Lost Treasure: From Shasta Speedway’s ’51 Season
Bud Pedigo (L) with car owner Clyde Terry (C) You just never know what you'll find in the bottom of your grandmother's closet. Northern California's Shasta Speedway held its first … Read More
Author: Stephen Cox
What Jack Hawksworth Means for Open Wheel Racing
Jack Hawksworth Jack Hawksworth is a nice kid and a good Indycar driver. Some will take this column as a knock on Hawksworth, which is a complete misunderstanding of every … Read More
Re-living Childhood Dream with 1971 Pontiac LeMans
Keith Boschetti with his newly-bought 1971 Pontiac LeMans in New York BACK IN TIME: A New York Watchmaker Turns Back the Clock to Re-Live an Automotive Memory Keith Boschetti didn't … Read More
Ban Indycar Forever, Says Associated Press Writer
AP Sports Writer Paul Newberry "After the latest tragedy in Indycar… it's time to shut down this ridiculously dangerous form of racing," says Associated Press writer Paul Newberry in the … Read More
America’s Greatest Speedway & Why It Was Never Built
You could see the start of the track outline from this aerial photo In the summer of 1912, it seemed that anything was possible. Land was cheap and plentiful. Gold … Read More
A Better Idea to Save Auto Racing
Go-Kart racing is the key to getting youth interested in motorsports Every motorsports enthusiast is painfully aware that racing, in general, is experiencing tough times. Fewer fans are in the … Read More
Buddy Baker and the Measure of a Man
Buddy Baker I don't know Buddy Baker. I met him only once. We were introduced about ten years ago at Lingner Group Television Productions in downtown Indianapolis where I was … Read More
DIRT vs PAVEMENT: An Interview With Scott Kosak
Dirt Track Racing is making a comeback Paved ovals have been placed on a financial red alert. Times are tough for America's asphalt bullrings even while dirt tracks seem to … Read More
The racecar that never was
Shelby Group 2 Mustang Phillip Pietri courtesy of Mecum Auctions On the morning of May 11, 1966, Carroll Shelby's crew went to work on their sixteenth Shelby Mustang SCCA A … Read More
Is American Oval Racing About to Implode?
Super Cup at Old Dominion Speedway Sopwith Motorsports /Nelson Skinner I have good news and bad news. The good news is that a short track series is advertising free admission … Read More
IndyCar: Is Faster Better?
When drivers take off a front wing now there will be more carbon fiber bits all over the track. Will this lead to endless parades behind the pace car? Indycars … Read More
Kurt Busch, Brian Vickers and Indycar
Brian Vickers Brian Vickers is back. Again. After being forced out of NASCAR racing for the third time with a major medical issue, Vickers has returned to Michael Waltrip Racing … Read More
Be Sure to Attend One of These Races in 2015
Super Cup at Old Dominion Speedway A truly great fan experience at an auto race is typified by several things. The cars should lose grip and slide in the corners, … Read More
Ford’s Mexican 302 Engine
Mexican 302 engine After a Mexican 302-equipped Ford Torino crossed the block at Mecum Auctions recently, I've received a boatload of questions about these unique engines, their collector value, and … Read More
This Is Why Car Guys Should Like Motorcycles
1936 BSA Model Y13 Mecum Auctions My true passion was for classic cars and historic racing cars… that is, until the summer of 2012 when I co-hosted Mecum's first major … Read More
Three Reasons Not to Take Sides in Busch Fight
Kurt Busch There is no issue so grave or problem so serious that government cannot make it worse. Exhibit A, the current courtroom clown show surrounding NASCAR driver Kurt Busch, … Read More
The Amazing 162-MPH Nuremberg Daytona
Dodge Daytona It was the mid 1970's. NASCAR's aerodynamic supercars were a thing of the past. The great American muscle car had succumbed to a slow death, strangled by illegal … Read More
Six Questions About the US Formula One Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton 1. When is the last time we saw a race with only one meaningful pass for the lead that was this enjoyable? Watching eventual winner Lewis Hamilton stalk … Read More
On any given Sunday..13 years ago today
On any given Sunday….never give up. An old photo of my trophy. September 23, 2001 was a bright, beautiful Sunday at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit's 2-mile road course just outside … Read More
Tony Stewart Will Be Indicted – Here’s Why
Tony Stewart The fate of Tony Stewart is now in the hands of a grand jury, and there is no worse place to be. Here is the bottom line reality … Read More
The Formula E: Three Things You Should Know
The first ever Formula E race winner – di Grassi The new Formula E racing series for electric cars has done a lot of things right, as was evident by … Read More
3 Lessons From the Tony Stewart-Kevin Ward Tragedy
Sprint Car racing at Terra Haute Most of the racing world now knows that sprint car driver Kevin Ward, Jr. was killed after being hit by Tony Stewart's car during … Read More
Me, Danica and Barney Oldfield
Stephen Cox The Stephen Cox Blog is Presented by McGunegill Engine Performance The true essence of auto racing is making yourself look as good as possible under the circumstances no … Read More
Indy 500: The Best Spec Racing a Lot of Money Can Buy
Hunter-Reay Many will assume that the title of this week's column is based in sarcasm. It is not. We can debate whether Sunday's Indy 500 was a “good" race, or … Read More
INDYCAR: The Series That Sold Its Soul
The Stephen Cox Blog is Presented by McGunegill Engine Performance Tony Kanaan yawns at spec car 100% throttle qualifying IndyCar I grew up in Indianapolis and I live for the … Read More