Politician Wants To Return Money Taken From IMS
Front row at Indy in 2012 National Football League teams have a long-standing tradition. Whenever a franchise wants a new stadium, they simply threaten to move to another town. City … Read More
Author: Stephen Cox
Part 1: 10 Great race tracks you’ve never seen
Part 1: Hallett Motor Racing Circuit Hallett Motor Racing Circuit By 1976, the golden age of American road racing was behind us. Barely. Economic recession had burdened the sport from … Read More
INDYCAR: Who’s Qualified and Who’s Not
Milka Duno Here's what you're supposed to believe: Franchitti, Kanaan and Castroneves enjoy a special Divine Blessing. They are qualified to drive Indycars. Milka Duno, Hiro Matsushita and Dennis Vitolo … Read More
Today’s safe race tracks have lost their character
Laguna Seca 1963 I liked the old Road Atlanta. You know. The “dangerous" one. Someone told me they installed another chicane along the once-glorious, 200-mph backstretch since I last raced … Read More
The failed Barrichello experiment and what it means
Barrichello proved that F1 drivers are no better than IndyCar drivers The most experienced driver in the history of Formula 1 has been sent packing after just one mediocre year … Read More
Shelby’s Last Stand: Forgotten Mustang Group 2 Racer
John McComb driving the Group 2 Mustang in competition in the late 1960s On a hot summer afternoon in late August 1966, the telephone on John McComb’s desk rang. On … Read More
INDYCAR: What’s Next?
Justin Wilson at Texas For weeks I’ve been listening to every media pundit and armchair racer debate what IndyCar should do next. Their TV ratings are in the tank, they … Read More
MUSCLE CARS: You Only Live Twice
The Chevy Spark, tomorrow's Muscle Car You only live twice, or so it seems.Once for yourself and once for your dreams. Say goodbye to the second great wave of American … Read More
A Get Well Card for Short Track Legend Don Satterfield
Don always had time for people – especially little people Lou Lauer/USARfans.com It was Saturday morning, September 8, 2001. I’d never driven at Chemung Speedrome before, but I would compete … Read More
Never, Ever Try This in Your Fiat X1/9
Fiat X1/9 I remember counting eight headlights coming at us head-on. Four lanes of traffic, two lights per car. Yup. The math was correct. Our closing speed was nearly 200 … Read More
How I Murdered Two Mitsubishi Sports Cars
Stephen Cox in the 2006 Lancer Evolution IX camera car Only now do I dare speak of it. In the fall of 2005 I got a call from a producer … Read More
The Trend That No One Wants to Talk About
The 1929 Infiniti Q29 Roadster bid to $120,000 but did not find a new owner Voila! After four hours of enjoyable motoring, one Starbucks Refresher and half a can of … Read More
Expert Advice on How to Lose
Stephen Cox There are three rules in short track racing. Number 1, don't give up the inside groove. Number 2, survive at all costs. And Number 3… don't forget Rules … Read More
Safety Issues That Actually Matter
The author in his race car Racecar drivers are eternally besieged by well-intentioned busybodies enforcing a tidal wave of petty rules, policies and regulations, many of which are designed to … Read More
ROAD RACING: The Ugly Pumpkin Must Die
Roush 360R “Turn the air conditioner off." “Huh?" “The air conditioner," Jim repeated. “Turn it off." Yeah. Whatever. I know what I'm doing and I won’t forget. I’m more concerned … Read More
The Case for Radar Detectors
The Valentine Radar Detector I'm a firm believer that every motorist should have a radar detector and know how to use it effectively. Every now and then I am asked, … Read More
PURE EVEL: An Authentic Motorsports Hero
Evel Knievel So I’m sitting in a Bob Evans restaurant in northern Virginia hoping for a decent breakfast before going to the track for the Super Cup race I was … Read More
America’s Lost Hobby & the Salvation of Our Youth
"Giant Raceway," the slot car set bought for his son's 10th birthday I have figured out what is wrong with America’s youth and their disconnect with racing. They don’t race … Read More
How Two Random Fans Saved My Race
Practicing on the bending backstretch at Kil Kare Nelson Skinner/Sopwith Motorsports Last weekend's ARCA Truck Series JEGS.com 100 in Xenia, Ohio turned out to be one of the most utterly … Read More
Random thoughts from the Sonoma IndyCar race
A happy Ryan Briscoe IndyCar/LAT USA Sunday's IndyCar race at Sonoma was enjoyable to watch and the series is still making forward strides. It was nice to see Rubens Barrichello … Read More
COLLECTOR CARS: Yesterday’s Loss is Today’s Gain
1972 Can Am winning L&M Porsche 917/10 driven by Mark Donahue and George Follmer sold for 5.5 million dollars I'd like you to conduct an experiment. Go to your local … Read More
We’re All Ride-Buyers Now
One way or another, everyone buys their ride. It is a universal truth. The exceptions are so few and far between as to be irrelevant. This applies to IndyCar, NASCAR … Read More
A. J. Allmendinger and Racing’s Drug Tests
A. J. Allmendinger I do not support drug use. But I do support fairness and justice for people who have had their careers destroyed on questionable grounds even though they’ve … Read More
Racing’s Dilemma – Kids Don’t Care About Cars
Kids love for the automobile drove them to be fans of race car drivers like Mario Andretti – Shown here in the diabolical McNamara Andretti drove to one win in … Read More
Collector Cars: Live from Mecum Des Moines
1970 Ford Mustang Sidewinder Special Okay, I'm sitting in my hotel room after the auction jamming to Heart (“Crazy on You") and it occurs to me how much I love … Read More