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– The only one I was concerned about was the tire guy. He looked like Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead but without the silly hat. My number one goal over the next 24 hours was to stay out of his way. Truth is, staying out of people’s way was my job at this year’s Rolex 24 […]
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– Legendary car designer Harley J. Earl led a charmed life. A Stanford dropout, Earl was famously discovered by a Cadillac executive while working with his father in the family’s coachwork shop building custom vehicles for the Hollywood elite. The first president of design at General Motors, Earl accomplished many things: the Buick Y-Job, the […]
Austin Dillon won Daytona, popped champagne on pit road and celebrated his victory Sunday in Florida, a night that ended with a new tattoo on his backside: “Daytona 500 champ.” Dillon said Monday morning at the champions breakfast press conference in Daytona Beach, Fla., that he and some of his No. 3 team, along with […]
Fox An aggressive move by Ryan Blaney led to a crash at the end of Stage 1 of the Daytona 500. The crash involved seven cars and knocked Jimmie Johnson and Daniel Suarez from the race. The stage racing was meant to make drivers more aggressive and that’s what NASCAR got. Seven-time NASCAR champ Jimmie […]
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– Sometimes we have to tip our hats to Florida. Yes, Florida. While it often endures—and, frankly, engenders—the nation’s collective mockery, the Sunshine State is a boon to automotive enthusiasts. Racetracks pepper the landscape, but none is more iconic than Daytona Beach’s Daytona International Speedway. – While the track may arguably be better known for hosting NASCAR stock-car racing, the […]
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Brian Cleary/Getty Images This weekend, the cream of the racing world gathered in Daytona Beach, Florida, to kick off the 2018 racing season at the Rolex 24. It was a grid the likes of which we hadn’t seen in a long time. Veteran megastars from the worlds of Formula 1 and IndyCar, rising young hotshots […]
Danica Patrick‘s racing career is coming to a close. As ESPN reports, Patrick, who has accomplished a number of “firsts,” “mosts,” and “highest-placings” in IndyCar and NASCAR, will retire from the sport after competing in the 2018 Indianapolis 500. She made the announcement in a press conference at Homestead-Miami Speedway. “This will be my last […]
