Mike Calinoff: Childs Play
November 6, 2003
By all accounts the youth movement is on. And the past several years have only been a small indication of things to come. Kids are the deal – and everyone knows it.
Awesome Bill Still Contemplating Retirement
November 5, 2003
NASCAR legend Bill Elliot is still not sure whether or not he will race full time next season or start to step away from the sport that has made him a racing icon. In my opinion Elliot owes racing nothing. He has won at the highest level many times and should feel good about stepping away from the sport any time he wishes.
However, he is still competitive, which is more than we can say for “Good Ole DW” before he retired…and it appears as though Rusty Wallace is following DW’s fate. It was just sad for me to see DW and Richard Petty our there week in and week out turning out awful results in the twilight years of their careers
I think Bill should hang it up, or at least start to phase himself out while he is still a factor and still winning races…
AthensNewspapers.com: Retirement on Elliott’s mind
Dodge Racing Teleconference-Casey Mears
November 5, 2003
DODGE THIS! Media Teleconference
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2003
Dodge Racing’s teleconference, this week featuring driver Casey Mears and crew chief Jimmy Elledge.
Manning to Ganassi/IRL?
November 5, 2003
It looks as though Walker Racing’s CART driver Darren Manning may be set to replace the late Tony Renna at Gannasi in the IRL next season…
IndyStar.com: Manning to Ganassi?
Brack Needs 4 Months To Heal
November 5, 2003
Injured race car driver Kenny Brack said Monday he plans to return to competition next season despite facing another surgery today and at least four more months of recovery…
IndyStar.com: Doctor says Brack needs at least 4 months to heal
Americans In F1
November 5, 2003
Matt Davis of AutoWeek culls some very interesting points from his visit to the second annual Red Bull Driver Search finals. Why are Americans currently unsuited for F1? I agree with everything Matt says, but he misses the major point. Why would any American leave here when you have NASCAR, a sport that is now just about on par with any other major league sport, to go race in Europe. If you want to be a famous IN America by being a race car driver, you need to be bumping fenders with Jeff Gordon, not letting Michael Schumacher (whoever that is!) lap you. Why go looking for a pot of gold in a foreign land when it is right here is good ole Charlotte, North Carolina???
AutoWeek.com: American Culture in the F1 Pits
Bernstein Says Goodbye — Again
November 4, 2003
Drag racing legend Kenny Bernstein prepares to depart from NHRA competition for good…again. However this year Kenny has a lot more to be happy about winning three of the last four races and having another shot at winning Pomona…
LATimes.com: Bernstein Says His Goodbyes — Again
Force May Run After All
November 4, 2003
Looks like good old John Force may be be running this weekend after all. You can’t keep a good man down…though I don’t think he has actually tried to handle a car with the stitches yet…damn that is gonna hurt…
NHRA.com: Force may compete in Pomona after all
BAM - A New Team Joins ALMS
November 4, 2003
British American Motorsport (BAM!) is new, but it is managed by skilled veterans. Team owners Tim Munday of Jupiter, Fla. and Peter Baron of Deerfield Beach, Fla. oversee team operations - Munday as technical director, Baron as business director. Lead mechanic Matt Bishop of West Palm Beach, Fla. is supported by a talented crew of British and American mechanics working from the team’s race shop in Stuart, Fla.
Interview With Chris Dyson
November 4, 2003
BRASELTON, Ga. - As he sat in the post-race media interview room after winning the 2003 American Le Mans Series driving championship for the LMP 675 class, Chris Dyson was both ecstatic and exhausted. In dramatic fashion, his title wasn’t sealed until he and the Dyson Racing Team endured a day full of trials and tribulations in the season-ending Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.