It’s still not known how many Z-11s were built – somewhere between 50 and 57 are the numbers commonly used. The owner believes there were 50 built, based on a shipping document from an engine plant showing 50 Z-11 engines shipped to the Flint Assembly Plant. Zora Duntov and his group of engineers developed the [...]
“The Friday Setup” will be a preview of the upcoming races and the schedule of the weekend events (practice and qualifications) leading up to race day. Also it will include other forms of rambling about the upcoming race (and the overall state of IndyCar) by yours truly, because I got to somehow bring up the [...]
Hmm, a new open wheel racing street course that has train-tracks on it. Where have I seen that before? After one practice session today not one car landed into the harbor, so I guess we’re safe for now. Anyways, after the dullness of Sears Point we’re due for another insane street race. Considering how narrow [...]
It’s been quite the week in Indycar. What better venue to make people stop whining about Barnhart, Danica, the rules, Danica, Will Power’s tantrum, Danica, the finish at New Hampshire and Danica than a race in wine country? Okay, so this race historically has been a snoozer at times since there are so few places [...]
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Okay, according to my calendar today is Friday. That means I must post one of these things as a preview to the upcoming race. Usually I do that, but this week is a bit different. It’s 3rd down and I’m sending in the punt coverage team. Why? Mid-Ohio. It’s not what you would call an [...]
I got out of bed this morning knowing I had to write this article today. Then I got the news about a tough driver I wrote about this week not being able to compete this weekend. Figures. Something tells me I’m going to get several phone calls from several legal advisers and a few legal [...]
So, with two races being run in a row that means I get two chances at getting this race weekend picked right. With the double-file restarts and the apparent vulnerability of the Penske/Ganassi onslaught I may need both chances. This year has been a surprise to even the most optimistic Indycar fan. Who knew the [...]
There are fans who complain about Barber Motorsports Park not having enough (or any) passing zones. They say the track layout doesn’t put on a good show for IndyCars. Some might argue that it shouldn’t be on the schedule… ….but here we are decades later returning to Long Beach. It’s the 2nd biggest street parade [...]
Last year, Brazil had excitement and just plain craziness with cars being parked on driver’s heads, hail storms, floods, plagues of locusts and frogs, etc. What exactly does this place have in mind for an encore? God only knows. Brazil had the most exciting road-course race of the season last year and possibly the most [...]
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