Formula One Pot Boils Over

Posted on Jan 27, 2015 in Racing | 1 comment

The major F1 manufacturers and teams finally got a bellyful. Yesterday theyannounced they would leave the sport’s governing body, the FIA (Féderation Internationale de l’Automobile), and run their own racing series in 2010. This is auto racing’s version of the rebellion that’s racking Iran. The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) comprises eight teams—Ferrari,...

Hey, You’ll Never See a Hearse in NASCAR!

Posted on Dec 27, 2014 in Racing | 1 comment

So my friend jgoods would rather ride in a hearse than a Mustang… Read his post from yesterday, and you’ll see that I’m not making that up. He also wonders what’s so great about American muscle cars and claims they are not performance vehicles. I guess theMustang GT’s zero-to-sixty in 4.9 seconds doesn’t count as “performance.” Sure, a Mustang may not take...

Penske Wins Saturn; Castroneves Wins Indy

Posted on Nov 13, 2014 in Racing | 1 comment

Last month we talked about the possibility of Roger Penske taking control of Saturn and why that made good business sense. Today, he went ahead and did it. Penske Automotiveand GM reached an agreement for a price of $100-200 million, saidBloomberg. And let’s not forget: Helio Castroneves, driving a Penske car, won his third Indy 500 three weeks ago. These...

German Rockmeister Produces Inspirational Audi Song

Posted on Sep 18, 2014 in Racing | Comments Off on German Rockmeister Produces Inspirational Audi Song

Big whoop, you say? Well, Leslie Madoki (left) is no small potatoes in Germany. He’s a big-deal music producer and, as such, was asked by Audi to produce an inspiring tribute to the team which will race in the DTM, a big-deal German modified touring car championship race beginning tomorrow in Hockenheim. This is serious stuff. So, let’s not be too sarcastic...

The Pot Is Boiling in Formula One

Posted on Jul 2, 2014 in Racing | Comments Off on The Pot Is Boiling in Formula One

Ferrari, always the big gorilla in motor racing, threw a monkey wrench into Formula One yesterday. The company threatened, indeed promised, to pull out of next year’s events unless the folks in charge (Féderation Internationale de l’Automobile, or FIA) recant on their bonehead idea to change the rules and effectively create a two-tiered racing system. FIA says...

Penske May Step Up to the Plate for Saturn

Posted on May 21, 2014 in Racing | Comments Off on Penske May Step Up to the Plate for Saturn

Hard for me to believe, but Roger Penske is 72 (which puts him in my age bracket), and the man is still larger than life in the automotive world. After a career in everything from Formula 1 racing to buying and selling dealerships, “The Captain,” as he is known, is now fishing for Saturn from The General. As we reported, GM has put Saturn on the block, along...

World’s Fastest Production Car: Now in Electric?

Posted on Jul 27, 2013 in Racing | 3 comments

I guess it’s not enough to build the fastest production car in the world. Shelby SuperCars makes the 1,183-horsepower Ultimate Aero, the car that currently holds the title of World’s Fastest Production Car. How fast does it go? Well the speedometer on the 2008 model goes up to “only” 260, while the 2009 model should be capable of burying the needle at 270 mph....