Welcome to Homestead, which for those of you less adept at using Google Maps is located just outside of Miami, Florida. Two things we know about Miami: (1) Miami is full of hot, dumb people (don’t blame me – that’s the actual headline!) and (2) thousands of these allegedly hot and dumb locals will be [...]

Welcome to Motegi, Japan, where race-starved IndyCar fans will turn their bloodshot eyeballs in the wee hours to see if Danica Patrick can once again capture the magic in what is always the least watched race of the year. Well, the ones who don’t have DirecTV anyways.

When we last left Chicagoland we were reeling from a race so close that the winner had to be determined AFTER the race when (ahem) an improperly installed transponder in Scott Dixon’s car incorrectly showed him as the race winner. Dixon had already pulled into Victory Lane before the error could be corrected, depriving the [...]

There are numerous things worth noting about this weekend’s race at Mid Ohio that bear noting. For example, there’s no freaking way on the planet that we’re going to see a finish decided by point-zero-one-four-sixth bazillionths of a second like we did last week. Such is the glory of road racing.

Among the shysters and snake oil salesman of the world there are words and phrases used as effective marketing ploys to get your attention. “FREE.” “NEW AND IMPROVED.” “LIVE NUDE GIRLS.” All tried and true sales tactics that unfortunately have no bearing on the sports world. No, here, “FREE” comes with $10 Parking and equally [...]

I think Ed Carpenter summed it up best last week when he said “It just isn’t an IndyCar race if Mario Moraes hasn’t taken someone out.” Actually Ed didn’t say “Moraes”, but I’m fairly certain the word he chose was a play on “Moraes” and not, say, “Mario Andretti”.

The fence has been climbed. The empty bottles have been collected. The guy with the “Free Mammograms and Pap Smears” sign in the Coke Lot has gone home. Until we meet again next year, Indy is officially over. This week our attention turns to THE Milwaukee Mile, the self-proclaimed oldest track in racing. Milwaukee has [...]