Cadillac’s announcement of a 2023 LMDh prototype sports car program is obviously great news for IMSA and the FIA World Endurance Championship. But even for many Americans, the combination of “racing” and “Cadillac” still seems incongruent. Has any other automotive brand gone through a greater identity crisis?
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They say you shouldn’t meet your heroes. But Robin Miller was the exception to that rule, just like every other rule in the book. It’s not an exaggeration to say Robin was…
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There’s plenty of hype for INDYCAR’s inaugural Music City Grand Prix, set to run on a new temporary circuit on August 8. It’s an ambitious looking track, fronted by Nissan Stadium and…
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The Mid-Ohio media center hosted an impromptu CART reunion during the IMSA weekend. Adam Saal, who served two stints (sentences?) as the CART PR man, shared some vintage memorabilia he was given…
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In 2020, the two full-time drivers competing for the NTT IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year Award were 20-year-old Dutchman Rinus VeeKay and Alex Palou, a 24-year old Spaniard. They acquitted themselves…
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The 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship has gotten off to a tough start for Action Express Motorsports. Pipo Derani, Felipe Nasr, and Mike Conway, drivers of the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac…
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George Russell didn’t win the Sakhir Grand Prix on Sunday. But he smashed the reputations of several other drivers while enhancing his own, and he confirmed just how big a role the…
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The record book will show that Ryan Hunter-Reay won the MoveThatBlock.com 225 for Andretti Autosport. But that’s not what folks will remember. This one had rain, cars upside down and on fire, questionable calls by officials who later admitted they blew it, and emotions aplenty.
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At the moment, N144KK is cruising at 45,000 feet, whistling eastward at more than 600 mph. Kalkhoven is leading a group of his associates and a handful of shell-shocked racing journalists in a round of “Moscow Martinis.” This involves slurping a lump of caviar off the back of one’s thumb and washing it down with straight vodka. Trust me, you will not find this on the drink menu at the Working Man’s Friend or Union Jack’s in Indianapolis.
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Castroneves could often be a challenging interview, rarely deviating from programmed talking points and reluctant to reveal anything too personal. There was one fascinating exception. In 2011, I was asked to ghost-write a regular column for Helio that was posted on ESPN.com.