Delta Wing’s CEO Dan Partel says the unique single-seater is by no means dead. In fact, Partel is confident he will be able to strike a deal in the next month to build and test a Delta Wing prototype with a plan to race the car in 2013. In recent… Read more
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The Delta Wing lives!
August 31st, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 5 Comments
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First American champions crowned
August 31st, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas became the first major American racing champions of the year when they scored their eighth win of the year in the Grand-Am race at le Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal last Saturday driving Chip Ganassi’s Riley-BMW. Pruett has now won a total of 30 Grand-Am… Read more
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F1 at The Glen? Not likely…
August 25th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 13 Comments
Amid all the talk about reviving the United States Grand Prix in Texas – or anyplace else – many people like to reminisce about the 20 years Formula 1 enjoyed at Watkins Glen. It’s a classic road course of course, with plenty of fast corners, located in a beautiful setting… Read more
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Power and Cocker show the way
August 23rd, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
Will Power continued his mid-season domination of Indycar racing with Team Penske at Infineon Raceway (formerly Sears Point) in California last Sunday. Power took his eighth pole and led all the way to score his fifth win of the year. In the last five races the Australian has won three… Read more
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A few words about Texas and F1
August 20th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 22 Comments
It’s easy to make jokes about Texas and Formula 1. Even the local press in Austin have been having some fun with the story. At the end of last month John Kelso, a columnist for the Austin American-Statesman, drove to Elroy, the largely uninhabited little burg 15 miles southeast of downtown… Read more
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The men who can save IndyCar
August 18th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 2 Comments
IndyCar boss Randy Bernard announced last weekend that he has hired Tony Cotman (below) to serve as project manager and develop the 2012 rules for the series’ new Dallara-Honda formula. I’ve known Cotman for almost 20 years and he’s a good man who’ll serve Bernard and IndyCar well.
Cotman is… Read more
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Harvick states his case
August 16th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
Kevin Harvick has led NASCAR’s Sprint Cup championship for most of the year, and by winning Sunday’s 400-mile race on the Michigan superspeedway he became the first driver to guarantee himself a place in this year’s ‘Chase for the Cup’. After 23 of 36 races Harvick leads Jeff Gordon by… Read more
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Moss and Gurney to star at Monterey
August 11th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 27 Comments
The guests of honour at this weekend’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca are Sir Stirling Moss and Dan Gurney. The irrepressible Moss will make his return to US competition driving his own Porsche RS-61 following last spring’s terrible elevator accident, while Gurney and a fleet of All-American Racer’s… Read more
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Ganassi reigns, and Dyson delivers
August 9th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 2 Comments
Chip Ganassi enjoyed a clean sweep last weekend as his three teams won races in NASCAR, IndyCar and Grand-Am. It began at Watkins Glen on Saturday when Scott Pruett/Memo Rojas won the Grand-Am event in Ganassi’s Riley-BMW. Then Juan Pablo Montoya drove a perfect race on Sunday at the Glen… Read more
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Making an old speedway safer
August 5th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
A pair of particularly explosive multi-car accidents in last Sunday’s NASCAR race at Pocono, eastern Pennsylvania underlined the need for safety improvements at the 2.5-mile superspeedway. Kurt Busch and Elliott Sadler emerged shaken but unhurt from big accidents late in the race, yet the nature of the two separate but… Read more
He’s been there and seen it all, but GK’s finger is still very much on the pulse of modern US racing. After over 30 years as the American editor of Autosport, he remains one of the most outspoken and authoritative voices on the US scene. Gordon is now Motor Sport’s US editor and monthly columnist, shedding light on everything that is happening on the other side of the Atlantic. 
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