Five years ago today, the IndyCar and motorsports worlds lost two-time Indianapolis 500 champion and beloved British driver Dan Wheldon.
As NASCAR makes it second trip to the New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday for the second race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, many championship hopefuls are dreaming of their own magic moment.
For the past 14 years, nobody has been more dominate in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, quite the way Jimmie Johnson has. Whenever a new challenger would present themselves to the fight, Johnson would seem to find a way to end up leaps and bounds better than his competition, almost turning on a switch and lighting a fire so bright it could be seen from space.
Sunday’s Soul Red Finale for the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires didn’t just leave a bad taste in my mouth, it left a downright foul taste in it.
A decade and a half ago today, our nation was forever altered by a sequence of four events that forever took away our innocence.
In sport, nothing quite puts fans on the edge of their seat like a good playoff race.
Kevin Harvick has been one of the fastest men in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this season, but his pit crew may well cost him the chance to contend for another championship this year.
When you take a look at the list of 81 drivers who don’t yet know where they’ll be racing in the ‘alphabet soup’ of Saturday’s 56th annual 5-hour Energy Knoxville Nationals championship program, one could argue that the field of those still racing to get in is arguably more impressive than the 26 drivers who know where they will start in 24 hours’ time.