We apologize to anyone who had difficulty getting onto the site this morning. Paul, the webmaster here is recovering from major eye surgery for a detached retina and can not use a computer. More proof that racing is a dangerous sport.
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This weekend the entire racing world mourns the death of Scott Kalitta during an accident at Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey in the final round of qualifying. Scott Kalitta was a champion drag racer. The Kalitta family name is one of the biggest in the world of drag racing and of motorsports in […]
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I just finished watching a race on television. Do not want to give any details away for those that watch it taped. (It is 2 AM so only die-hard fans watch live) Half the field failed to finish. Several yellow flags. Some serious Rubbin’. (Rubbin’ is racin’) A former champion in American Open-Wheel debuting in […]
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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 as […]
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Robert Boswell, of Apopka, Florida died on the track at Daytona International Speedway Sunday. The 60 year old was participating in the Richard Petty Driving Experience. He was on his fourth lap of his session when he crashed into an inside retaining wall in turn 2. There are no SAFER barriers on that part of the track. […]
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For the past month I have had friends ask me if I could help them get Daytona 500 tickets. Yeah, like I have some magic connection. In the past few years if you wanted decent tickets to the 500 weeks before the race you could go on ebay. You of course needed to be careful as […]
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Today’s running of the Rolex 24 lasted 24 Hours. Coverage of the race started on your local Fox affiliate channel and the rest was on Speed. Only 16 hours of the race was actually broadcast. Some people consider a 4 hour NASCAR race as being way too long. So when endurance races such as these […]
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