)
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Former NASCAR driver and current television analyst Dale Earnhardt Jr. has reportedly been involved in an airplane crash.
Early reports say Earnhardt has not been seriously injured. Also on board was his wife Amy and […]
IndyCar team owner Sam Schmidt is now in the McLaren camp. It’s time to perform, he says.
By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
His stone-cold determination to compete at the highest level of domestic open-wheel racing has made Sam Schmidt a respected and beloved figure in the NTT IndyCar Series paddock.
Schmidt’s commitment to the sport that paralyzed […]
