Articles in NASCAR
Stroke of genius: The racing art of Rob Ijbema
“Painting is like time travel,” says prolific Dutch artist Rob Ijbema. In a sport measured in thousandths of a second, where speed is king, it’s strange yet fitting that some traditions still exist today – …
Dario Franchitti: Win Or Bust, How It Started
Four-time Indycar champion, three times a winner of the Indianapolis 500, Dario Franchitti was served his career on a plate you’d think. Well, think again. The Scotsman’s early stepping stones are a lesson in determination, …
Doing the Indy NASCAR double
If 500 miles at Indianapolis wasn’t enough, imagine jumping from your race car, onto a helicopter, a private jet, and then taking on NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 night race at Charlotte that night. Three drivers have …
Video: Goodwood FoS and Revival Preview
The 2012 Goodwood Motor Sport Press Day has just taken place and Lord March has yet another cracker year of action lined up.
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Video: First Daytona 500 – 1959
While 2012 might be aiming for a Monday start to the classic race for the first time in it’s history, lets look back at the very first Daytona 500 run in 1959.
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IROC: Where racing worlds collided
Martin Brundle versus Dale Earnhardt Sr. Yes, it happened, and ‘Billy Bob’ Brundle came very close to upsetting the apple cart!
Martin Brundle packed a lot into his career, and was lucky/unlucky enough to have been …
The history of Daytona Beach and NASCAR
For around six weeks, Daytona Beach, Florida is taken over by motorsport, its history growing by the year
The first event at Daytona International Speedway is the Rolex 24 Hours which celebrated its 50th anniversary in …
When NASCAR went to Monza… With Max Papis and Alex Zanardi
The Monza circuit in Italy already has so much atmosphere, but Max Papis wrote a new chapter last week, lapping the old banking in a Toyota NASCAR Sprint Cup car – with his old F1 and …
Video: Chevrolet – 100 years of racing heritage
In celebration of Chevrolet’s Centennial, the famous American brand takes a look back at its greatest racing moments over the past 100 years.
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Days of Thunder is the best racing movie of all time.
So, then, the Senna movie has gone down a storm – and rightly so. Not to put too fine a point on it, things were simply more exciting then. The circuits were bumpy, the cars …
1961 Daytona 500: “We don’t think your Daddys gonna live”
50 years ago, the Petty family had a weekend at the Daytona 500 they are unlikely to forget.
During the first qualifying race, 21 year old Richard Petty flew over the first turn wall. It was …
Jimmy “The Flying Greek” Koufos attempts world record bus jump
It’s always good to start your week with a laugh, and I nearly fell off my chair with the sheer absurdity of this crazy feat.
Watch in amazement at this hilarious footage of Jimmy “The Flying …
Daytona 500 1979 – fight to the finish
As NASCAR’s Sprint Cup daredevils get ready for this weekend’s season-opener, the Daytona 500 at the fearsome Florida Speedway, it’s worth wallowing in a bit of stock car nostalgia.
The blue-riband 500 has been the most …
Live fast and die young in a nice pair of shorts – Tim Richmond in the 1980s
The 80s truly were a bodacious time. Hammer pants abounded, Ahnold and Sly were at their finest and Tim Richmond was tearing up the NASCAR circuit door to door with Dale Earnhardt. Tim Richmond perfectly …
The Linear Edge – The Raggedy Edge Gone Zen
There is something Zen about the search for the perfect line. The perfect line is a minimalist thing, graceful, flowing, smooth and perpetual. Achieving it is almost a form of meditation in which the car, …
