Roger Penske stands one race away from achieving his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.
Brad Keselowski needs to finish 15th or better in Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway to bring “The Captain” to NASCAR’s Holy Land.
Penske is proud of what Keselowski has done since joining his team and the potential for Sunday’s historic celebration.
“I think as I sum it up, he’s earned the respect of the garage area, of the drivers, the crews, the officials, and certainly he’s gained a lot of fans,” said Penske of the Miller Lite Dodge driver. “And for me basically it’s been  … More
Formula One makes its return to racing in the U.S. this weekend, but whether anyone will notice is another thing altogether.
That’s because the powers that be in the sport made the silly decision to schedule F1’s first race in the U.S. in five years on the same day as the NASCAR Sprint Cup title gets decided.
Sadly, F1 only has itself to blame.
A quick scan of the NASCAR calendar since 1999 would have told F1’s schedule makers that racing in the third Sunday in November was a bad idea. In fact, eight of the past 10 Cup championships have been  … More
If you’re an Austin-area sports fan, Formula One racing probably is a foreign concept. Most Central Texans have never seen a race.
On the other hand, you might have some familiarity with NASCAR, America’s most popular motorsports series. Perhaps you’ve even attended a race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, where 143,000 people checked out the recent Sprint Cup event.
So now the opulent world of F1 arrives here for the first time with the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas. Your curiosity is up, and you want to at least give it a look  … More