ESPN Insider reports that Danica Patrick and her agents at IMG are asking for $8 million for eight races in NASCAR Nationwide and possibly ARCA RE/MAX Series events. Patrick, whose personal sponsor GoDaddy.com…Â Details
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Michael Waltrip has had candid closed-door conversations with Danica Patrick and her representation regarding her potential racing future, and he says any aspirations for the IndyCar star in NASCAR have nothing to do with money.
“We never even discussed it,†he said. “The thing I liked about her, and appreciated, was it was intense—it was just about racing a car. Her people have … Details
Charlie Kimball, the only licensed driver with Type 1 diabetes in Indy Racing League history, is maintaining a steady course on the Indy Lights circuit.
Affixed to the steering wheel of Charlie Kimball’s Indy Lights racecar is a meter as crucial to his performance on the track as his speedometer or fuel gauge. It’s a blood-sugar monitor, and for Kimball, its reading is not a matter of winning or losing, but of life and death… Details
An EPSRC funded researcher, Dr Kerry Kirwan from the University of Warwick, lead a research team who designed the first sustainable racing car in the world, a Formula 3.
In a ScienceDaily report it states that the car is made from woven flax and recycled carbon fiber. The steering wheel is composed of recycled resin and carrot pulp. The race car runs on biofuel that is made from chocolate and animal fats…. Details