From SceneDaily;
Gillett Evernham Motorsports has filed suit against Robby Gordon saying the owner/driver of Robby Gordon Motorsports violated terms of a tentative agreement that would have sold his team to GEM for $23.5 million earlier this year.
The deal, agreed to Jan. 29, was pending an audit and other due diligence from GEM, which could have [...]
Grumpy’s note: I was doing some research today in order to put up another story about the quest for speed records at the historic Bonneville Salt Falts in Utah’s west desert.
The race vehicle pictured is from a collection of photos taken during Speed Weeks and has no connection to this story.
The vast surface of the [...]
DAYTONA BEACH — NASCAR Holdings today announced an agreement to acquire the Grand-American Road Racing Association.
The future move will allow for resource sharing between Grand-Am and NASCAR while both organizations continue to operate independently.
NASCAR Holdings is the legal operating entity that includes the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing and many of its [...]
Hmmmm … anyone else just wake up from the bad dream that was yet another long, boring race weekend in California? Well, if not, I sure did - and just in time to read the following from Jeff Hammond … who, curiously, doesn’t really mention that the Cup Light race was just as [...]
8/26/2008
Modifications at the top end of O’Reilly Raceway Park include four-foot-high concrete walls on each side of the sand trap, an eight-foot-high catch fence, catch fences alongside the sand trap, and two catch nets.
NHRA announced Tuesday that it has modified the top end at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, where the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals [...]
The scene is a cluttered back shop behind a major new car dealership in Salt Lake City. Grumpy’s friend and former co-worker, Dave has his dream job. The picture at right is just one of the projects Dave is working on. Mr H. (the boss) has a Dodge Charger that will be receiving this brute [...]
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS - He designed, helped build, and drives one of the fastest cars in the world.
So, Tom Burkland of Ogden, what does it feel like to rocket across the Salt Flats at speeds approaching 450 mph?
“Like going 100 miles an hour down the freeway, only the freeway you’re driving on is [...]
Historic Bonneville Salt Flats, just 90 miles west of Grumpy’s garage is the scene for the 60th Annual Bonneville Nationals. Sanctioned by the Southern California Timing Association, we locals call it ‘SPEEDWEEK’. The picture at right is of a nifty Caddy XLR. We can only guess what might be under the hood.
By Monday afternoon, some 460 [...]
JIM UTTER
The Charlotte Observer
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
NASCAR dropped the hammer on Joe Gibbs Racing’s Nos. 18 and 20 teams Wednesday, suspending seven team members indefinitely - including both teams’ crew chiefs - assessing fines and points penalties for their efforts to rig a chassis dyno test last weekend at Michigan International Speedway.
The penalties are easily [...]
NA$CAR released the schedule for the ‘09 Cup and cup light series today. There has been a shift in the fall schedule among three tracks.
The ‘09 Labor Day weekend race will be in Atlanta instead of Fontana, Ca. A late start time will put the finish under the lights.
Fontana will move to the slot previously [...]
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