Posts under ‘Auto Racing’

The boss of a successful British Formula One racing team is being accused of homophobia and racism in a complaint filed with a British employment tribunal. Peter Boland (right), 27, claims he was fired by McLaren Mercedes head Ron Dennis of firing him because he’s gay. McLaren Mercedes is known for their driver Lewis Hamilton, [...]

As the U.S. auto industry fights for its life, LGBT autosport and auto buying is gasping too. Gaywheels founder Joe LaMuraglia writes, “While the current situation affects everyone in the country it is taking a disproportionate toll on small businesses, ours included. Auto sales are the lowest in almost 20 years, consumers aren’t researching [...]

The Patrick/Duno dust-up, followed by the Pierson/Parker dust-up, reminds us that it was male athletes, not females, who filed the first copyright on temper fests during competition. Call it the dark side of sports if you will…or the twilight of sportsmanship. But a lot of fans live for it, especially when [...]

Danica Patrick, the hottie pro racer who won her first IndyCar race in April, also has a hot temper.
She confronted fellow female racer Milka Duno on Saturday after practice at the Honda Indy 200 IRL. Patrick was irked by Duno’ racetrack etiquette. Duno responded by throwing a towel at Patrick – twice. Of course, it’s all on video. –Matt Hennie
Matt [...]

Women are continuing to kick butt in Indy-car racing.  Brazilian driver Ana Beatriz just became the first distaff winner of a Firestone Indy Lights race.  At Nashville Superspeedway this past weekend, on lap 33 of 77,  she whisked past pole sitter and teammate James Davison, and held on for the checkered flag in the Sunbelt Rentals 100.  Beatriz [...]

Re the ongoing thread of whether War Emblem is or isn’t gay:
His Japanese stud-farm owners, the Shadai Stallion Station, continue to deal with his low libido. And their efforts are paying off — the horse has a growing list of progeny — 43 to date, with the oldest now racing as four-year-olds. [...]

Yesterday’s USA Today ran the banner headline SPEED WEEKEND in letters big and black enough for the start of World War III.
Nearly half the paper was devoted to one of motor racing’s biggest international weekends of the year. Things kicked off last night in Charlotte, NC, at Lowe’s dirt track, with down-and-dirty World of Outlaws [...]

For people who like any kind of racing the way I do, this is an exciting time of year, with the Triple Crown and the NASCAR Cup Chase both shaping up.
Though motorsports track attendance is falling off because of the rising cost of getting to races, the grandstands were packed at Talladega last Sunday. [...]

After three years of trying, and placing as high as 4th in the Indy 500, 26-year-old Danica Patrick finally won her first IndyCar race this weekend.  It was the Japan 300 at Motegi on the international Indy series, making her the first female winner in IndyCar history.  
“Boys, move over.  The lady is coming through,” shouted the [...]

It’s good to know that there are some sports where the old geezers can wipe up the floor with the young studs now and then.  Auto racing is one of those…and NASCAR’s Mark Martin is one of the geezers.
Drivers tell me that reflexes and teenager courage may count with the young guys…but the old guys have experience, horse sense and [...]

Today is the Cool Orange 500 at the Martinsville short track, but I did my motorsports thing for the weekend yesterday.  It was the Kroger 250 in the truck series, also at Martinsville, and Chrissy Wallace was racing.
The 19-year-old daughter of veteran stock-car driver Mike Wallace has been a stand-out in Late Models and aims to make [...]

Here’s a nice Associated Press article about how more and more teams are offering all-you-can-eat sections. The article states that nearly half of MLB teams, nine NHL teams, six NBA teams and many NASCAR tracks now have such sections.
Of course, it’s not news to readers of this blog, since I’ve written about this trend twice [...]

Today was the Food City 500 at Bristol, and Lady Luck was busy kicking people’s lives around on that tricky track. No matter what a superdriver you are, no matter how good your car was running yesterday, the Lady says, “Today is another day.” Especially at Bristol.
So the world-famous oval grandstand was packed with 160,000 [...]

Bristol is the only motor speedway where the grandstands wrap all the way around the half-mile oval track, completely enclosing it. With 40 cars hurtling round and round at up to 160 mph, and 160,000 fans screaming for their heroes from the steep tiers, the place turns into a vortex of noise so intense [...]

With Women’s History Month in full swing, I regret to report that some in NASCAR still haven’t decided if it’s Women’s History Century yet.  But today their website did feature a story about Chrissy Wallace, talented driver daughter of NASCAR National Series driver Mike Wallace.    
NASCAR kinda had to recognize Chrissy, because she just signed with a top team, Germain Racing, to run five [...]