This weekend, the NHRA will stage its first event in the new $60 million facility built at Lowe’s Motorspeedway in Concord, N.C.
Called the CAROLINA NATIONALS, the inagural event kicks off with qualifying rounds beginning Friday.
The new track has 4 lanes for competition, a first of its kind. For this event, only two lanes will be [...]
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 [...]
By Dave Lewandowski
indycar.com
DETROIT - Justin Wilson’s first IndyCar Series victory wasn’t without drama or controversy, but it didn’t faze the Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing driver. A win is a win …
That was apparent in Belle Isle’s picturesque Victory Circle, where the driver of the No. 02 McDonald’s car appeared taller than his 6-foot-3 frame. Maybe it was [...]
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 [...]
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Roger Penske left Ryan Briscoe on the track while the rest of the field pitted to switch from the grooved rain tires to slicks. Then, had Briscoe stop at lap 6 for the switch. It seemed like a bad move at the time. Instead, Briscoe’s pit sequence was off from the rest of the field.
The [...]
by Brad Littlefield, National DRAGSTER
7/17/2008
The loss of Funny Car driver and two-time Top Fuel world champion Scott Kalitta as the result of an accident at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park June 21 left a void in the pits that has been felt by racers and fans alike. Though that void can never be filled completely, [...]
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