February 16, 2023
Roger Diez
And now we await the 2025 season, which will begin a little over a month from now with the Roar Before the 24 at Daytona on Jan. 17-19.
The Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will run the Yas Marina circuit, a 3.281 mile, 16-turn road course with three DRS zones and a unique pit exit through a tunnel.
The constructors’ championship is more important to the teams, because it’s the basis of the season payouts.
Also, the NHRA wrapped its 2024 season last Sunday at Pomona Dragstrip’s In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.
Also: Stock car legend Bobby Allison dies at 86.
And then there were four. The Team Penske Fords of Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano, Tyler Reddick’s 23XI Toyota, and the Hendrick Chevy of William Byron will race for the 2024 NASCAR Cup championship tomorrow at Phoenix.
It’s entirely possible someone other than the drivers contending for the final two championship race spots will take Sunday’s checkers, meaning points will decide who races for the Cup title.
Homestead will be a make-or-break race for the playoff drivers. There has not been a repeat winner there in seven years.
The Charlotte Roval was the venue for the elimination race of the Round of 12 and there was desperation among drivers on or near the bubble.
Unsurprisingly, the catastrophic wreck caused a red flag and a bit of controversy when NASCAR apparently reversed its previous stance on cars being towed to their pit stall.
In legal news, basketball great Michael Jordan has filed an antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR.
NASCAR, F1 races don't leave much room for drama; Round of 12 next up.
Also, NASCAR usually puts on a good show at Watkins Glen, and this year was no exception.
This weekend is the Go Bowling 400 at Watkins Glen, and it could have some interesting ramifications.
The decline and fall of the Red Bull Formula 1 team continued last Sunday at Monza.
So the final composition of the playoff field comes down to Sunday’s Southern 500 at Darlington, the “Track Too Tough to Tame.”
Last week’s NASCAR Cup Firekeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway scrambled the regular season championship standings and clarified the playoff field.
Austin Dillon apparently forgot what sport he was playing and used his car for a bowling ball.
This week, only the NASCAR Craftsman Trucks and NASCAR Cup are back in action.
With NASCAR and the NTT IndyCar series both dark last week due to Olympic coverage, only Formula 1 and the NHRA were in action.
Last weekend’s racing was wild across the globe.
It was a very good weekend for the Penske organization, sweeping both ends of the NTT IndyCar Iowa doubleheader and taking the NASCAR Cup win at Pocono.
At the British Grand Prix on the Silverstone course, Formula 1 saw the continuation of Mercedes and McLaren’s improvement and Red Bull’s increasing vulnerability.
This weekend NASCAR returns to the streets of Chicago, the scene of its first-ever street race.
Just a few years ago racing with wet weather tires, let alone on an oval, would not have even entered the conversation.
The NASCAR Cup’s first race at Iowa Speedway had two major story lines – tires and Kyle Larson.
Built in 2006, Iowa is a very fast, seven-eighths mile oval with 12-14 degree progressive banking in the turns.
This weekend both Cup and Xfinity race at Sonoma, the nearest stop on the schedule to Carson City.
Red flag at the Monaco Grand Prix, four-hour rain delay for the Indy 500, and rain delay that ended the race at the Coca Cola 600 in Charlotte.
Monaco, Indianapolis and Charlotte all set to start ovwer holiday weekend.
Also: Did a black cat walk in front of Chris Buescher?
This weekend all three of NASCAR’s top series are at Darlington, a.k.a. the Lady in Black.
The NTT IndyCar series now moves to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the month of May.
Also, F1 returns to China following four-year absence.
On anniversary date, Hendrick cars go 1-2-3, with Byron winning third.
He leads 228 laps, but ends up fourth after late drama.
Sainz takes flag in Australia; NASCAR and IndyCar also in action.
Plenty of action — and shredded tires — was had at Bristol's short-track stop.
F1, IndyCar, and NASCAR all finish with large margins of victory.
Red Bull finishes 1-2 in opener; NASCAR showing early parity.
Also: Formula 1 opens on a Saturday and IndyCar wraps up testing.
His Daytona 500 triumph gives him 11 career Cup wins at 24; F1 opens with testing.
Sunday's Daytona 500 field features five past winners, including three-time champion Denny Hamlin.
Also, Hamilton announces team switch in Formula 1 stunner.
Also, NASCAR Cup kicks off 2024 season this weekend.
The Rolex 24 at Daytona begins Saturday; racing featured on multiple channels.
The 38th annual Chili Bowl Nationals went into the history books Jan 13.
CFP champion coach got involved with Indy series when he played for Indianapolis Colts.
Racing's year begins with Midget cars racing over multiple days in Tulsa, Okla.
A few tips to stay safe on the road and make it through the winter alive.
Verstappen’s average finishing position was an astonishing 1.27, a number that will likely never be broken.
Also, Verstappen puts a bow on record-setting F1 campaign.
First-year event opens with a disaster in practice, but Saturday night's race was a winner.
All three of NASCAR’s top series championships were decided last weekend, two in overtime.
The organization's season finale is in Phoenix for the fourth year.
Also: NASCAR's playoffs drama moves on to Martinsville.
Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell have battled each other for years in midgets and sprint cars, but the closing laps of the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway may have been one of their closest finishes yet.
Both Cup and Xfinity are in Las Vegas this weekend.
It will be only the sixth race at the Charlotte Roval, and only four drivers have posted wins there.
Despite tragedies, Rick Hendrick and his organization survived, thrived, and have now set a milestone unparalleled in racing.
Coming up this weekend is the Japan Grand Prix at Suzuka. Verstappen is the defending champion.
This week’s Bristol race will determine the four drivers who will not advance to the next round, and Formula 1 is back in action in Singapore.
In F1, Verstappen won his 10th in a row; IndyCar title goes to Palou.
Heading into the first race of the Round of 16 at Darlington, Martin Truex and Willam Byron are tied at 2,036 points for the playoff lead.
There has not been a repeat winner in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 for the last 10 years.
Race fans were treated to the annual gathering of the two giants of American motorsport.
At least two postseason berths will be settled on points.
Martin Truex Jr. is looking good to take the regular season championship.
Dedicated race fans didn’t make much progress on our “honeydew list” last weekend.
Also, a busy weekend has key events at Pocono, Iowa, and Hungary.
William Byron became the first four-time NASCAR Cup winner in 2023 in last Sunday’s rain-shortened Atlanta race.
Shane Van Gisbergen becomes first driver since Johnny Rutherford in 1963 to win a NASCAR Cup race on his first try.
This weekend NASCAR steps well outside its comfort zone for the first street race in the organization’s 75-year history.
Also in motorsports: NASCAR comes roaring back after rare off weekend.
This weekend both the Cup and Xfinity series make their closest visit to us, the 2.5-mile Sonoma road course.
Newgarden gets first Indy win; Red Bull's sweep streak ends.
Sunday's action features the Monaco Grand Prix, the Indianapolis 500, and the Coca-Cola 600.
Ross Chastain's on-track antics wearing thin with many rivals.
This weekend’s NASCAR race at Darlington marks the halfway point in the regular season.
It will be a busy weekend at Kansas Motor speedway with NASCAR Cup, Craftsman Trucks, and the ARCA Menards series all on tap.
This week it’s the Monster Mile at Dover. Eight of the 36 starters have posted wins there.
This weekend NASCAR goes from one of its shortest tracks to its longest oval, Talladega.
Also, iconic Long Beach circuit hosting two events this weekend.
Racing was weird last Sunday.
This weekend it’s a transition from a 3.4-mile road course to the half-mile Richmond oval.
The Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas hosts only the third NASCAR Cup race at the facility.
NASCAR levied some serious penalties due to L2 infractions at Phoenix.
F1 and IndyCar are idle while NASCAR is at Phoenix and the NHRA opens its 2023 season with the Gatornationals in Florida.
Formula 1 kicks off the season in Bahrain and the first round of the 2023 NTT IndyCar series is at St. Petersburg, Fla.
Planning is underway to construct a state-of-the-art short track on the site.
The field includes six former Daytona 500 winners, three of whom are also former Cup champions.
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