For What It’s Worth: Future NASCAR Attendance
By Paul Blaufuss As you may know, I work in the high stakes glamor world of… insurance. Not very exciting most days but it has kept me gainfully employed- and hey- it’s a living. Now and again I have days that are more interesting than most. Such a day was last...
Just the Way I See It: FIA WEC at Silverstone
Story by Vickie Miller photo by Thomas Lake of TL Photographic Works When I start an article covering a track (or this case, circuit) which I have attended and written before, I review the article to see what comments or complaints may have changed from the prior...
Racing On TV: F1, PWC, IMSA, NASCAR, Indycars, and the Couch
By Steve Zongker As a die-hard racing fan, this past weekend was one of the superb weekends to just cozy up to the sofa and TV, and get your fill of racing. The Indycars, Weather Tech SportsCar Championship, and Pirelli World Challenge were all in Long Beach,...
Just the Way I See It: 12 Hours of Sebring
Story and photo by Vickie Miller This past weekend was the 64th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, or fondly just known as “Sebringâ€. The racing series participating included the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (WTSC), Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge...
The 2015 AARWBA All America Team
By Patrick Reynolds Mooresville, NC – The American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association announced its first All-America Team following the 1970 season. That annual tradition continued with the team being announced for 2015’s top performers. A group of...
The Daytona 500 Without Petty or Gordon
By Patrick Reynolds For me, Jeff Gordon at NASCAR’s highest level begins with Richard Petty. The Daytona 500 became synonymous with Petty and his seven wins. Gordon is a three-time 500 victor and also enjoyed great success at the superspeedway located a few miles...
Just the Way I See It: Rolex 24 at Daytona
Story by Vickie Miller. Photo courtesy Karen Koch This past weekend was the 54th running of the Rolex 24 International Motor Sports Association WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series race. IMSA series classes include the Prototypes, Prototype Challenge, GT Le Mans...
Just the Way I See It: Roar Before the 24
Story and photo by Vickie Miller This past weekend was the “Roar Before the 24†at Daytona International Speedway with the Ferrari Challenge cars first on track starting on Thursday, January 7 (which wasn’t on the IMSA official schedule due to continuing the...
Just the Way I See It: WEC in Bahrain
Story by Vickie Miller. Photo by Serena Panzeri While Bahrain was never on my vacation bucket list, when I saw the last WEC race on the 2015 season would be at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), I was intrigued. Late summer, I started planning to attend with my...
Watkins Glen and IMSA Friendships
By Paul Blaufuss I grew up in upstate New York. I moved to Charlotte, NC twenty years ago, as hard as that is to believe. The time has gone by like laps at Martinsville. And now I almost hate to get calls from my home town, as they generally do not deliver good news....
Kenseth, Logano, and Racing Playoffs
By Paul Blaufuss When I was a kid I was crazy about pro wrestling. I watched very week on television and went to every match in person when the circus came through town. I vividly recall a match when Rowdy Roddy Piper wrestled Hulk Hogan. My friends and I made kilts...
NHRA Continues to Engage Fans
By Paul Blaufuss The sun shined brightly through the blinds that Saturday morning a few weeks ago, and I was hopeful that was a sign of a great day to come. I was looking forward to that day for quite awhile, as I was taking my nine-year-old little Princess B to her...
