Castroneves Cruises in Japan
April 23, 2006
Watching the Japan 300 yesterday brought about one of my worst fears about the IRL this and any other season: It’s gonna get BORING watching the Big Three - Penske, Andretti Green and Ganassi - run away from everyone else.
Magical Mystery Tour Continues. San Marino GP Qualifying Resuts
April 22, 2006
The tour is the continuing F1 racing season. The continuing magic and mystery refers to the amazingly different starting lineups race to race. Tomorrow will see a Honda “blue plate special”; two slabs of Honda between two slices of Ferrari. Can you make that to go please?
Rain Sets Japan Grid
April 21, 2006
MOTEGI, Japan, Friday, April 21, 2006 - Helio Castroneves and Scott Dixon will share the front row for the Indy Japan 300 after persistent rain washed out Marlboro Pole qualifying.
Castroneves Tops in Japan Practice
April 20, 2006
MOTEGI, Japan, Thursday, April 20, 2006 - Helio Castroneves led the opening day of preparations for the Indy Japan 300, the only overseas event of the 2006 IRL IndyCar
Official Entry List for the Indy 500
April 18, 2006
Below is the official entry list complete as of Wednesday April 19th, 2006 for the 2006 Indianapolis 500-mile Race on May 28th.
Field Filling for Five Hundred
April 18, 2006
Qualifying for the 90th Indianapolis 500 promises bumping as car owners file more entries than available starting positions.
If a Tree Falls in the Drag Racing World
April 12, 2006
How does the old saying go? If a tree falls in the woods and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound? That’s how I feel about drag racing sometimes. If something spectacular happens in drag racing, unless there is a visiting NASCAR beat writer on site, as far as public awareness it could have never happened. In the overall scheme of things, it’s NASCAR’s world and everyone else is just paying rent. The issue is that NHRA Top Fuel driver Melanie Troxel has advanced to every final round of the 2006 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing season, winning two of them, and no one outside of drag racing knows about it.
If a Tree Falls in the Drag Racing World
April 12, 2006
How does the old saying go? If a tree falls in the woods and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound? That’s how I feel about drag racing sometimes. If something spectacular happens in drag racing, unless there is a visiting NASCAR beat writer on site, as far as public awareness it could have never happened. In the overall scheme of things, it’s NASCAR’s world and everyone else is just paying rent. The issue is that NHRA Top Fuel driver Melanie Troxel has advanced to every final round of the 2006 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing season, winning two of them, and no one outside of drag racing knows about it.
My Champ Car Weekend
April 12, 2006
Long Beach 2006 was a great kickoff to the Champ Car season for the series, even if it was a blow-out by Bourdais.
Troxel Races To Second Victory Of Season, Becomes First Top Fuel Driver In NHRA History To Open With Five Consecutive Finals
April 9, 2006
Pedregon and Johnson also score wins at NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Season-long NHRA POWERade Series points leader Melanie Troxel raced to her second Top Fuel victory of the season and made drag racing history along the way Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway by becoming the first driver in her category to open the season with five consecutive final-round appearances.