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By Adam Tate, Managing Editor The heartbreak of Daytona still stings for the DeltaWing team. After qualifying last, the car lead early on and set the pace, only for tragedy to strike down their hopes for the hundredth time. With the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring quickly approaching, they are ready to once again showcase the field beating pace they had at Daytona. Sebring is my favorite race of the season. I’ve had some great memories at this track and I am determined that this year we will make another. IRead More

INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 24, 2016) – British racing standout Dean Stoneman will make his Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires debut in 2016 with championship team Andretti Autosport. Stoneman, who is viewed as one of the most gifted drivers of his generation, will pilot the No. 27 Stellrecht Mazda driving alongside teammates Shelby Blackstock and Dalton Kellett. “Dean is a true raw talent and has an incredible, inspirational story,” Andretti Autosport CEO Michael Andretti said. “I can’t think of a better fit for our Indy Lights team and the Mazda RoadRead More

By Adam Tate, Managing Editor After a series of fraught meetings in Geneva for the Strategy Group and the F1 Commission, officials have announced that the teams have reached an agreement on some of the changes for 2017, while a full consensus has been delayed to a new April 30th deadline in order for the finer details of the plan to be ironed out. After basic decisions about the future of the sport regarding an engine cost cap for 2018, and a baffling odd change to the qualifying system, F1 bosses haveRead More

Josh Farmer, IndyCar reporter IndyCar has announced that Indy Car veterans Arie Luyendyk and Max Papis along with motorsport executive Dan Davis will comprise the 3-steward panel at each Verizon IndyCar Series race. Davis’ experience spans a nearly 40 year career working with General Motors as well as Ford before retiring in 2008 and serving as president of Miller Motorsports Park for a season. He will serve as the chief steward and be part of an equal vote between the three. The trio will report directly to Jay Frye, presidentRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor The Daytona 500 is in the books, and if you’re a fan of one of the big-named drivers in the sport then chances are you know everything about how your driver did this past Sunday. Unfortunately, television and social media accounts don’t always follow the little guys working their tails off in the back of the pack. This all new Tribute Racing series, ‘Keeping up with the underdogs’ is for you: the fans of the underdogs. Regan Smith, driving for Tommy Baldwin Racing, had aRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor A huge domino has just fallen for the 2017 season, and beyond. Stewart-Haas Racing, which has been one of the most dominant team in recent year, and has always been a Chevrolet team, will swap to Ford cars and engines for next season according to a Ford press release. The release states that the Stewart-Haas Racing team has a multi-year agreement with Ford. Stewart-Haas Racing currently fields the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars for Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Tony Stewart and Danica Patrick. Stewart, the teamsRead More

By Christopher DeHarde, Contributing Writer The 2014 and 2015 Macau Grand Prix winner is coming to the 2016 Indy Lights Championship. Sweden’s Felix Rosenqvist has been confirmed by Belardi Auto Racing as their second driver for the upcoming Indy Lights campaign alongside Zach Veach in a two car effort that puts Belardi at the forefront of a championship discussion. Rosenqvist has a strong European resume to back him up. He has won the Masters of Formula 3 race twice (2011, 2013) as well as the 2015 European Formula 3 ChampionshipRead More

By Adam Tate, Managing Editor With the Strategy Group and the F1 Commission both meeting today in a series of last ditch efforts to draft new rules for 2017, 2018 and beyond; a series of announcements are set to stream out of Geneva over the following days that will have massive implications for the sport. The first of these broke today with changes to the now, well established qualifying format. What replaces the tried and true system is a gimmicky scheme that surely has Bernie Ecclestone rubbing his hands with glee. QualifyingRead More

By Adam Tate, Managing Editor The second day of running in Barcelona once again saw Sebastian Vettel top the session for Ferrari. The four time champ lowered his best time from yesterday by two seconds after slapping on a set of Pirelli’s new ultra-soft compounds. Daniel Ricciardo had the second best time for Red Bull, also on the ultra-softs, but near 3/4th’s of a second behind the Ferrari. Sergio Perez validated Force India’s performance by putting in the third best lap of the day on the super-softs. Nico Rosberg took overRead More

By Adam Tate, Managing Editor Every team running the new Lamborghini Huracan GT3’s in IMSA’s WeatherTech Sports Car Championship has been penalized for violating the Balance of Performance, or BoP rules in last months Rolex 24 at Daytona. The ruling comes as little surprise after the cars clearly outperformed their rivals in the GTD class, with lap times and top speeds so much better that competitors in other classes of the event even took notice. The advantage they held during the race turned out to be enormous; after pouring over theRead More