Champ Car

It's the end of the year, and although I'm still trying to recover from the pain of last night's Valero Alamo Bowl loss to Missouri (why oh why did you ever punt to Maclin at the end of the first half????), I thought it would an interesting exercise and somewhat obligatory blog post, to come up. . . more

Champ Car is no more... It's taken weeks of dragging feet, series of intercontinental flights, and many presses by my F5 key, but it has finally come to fruition. After 13 years, American Open Wheel Racing finally has a united front. Late this afternoon, officials from the Indy Racing League and. . . more

This week's Racing Roundup is focused almost entirely on NASCAR. While I mention some developments in the Open Wheel merger saga, the only action came from the stock cars in Daytona. NASCAR For a more in-depth look at the race, see the live blog started by Bobbyjim45. I thank him for creating. . . more

Used to be, the NASCAR Nextel -- back then, Winston -- Cup Series was as exclusive a club as you could find. Drivers -- white males predominently from the southeastern U.S. wrestling 3,400-pound machines around bullrings and speedways for everyone to watch and appreciate -- and, okay, get liquored. . . more