Veteran motorsports columnist Gordon Kirby’s latest column is “NASCAR’s increasingly collaborative ways” and looks at how the series is working to come up with aero packages that are specific to…
Not because I’m a NASCAR fan, because I’m analytical. The basics: There are 20 nominees to get in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The top five vote getters get in,…
It’s race week in Austin, TX — and that means Formula 1, not NASCAR, at the three-year old Circuit of the Americas. Right of time, Motorsports offers up a look…
To Las Vegas. In 2014. Despite Smith having said in May that there was a 70 percent or 100 percent given that transfer would go down. No real surprise there.…
Speedway tycoon Bruton Smith is back to strong-arming the city of Concord and Cabarrus County over the timing and size of the taxpayer loot they must lay at his feet.…
But it’s not. This wired.com story by Chuck Squatriglia showcases an 800-horsepower hybrid — the Gumpert Apollo Supercar — which will compete at 24 Hours of Nurburgring. It is clear…
Joe, apropos of your post, I can’t help finding it ironic that this (in)auspicious occurrence happens despite public colleges in N.C. recently getting involved in NASCAR studies and legislation to…
More times than one have I heard folks say that NASCAR is a sport that is just about southern culture and Good ole Boys. Though the roots of NASCAR are…
A bill (H.B. 2512) would spend $250,000 to promote motorsports in North Carolina. You mean there is this group called NASCAR that races in North Carolina? Really. Wow. And now…
NASCAR’s phenomenal success continues with the announcement of a five-year, $107 million deal with Sirius Satellite Radio. Why North Carolina lawmakers shelled out $4 million in state dollars last year…
Remember, this motorsports museum talk follows the ridiculous $4 million appropriation from the General Assembly to fund the study of a motorsports test track. All this talk of public subsidy…
So now we find out this (from Donna’s link): … the budget that legislators originally adopted included just $2 million for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to begin…