An icon, legend and pioneer of American motorsports journalism passed away Friday morning. Chris Economaki was 91.
Economaki was inextricably linked to National Speed Sport News, in its original guise, for more than 75 years. He began selling copies of the paper at age 14 and his famous Editor’s Notebook started roughly at the same time, in 1934.
Economaki’s paper sales as a teenager earned him  … More
Hershel McGriff remembers when it wasn’t that unusual to drive the car to the track, tape up the headlights, race 500 miles and if you didn’t wreck it or blow the engine, drive it home.
McGriff did that in 1950, when he drove cross-country from his home in Portland, Ore., to compete in the inaugural Southern 500 at Darlington, S.C. He finished ninth in the race, and photos from that day show McGriff’s car racing with Oregon license tags.
In today’s NASCAR, state-of-the-art tractor-trailer rigs transport  … More
While Ferrari’s cars are typically excellent and gorgeous, Ferrari the company has never been known for being all that warm and fuzzy.
A negative post on Canadian blog Double Clutch about a dealer experience went viral and was posted on Jalopnik, and instead of getting the Ferrari dealer to recognize a small flaw and correct it, it has become another case of Ferrari — in this case, their dealer — stomping the little guy into submission with scare tactics and the threat of major lawsuits   … More
Marking the first time in UK history all the Bond films will be available to enjoy in one place, in HD, on demand and without ad breaks, Sky Movies 007 HD launches on 5 October 2012. Uniting all six Bonds in one exhilarating car chase sequence using footage from Dr No, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Living Daylights, Goldeneye, The World Is Not Enough and Quantum of Solace, Sky Movies’ seamless sequence features all of the Bonds as portrayed over the course of the franchise by Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig.