Sprint Cup Testing, Corvette DP dominates Rolex Testing

Sprint Cup testing begins to establish aero parameters for the Daytona 500. The new Corvette Daytona Prototype dominated Rolex 24 Hour testing taking the top 5 spots. Jeg Coughlin comes back to NHRA ProStock after...

Change Is Inevitable And More To Come Soon In 2012

As it is with everything and everyone, change is inevitable. This is, obviously, true in NASCAR. Since the end of the 2011 Cup season the stock car landscape has been altered considerably. You don’t have to be...

Fred Lorenzen, Witness And Humanitarian

A child was dead, killed by a reckless driver, and it appeared the culprit would go unpunished.  Then, Fred Lorenzen intervened, and justice was served. This revelatory, little-known story was sent to me via...

BREAKING NEWS: Beaux Barfield New IndyCar Race Director

Beaux Barfield has been named Race Director for the IZOD IndyCar series Motorsport Unplugged has learned. Tomorrow an official press conference will be held formalizing the appointment. Motorsports Unplugged...

Sponsors Today May Have More Power While Spending Less

Sponsorship has always been the lifeblood of NASCAR. Without it teams, tracks and, yes, the sanctioning body itself, cannot survive. That has never been more obvious than it is today, a time when, amid economic...

The Days Of Bologna Sandwiches Are Gone

This is the time of year Sprint Cup teams most anticipate. A new season approaches. The crackle of welders and high-pitch whistle of air sanders help new cars take shape. Color schemes are wrapped and contingency...

New Faces And New Races Lead The NHRA Into 2012

With a blink of an eye and a flick of the calendar, it’s 2012. Most NHRA fans may wonder how anything can top its 60th anniversary season with three of the four top divisions being separated by mere points going...

Kasey Kahne and “BoobGate”, Formula One Musical Chairs: What’s Ne

Kasey Kahne finds himself in hot water with Women’s rights groups after tweeting disparinging remarks about the practice. Kimi Raikkonen draws friends and foe alike in his return to Formula One. The top story in...

One Resolution Broken, But Here Are 12 More

 Well, I almost made it 12 months without caving in. Last January my New Year’s resolution was this: Starting with 2012, I no longer would write columns suggesting New Year’s resolutions for people with...

Here we are, only five days away from flipping the calendar to a

Depending upon which driver one asks, the 2011 Sprint Cup season was uplifting and rewarding, or there were many disappointments and plenty to improve upon in 2012. Here’s a look at some possible New Year’s...

Zipadelli and Stewart together again, Ferrari ready to win, New N

Greg Zipadelli, Tony Stewart's former crew chief joins Stewart-Haas Racing, Ferrari and McLaren state they are ready to unseat the dominant Red Bull Formula One Team and NASCAR imposes further restrictions to stop...

Yarborough, One Of NASCAR’s Greats, Happy Today But Hasn’t Forgot

The mention of three-time Cup champion Cale Yarborough always brings a sense of respect and admiration to those fans who think back on his incredible career. He was one of NASCAR’s biggest stars, who rose from...

Despite Great Competition, NASCAR Must Still Deal With An Ongoing

The sport of NASCAR Sprint Cup racing faces a familiar problem in 2012, one that has bedeviled it for the last three years. However, that problem is certainly not the quality of its competition. For once NASCAR...