Just the Way I See It: IMSA at COTA
Story and photo by Vickie Miller By my calculations, this was my seventh trip to Circuit of the Americas (COTA), which in the past has included two F1 races, V8 SuperCars, Grand Am, and the Pirelli World Challenge. Yes, it’s Texas and it’s always hot, but every...
Racing History Versus Racing Future
Story by Paul Blaufuss Photo Credit GOH CHAI HIN/AFP/ Getty Images Mid 1970’s. Upstate New York. Glorious orange, red, and yellow fall foliage framing familiar powder blue guardrails. Sleepy eyed and anxious. Finally the words all had waited for: “ The track is...
Eldora’s World 100: More Than Just A Race
Story and photo by Patrick Reynolds The year was around 1980 give or take. I’ll even widen it out to a late 1970s or early 1980s time frame. My memory cannot pinpoint the date. What I can recall was that ABC’s Wide World of Sports was broadcasting from a dirt...
Davenport Class of Eldora World 100
Story and photo by Patrick Reynolds Rossburg OH- The old adage of, it is not where you start but where you finish, was on full display by World 100 winner Jonathon Davenport at Eldora Speedway Saturday night, especially when you were as superior as he was. He finished...
Moyer and Sheppard Win Eldora World 100 Twin 25s
Story and photo by Patrick Reynolds Rossburg OH- Billy Moyer and Brandon Sheppard won their respective Twin 25-lap A-Mains in Eldora Speedway’s World 100 preliminary action that was postponed from Friday night to Saturday afternoon. In the first A-Main, Jon Henry...
McDowell & Sheppard Win Eldora World 100 Prelims
Story and photo by Patrick Reynolds Rossburg, OH- Dale McDowell and Brandon Sheppard won the Twin 25-lap A-Mains on Thursday’s preliminary night for the 45th running of the World 100 at Eldora Speedway. RJ Conley charged from the second starting position to lead at...
Eldora World 100 Night Two Postponed
Story and photo by Patrick Reynolds Rossburg OH- Friday’s second preliminary night of racing for the World 100 at Eldora Speedway has been postponed. Afternoon rain forced a delay in track preparation and eventual cooler evening temperatures prevented the dirt...
Saddened Fan Dislikes Indycar Direction
By Paul Blaufuss I was going to write a nice soft, puffy little piece for my column this week; something about the old days of racing; old cars and old friends and ghosts of racing’s past vs racing present and blah blah blah, or something like that. But I just...
An IMSA Race Through NASCAR Eyes
By Patrick Reynolds How does someone raised on NASCAR stock cars fit into IMSA sports car racing? Quite nicely, if the oval tracker gives road racing a chance. Despite being located fairly close to my Charlotte area home I made my first visit to VIRginia International...
Just the Way I See It: IMSA at Road America
Story and photo by Vickie Miller What a weekend at Road America! Between the series news, Indy Car coming back to the track, exciting racing action…and oh, yea, it was my birthday weekend too. About the only thing that didn’t happen was an animal sighting on the...
MAVTV 500: Risky or Good for Indycar?
Story by Patrick Reynolds photo courtesy Pasadena Star-News I watched the MAVTV 500 held at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California which was a fantastic race for the Verizon IndyCar Series. Or at least I thought it was a fantastic race. Twenty-three cars took...
Just the Way I See It: IMSA at Watkins Glen
Story and Photo by Vickie Miller Rain Drops Keep Falling on my Head If you are a race fan like me, about Wednesday of each week, I look closely at the upcoming weekend schedule to plan any home activities around race times. This past weekend was a busy one for all...
