Indycar driver Mike Conway suffered a horrific crash at the 2010 Indy 500. Just this week, Mike finally had his leg cast removed. He is still undergoing massive rehabilitation which includes time in a Kriotherapy rehabilitation chamber. The Kriotherapy chamber exposes to Mike temperatures as low as -130 degrees for up to 4 minutes at a time. This treatment speeds [...]
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In most major newspapers there has been a ratio each day of two articles about Danica Patrick to one article about anything else in racing. Most Gannett chain newspapers last Sunday carried two articles about Danica Patrick and a small paragraph with small print about Kevin Harvick winning the Bud Shootout. The largest percentage of [...]
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When Honda announced it was shutting down its Formula 1 team, there was not much surprise as performance was not on par with some of its other racing operations. When Ross Brawn announced he was purchasing the Honda team only a few weeks before the start of the 2009 F1 season, there was some [...]
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This weekend marks the start of the 2009 Indycar season. The first race this year will be at the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida. But do not look for it on your local ABC station or ESPN. And forget about the NASCAR channel sometimes called Speed. It will be on VERSUS. I never [...]
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It has been 12 years since American Open Wheel Racing split into two series. Today it was revealed that Champ Car has already ceased operations and operations will fall under the Indy Racing League. The cars are very much different. Champ Car has used a Panoz chassis and will need to switch to a Dallara chassis. Reportedly [...]
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