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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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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Johnson works his magic
March 24th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
Jimmie Johnson is beginning to emerge not only as NASCAR’s best driver of the times, but as one of stock car racing’s greatest for the ages. In the fifth round of NASCAR’s Sprint Cup championship last Sunday on the furious half-mile short track in Bristol, Tennessee, Johnson outraced Tony Stewart… Read more
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Johnson back on winning form
February 22nd, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
Order was restored in NASCAR as defending Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson bounced back from failing to finish the Daytona 500 to score the 48th win of his career in Sunday’s 500-mile race at the California Speedway.
Johnson was the man to beat in California, leading 101 of the race’s… Read more
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FIA GT1 sounds sweet
February 9th, 2010 | Ed Foster | 3 Comments
Touring cars are great to watch for a number of reasons. Mostly notably the racing is extremely close and you’ll see cars passing each other in places that you never thought possible. Another draw, for me anyway, has always been that you can clearly see that they carry some DNA… Read more
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Martin makes his mark at Daytona
February 8th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
NASCAR’s season kicked off on Saturday with qualifying for this Sunday’s Daytona 500, followed by the Budweiser Shootout 75-lap non-points-scoring sprint race under the lights. Qualifying was swept by Hendrick Motorsports as veteran Mark Martin took pole and team-mate Dale Earnhardt Jr qualified on the outside front row. Thursday’s pair… Read more
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Rolex 24 Hours preview
January 25th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 3 Comments
Last year’s season-opening Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona featured a tremendous battle through the final three hours between Juan Pablo Montoya and David Donohue. Donohue scored the biggest win of his career as the 42-year-old overcame Montoya’s unrelenting efforts, using his Riley-Porsche’s superior power to take the lead from Montoya… Read more
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Parnelli Jones’s radical ideas
May 2nd, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 7 Comments
Parnelli Jones is one of the living legends of American racing, up there in the pantheon with Mario Andretti, AJ Foyt and Dan Gurney. Jones dominated three of the seven Indy 500s he started and won the race in 1963, beating Jim Clark. He looked to be a clear winner… Read more
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Busch and Toyota are NASCAR’s hottest combination
March 14th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
Kyle Busch (above) has threatened to win every NASCAR Sprint Cup race run this year and at the high-banked Atlanta Motor Speedway last weekend the 22-year old finally put it all together to score a dominant victory. After three years with Rick Hendrick’s Chevrolet team, Busch was dropped by Hendrick… Read more
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At Daytona, it’s all about the show
February 15th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
NASCAR is where the show and entertainment is king and the sanctioning body is in complete control of the entire production. As such, NASCAR could not have hoped for a better kick-off to its season at Daytona last weekend prior to Sunday’s 50th running of the Daytona 500. To the… Read more
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