A lot of turmoil is going on in NASCAR today. Despite the 2016 season showing a huge upswing in the quality of racing, it seems to be a long time before the Sprint Cup Series will begin selling more tickets and seeing their ratings boost.
Thanks to a red flag period just before halfway in the race, the driver of the No. 6 Mercedes AMG Petronas car used tire strategy to beat out teammate Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel to score his 15th career victory in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship.
"Nada pode me separar do amor de deus (Portuguese for 'Nothing can separate me from the love of God')." These are the words inscribed on a hedge-stone at the Morumbi Cemetery in São Paulo.
Skinner has been involved with racing his entire life. His father, Greg Skinner, was a race car driver as well, racing for 26 years. He retired from racing to focus on his son’s love of racing and exceptional talent behind the wheel.
Nico Rosberg ends the year on a high note with a hat trick over Lewis Hamilton. The driver of the No. 6 Mercedes AMG Petronas car scored the victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit.
Tethering aerodynamic components of the Dallara IR-12 chassis is among safety enhancements announced by INDYCAR that will be implemented for the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season.
Nico Rosberg took the victory in a dominant performance at Interlagos. The driver of the No. 6 Mercedes AMG Petronas car started from the pole and led all but four laps en route to scoring his 13th career win in Formula 1, fifth of the season and second at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo.
The driver of the No. 6 Mercedes AMG Petronas car won his fifth straight pole with a time of 71.282 and a speed of 138.198 mph. He said afterwards that qualifying was "an area that I had to work on, so I have been working on it through the season. But I don't have a direct explanation, a precise thing I've done different."
Hulman & Company CEO Mark Miles announced today that widely respected motorsports industry veteran Jay Frye has been named President of Competition and Operations for INDYCAR. Frye previously served as Chief Revenue Officer for Hulman Motorsports after decades of experience leading successful NASCAR racing teams and securing industry first sponsorships.
Since its debut in 2001, Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, has hosted 94 races across seven series on its 1.5-mile oval. None, however, have been in the last seven years.
Thirty years ago, the NASCAR Cup Series last raced for points at North Wilkesboro Speedway, a short track synonymous with the sport’s roots and one that helped define its gritty, blue-collar reputation.
A specialist like Rivalane Auto Transport can coordinate door-to-door pickup from a residential street, race shop, or track and deliver to the next event or buyer with minimal handling.
