One of the figures behind the prospective American Formula One team has stated that plans for USF1 are well and truly under way, with a formal announcement expected later this month.
Ken Anderson, one of the two principals of USF1, has told The Charlotte Observer that the team will be based in the American city, adding that “95% of what you might have seen” about the plans is true.
“We are looking at a couple of buildings in Charlotte, including one in the University area,” he said…Â More info
Red Bull’s old and new Formula 1 cars outpaced the three other teams in action on the opening day of what proved to be yet another rain-hit pre-season European test at Jerez.
While Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi again blurred the picture at the top of the timesheet by outpacing the field by over two seconds in the team’s 2008 car – a modified version of the Red Bull Racing RB4 – Sebastian Vettel gave … More info
On Logano’s 18th birthday last May, Joe Gibbs and J.D. Gibbs wheeled in a cake shaped like a stock car dressed with black and red frosting to look like the Nationwide car Logano had just turned old enough to drive.
They were opening a news conference, but before that they wanted everyone in the room to sing “Happy birthday” in celebration of the day Logano was finally old enough to race in NASCAR’s national series.
Logano’s 18th birthday was one of the most anticipated in racing. Three years earlier Mark Martin had hailed Logano as the next big thing…Â More info
In celebration of Travis Pastrana’s third-consecutive Rally America National Championship title, Subaru commissioned a custom WRX STI for its factory team driver. Pastrana’s new street car will debut at the Chicago auto show.
Subaru and Pastrana collaborated to create the brilliant yellow STI that wears tire-tread graphics and the driver’s 199 car number on the side.
Vermont SportsCar, which also is responsible for constructing Pastrana’s rally car, modified the one-off STI with parts from Subaru’s SPT parts division…Â More info