… Memo Gidley, the Indy Car/prototype ace who co-drives the #77 Doran McDonald’s Dallara-Ford with Brad Jaeger, has been busy during the layoff between Daytona and VIR: he scored a podium finish in Superkarts Shifter Kart race; spoke to a group of 3rd, 4th and 5th-graders at Lynwood Elementary School during “No Excuses Career Day”; won the Super 800 class in a Jet-Ski competition and tested vintage Grand Prix cars, including a 1956 Maserati 250F driven to victory in the Australian Grand Prix by Sterling Moss…Â Details
Defending champion Scott Dixon and former winners Helio Castroneves, Dan Wheldon and Dario Franchitti are among the 28 drivers on the initial entry list for the Indianapolis 500.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced 40 entries for the May 24 race on Monday, with a total of 77 cars eligible to compete for the 33 starting spots. Twenty-two cars among 12 entries have no drivers listed yet.
The early entries also include Danica Patrick, one of the four Andretti Green Racing drivers, and Sarah Fisher, who runs her own team. Venezuelan Milka Duno, who drove the past two years, is not on the list.
There are four rookies, headed by last year’s Firestone Indy Lights champion Raphael Matos, along with Stanton Barrett, Mike Conway and Robert Doornbos.
With Castroneves’ acquittal on tax charges, he’ll be one of three drivers for Team Penske, along with Ryan Briscoe and Will Power.
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Ricky Carmichael will make his fifth career start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) this Saturday at Kansas Speedway in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250. He has two top-10 starts and a career-best finish of eighth at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. in the series so far this season.
In the history of the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), no other rider has won as many championships (15) and races (150) as Carmichael, earning him the nickname the GOAT (Greatest of All-Time). Carmichael was a record five-time AMA “Rider of the Year.â€
Ricky Carmichael Quotes: “Oh man, each race weekend is like a new movie for me… Details
All rise, NASCAR traffic court is now in session. The Honorable U. Will B. Caught presiding.
“Thank you, please be seated.”
“Before I call our most recent offender, Mr. Kyle Busch, I would like to explain how we determine if you were in fact speeding on pit road.”
During my early years on the bench, pit road did not have a speed limit. Cars could enter and exit pit road as fast as they wanted.
As racing speeds became faster and faster, so did speeds on pit road. A few minor mishaps over the years didn’t seem to make a difference.
Being a pit crew member was…Â Details