Tweet Photo courtesy of Chrysler Group LLC The American Le Mans Series GT class just got thermonuclear. All along, the sports car/prototype racing series attracted some serious racing teams. On the occasion of Sebring and Petit Le Mans, ALMS is joined by the FIA's World Endurance Series and their high end prototypes and GT teams. …
Tweet Photo courtesy of Audi of America Le Mans. It is a global institution – a race that transcends time, speed, scenery and legend. For a full twenty-four hour cycle, a car, a team of drivers and the countryside in the heart of the Department of Sarthe test the boundaries of human endurance. Drivers may …
Tweet The verdict is in: On Sunday, May 27, 2012, we witnessed perhaps the best – if not, the most memorable – running of the Indianapolis 500. It took ninety-six times to get there. There were memorable ones along the way – some still discussed today. However, no one had ever considered the alignment of …
TweetPhoto by Randy Stern So, the New York Giants won Super Bowl XLVI a week-and-a-half ago. That's nice. Remember sometime last month when I discussed how motorsport had started to become a sport I'd follow rather than the ones I used to love? Sure, there's serious money behind motorsport, but there is also a beauty …
Last weekend, we experienced what motorsport is all about.
The 50th running of the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona reaffirmed that true competition amongst drivers and machines can be achieved when it is engaging and exciting for everyone involved. When the fans are engaged, the drivers, the teams and the vehicles become an integral part of the experience – either at the track or away from it.
After the deaths of IndyCar star Dan Wheldon and superbike racer Marco Simoncelli, there was concern whether motorsport would recover and in what shape they will take in the coming season. Add the sometimes moronic behavior of some of stars of the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit, and even the most fickle fan would be spurned away.
Some of the behavior seen in and around the top tier of NASCAR is not unlike what I've witnessed on the same level of the sports I used to enjoy. For every Busch brother, there's a Miguel Cabrera, Chad Johnson and Jean-Francois Jacques making a mockery of the world of sport. It was to the point where I no longer have respect for the game my mother raised me to love – thanks to the likes of Bud Selig, Ozzie Guillen and Nyjer Morgan.
Since age 6, I was attracted by the excitement of the race. Of Richard Petty and his all-conquering light blue #43 Plymouths and Dodges in NASCAR. Of Mario Andretti conquering Indy car and Formula 1 in an eight-year span. Of the tragedies each variant of motorsport we experienced as fans of drivers we fondly remember today.