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RACING IN A VACUUM ON FULL DISPLAY THIS PAST WEEKEND.
By Peter M. DeLorenzo Detroit. I have been called anti-racing by many of my critics because of my frequent commentaries calling out racing for when it performs below expectations, as if deigning to...
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THE GLORY DAYS, PART I.
Editor's Note: Peter's growing disenchantment with the state of contemporary racing has been easy to follow over the last few months if you've read any of his "Fumes" columns (scroll down and click on...
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THE GLORY DAYS, PART II.
Editor's Note: Peter is taking a much-needed summer break from writing "Fumes," although he will write a new column if news from the sport dictates as such, and we will continue our weekly racing...
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THE GLORY DAYS, PART III.
By Peter M. DeLorenzo © 2017 Autoextremist.com Detroit. In my two previous columns ("The Glory Days, Part I" and "The Glory Days, Part II"), I recalled for our Autoextremist readers the early days of...
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THE GLORY DAYS, PART IV.
Editor's Note: Peter is taking a summer break from writing "Fumes" although he will write a new column if news from the sport dictates as such, and we will continue our weekly racing updates in "The...
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THE GLORY DAYS, PART V: THE OWENS/CORNING TRANS-AM ADVENTURE.
Editor's Note: Peter is taking a summer break from writing "Fumes" although he will write a new column if news from the sport dictates as such, and we will continue our weekly racing updates in "The...
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THE GLORY DAYS, PART VI: MORE TRANS-AM AND THE SAGA OF “THE MONSTER” CORVETTE.
Editor's Note: Peter is taking a summer break from writing "Fumes" although he will write a new column if news from the sport dictates as such, and we will continue our weekly racing updates in "The...
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THE GLORY DAYS, PART VII: THE 1973 12 HOURS OF SEBRING.
Editor's Note: As Peter's summer break from writing "Fumes" comes to an end, we're of course continuing our weekly racing updates in "The Line," this week featuring IndyCar from Gateway Motorsports...
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A FRENCH FARCE.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. I have to hand it to the French racing overlords in the FIA and the ACO. No one, and I mean no one does delusional thinking like they do. (And that's really saying...
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REMAKING THE NASCAR SCHEDULE IN AN ERA OF REDUCED EXPECTATIONS.
By Peter M. DeLorenzo Detroit. With big-name sponsors abandoning the sport left and right, leaving even the biggest teams scrambling for financial support, and with TV ratings and in-person attendance...
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REMAKING THE NASCAR SCHEDULE IN AN ERA OF REDUCED EXPECTATIONS.
Editor-in-Chief's Note: As expected, the NASCAR homers came out of the woodwork with pitchforks raised over my column last week. For me to have the temerity to suggest - yet again - that NASCAR is in...
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A REIMAGINED IMSA SCHEDULE FOR 2018.
By Peter M. DeLorenzo Detroit. Since my most recent column on revising NASCAR's schedule generated tremendous interest (much of it negative from the NASCAR community, which was to be expected), you...
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A REIMAGINED IMSA SCHEDULE FOR 2018.
Editor's Note: Since this week is the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season finale at Road Atlanta with the running of Petit Le Mans, we thought we'd leave Peter's column up another week...
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2017 PETIT LE MANS PHOTO ESSAY.
Editor-in-Chief's Note: Rather than do a new "Fumes" column this week I thought we'd feature the exceptional photographic work of John Thawley from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2017...
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THE STUPID 500.
By Peter M. DeLorenzo Detroit. I'll start out bluntly today with this: The Alabama 500 run on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway was such a despicable display of stupidity masquerading as a "race" that...
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THE FUTURE OF RACING? A CLEAR DEMARCATION.
By Peter M. DeLorenzo Detroit. It's no big secret that racing as we know it is heading for change and upheaval. The auto companies' push into electrification is having them look for ways to justify...
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THE RACER'S RACER.
By Peter M. DeLorenzoDetroit. Lewis Hamilton became World Champion for the fourth time in Mexico City last Sunday. Not his preferred way of closing out his fourth title - he came together with chief...
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WHEN ALL RACING BECOMES "VINTAGE" RACING.
By Peter M. DeLorenzoDetroit. It's clear that the future of the automobile is in flux. The gloomiest of prognostications suggest that private car ownership and driving independently will become...
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WHEN ALL RACING BECOMES "VINTAGE" RACING.
Editor's Note: Peter's column about the future of racing is still resonating in the racing world, so we're going to run it again. Peter will return with a new "Fumes" column next week. -WG By Peter...
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LOOKING BACK WHILE LOOKING AHEAD.
By Peter M. DeLorenzoDetroit. As many readers know, I've written about the future of racing and the ramifications of a changing world on the sport in this space often. Last week's column - "When All...
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