Articles tagged with: 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 …
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 …
In celebration of Chevrolet’s Centennial, the famous American brand takes a look back at its greatest racing moments over the past 100 years.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
NASCAR fans will relish this trio of STP-produced films celebrating Richard Petty’s 200th top-class victory at Daytona in 1984. The US oil giant made the films to commemorate the silver anniversary of The King’s achievement …
In 1960 a sportsman race at the Daytona Speedway went down in history as the race that featured “the most fantastic pile up in auto racing history”.
From a field of 68 starters, 37 cars were …
Being Australian, I have to confess that up until this point, I have struggled to understand NASCAR. But I get it now!
Until recently we didn’t get it on TV and of course we didn’t know …
