Charlie Kimball is far from a household name yet, but the 27-year-old IndyCar driver from Camarillo, California is making his mark on and off the track. Kimball was snapped up by the powerhouse Chip Ganassi team, a scenario he couldn’t have dreamt of five years ago. While racing in the European feeder series Formula Renault […]
View PostSpin ‘n’ win
The designated driver on the stewards panel for this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix is none other than American Danny Sullivan. The former IndyCar and Formula 1 driver is mainly famous for winning the 1985 Indianapolis 500 and inventing the term ‘spin ‘n’ win’ in the process. Here’s why.
View Post adrenalin, indy 500, indycarSato – No regrets on Indy 500 crash
When Takuma Sato made a brave move down the inside of Dario Franchitti on the last lap of the Indy 500, he thought he was three corners away from drinking the milk. Moments later he spun into the barriers, missing the chance of a lifetime to make history at the Brickyard. But talking to the […]
View Post features, indy 500, indycarThe Indy Experience – Drunken Chicken
One of the great things about traveling is discovering new cultures. One wouldn’t necessarily associate that aspect with going to Indianapolis, located smack in the middle of the American Midwest. But after eating a few burgers too many, I discovered a tiny restaurant called Yat’s. The place serves excellent, uncomplicated Cajun creole food on a […]
View Post columns, globetrotting, indycarThe Indy Experience – Hoosier Hospitality
They say Hoosiers, people from Indiana, are some of the friendliest people you’ll meet in the US of A. After spending ten days in the self-proclaimed racing capitol of the world, it is hard to disagree with that statement. Most people I have met, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway staff, IndyCar personnel, my great host in […]
View Post columns, globetrotting, indy 500, indycarWhy the Indy 500 is still special
It is hard to understand what the Indianapolis 500 means until you’ve been there. Unlike Formula 1, which is more or less spread over twenty evenly matched events, IndyCar largely revolves around two weeks in May that are the most important days in the year for hundreds of thousands of fans. Over one hundred years […]
View Post columns, globetrotting, indy 500, indycarGlobetrotting – A hell of an experience
In May I officially turned freelance as a motorsports journalist, which essentially changed my job description to traveling around the world to write about fast cars going around a track. It sounds like a dream job. And it is. But all dreaming aside, there is work to be done and money to be made to […]
View Post columns, globetrotting, indy 500, indycarTaking the bull by its horns
Formula 1 is linked to many exciting concepts like innovation, technology, speed and competition. Fan-friendliness is not one of them. It doesn’t have to be that way. Sometimes the sport would do well to look around and take in examples from events that come up with fresh ideas. In sharp contrast to Formula 1, which […]
View Post columns, formula 1, indycarA classy touch for a class act
In an undoubtely long series of tributes the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has honoured the late Dan Wheldon on the ticket for the next Indy 500. All ticket holders for Race Day will get a ticket showing Dan spilling the milk after his unlikely victory last May, a great memorabilium to remember the two-time winner. “The […]
View Post features, indycarRetro – Crossing the pond
Rubens Barrichello is officially an IndyCar driver, contesting the 2012 season with his great friend Tony Kanaan at KV Racing. Barrichello is not the first Brazilian to switch from F1 to American open wheel racing. After two world titles in 1972 and 1974, Emerson Fittipaldi’s F1 career was on a downward slope as he made […]
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