Plenty has been made of the extent to which Chrysler and General Motors’ financial problems might impact their NASCAR participation, since Dodge and Chevrolet cars make up a large portion of the field — 24 of the 43 in last weekend’s Sprint Cup race at Darlington. With Chrysler filing for bankruptcy, and General Motors possibly following suit within the next two weeks, there is cause for concern.
Dodge executives have said all the right things regarding the company’s participation in NASCAR — that, despite the bankruptcy … Details
Roger Penske treats the Indianapolis 500 like his personal playground.
Having earned an unprecedented 14 Indy wins, Penske and his team came to the speedway this month with only one thing in mind – another victory.
This race is Penske’s Holy Grail and, with two-time winner Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe starting from the front row on May 24, it looks like The Captain is right where he wants to be in the quest for win No. 15.
Even so, the 72-year-old entrepreneur takes nothing for granted after …Â Details
Formula One hopeful, USGP, could have their first F1 car up and running on a track by November, according to Peter Windsor and Ken Anderson.
Windsor and Anderson confirmed in February that they are looking to join the Formula One grid for next year’s Championship. But between now and then there is still a lot to do, which includes getting their F1 car up to scratch.
“First and foremost is getting our entry accepted!” Anderson told the official F1 website …Â Details
Porsche customer teams in both the Daytona Prototype and GT classes find themselves in the thick of the best points battle since the Rolex Grand-Am Sports Car series started (in 2000) as the NASCAR-owned tour settles in at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for this weekend’s Verizon Festival of Speed in Monterey, California.
SPEED TV will cover the two-hour, 45-minute race live on Sunday, May 17, at 4:00 p.m. EDT. Practice for the Verizon Festival of Speed begins Friday at 12:45 p.m. EDT, with qualifying Saturday at 4:45 p.m. The weekend also includes a KONI Sports Car Challenge race on Saturday, where modified production Porsche 911s battle BMWs and Mustang GTs for the top spot . Live timing and scoring, notes and results will be available on …Â Details