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A great day for Tony Kanaan - and Indy car racing.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. After a long, arduous journey that took him from Brazil to Europe and finally to America, Tony Kanaan came through for a very popular win in the 97th running of the...
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Tweaking INDYCAR.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. The INDYCAR/Grand-Am race weekend came off successfully, thanks primarily to the efforts of Roger Penske and GM's North American leader, Mark Reuss. Needless to say,...
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Could it happen again?
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. Many of you out there were privileged enough to see the legendary Can-Am series at its peak, and many more have come to appreciate what went on in that glorious era...
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Could it happen again?
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. Many of you out there were privileged enough to see the legendary Can-Am series at its peak, and many more have come to appreciate what went on in that glorious era...
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Adrian Newey had the right idea.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. Back when the Gran Turismo racing game people asked (and this is old news, I realize), "What would the fastest racing car on Earth, free of any and all regulations, look...
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The road beckons for NASCAR.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. Racing enthusiasts were treated to two of NASCAR's best events over the weekend, the Toyota/Save Mart 350 Sprint Cup race at Sonoma Raceway and the Johnsonville Sausage...
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The King of The Hill.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. When it was first announced that Sébastien Loeb was coming to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with a "special" Peugeot built just for the event, I frankly didn't...
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Three things racing needs to fix right now.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. As much as racing is about going faster and pushing the envelope while exploring new technologies, it also gets set in its ways and it becomes very frustrating to watch...
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Five laps to go for the win, Part II: Who's your driver?
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. A couple of years ago I proposed a dream scenario to consider that went something like this: Let's imagine for a moment that you're a team owner ensconced idyllically...
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Accommodations.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. The United SportsCar racing season opens in January with the 52nd running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway, and the class structure for the upcoming...
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The harsh reality for the United SportsCar series and NASCAR at Indy.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. In last week's column I delineated the various problems facing the United SportsCar racing series due to a wide variety of startup issues, the undeniable culture clashes...
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The Sound. The Guts. The Glory. An enthusiast guide to Road America.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. The biggest racing weekend of the year for many racing enthusiasts takes place this weekend at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The 4.048-mile jewel of a track -...
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This isn't like junior soccer where everyone gets a trophy and a hug. It's...
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. For road racing enthusiasts, last weekend couldn't have been much better. With the Grand-Am/ALMS doubleheader at "America's National Park of Speed" - Elkhart Lake's Road...
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The Vintage Thing.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Monterey. After taking some shots over last week's column, which suggested I had regressed from previous stances about racing - I didn't, read it again - it was nice to be able...
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A study in contrasts.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Bristol. This past weekend contemporary, major league motor racing in America was on display for everyone to see. In one corner we had the August "night races" at Bristol Motor...
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Stupidity masquerading as racing? What a concept.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. In the aftermath of the debacle in Baltimore, any discussion that comes in the postmortem has to revolve around one pertinent issue and that is what do we want big-time...
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Live by the gimmick, die by the gimmick.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. Well, now that it's all over but the shouting, accusations and hand-wringing, NASCAR has a major issue on its hands going into its much-touted "Chase" for the Sprint Cup...
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With NASCAR exposed and its credibility in tatters, what's next?
By Peter M. De LorenzoDetroit. Is anyone out there really all that surprised by the NASCAR fiasco that unfolded last week? I certainly hope not. Brian France and his minions set the table for the...
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Rethinking the NASCAR "way."
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. One thing that the powers that be in NASCAR should have discovered over the last couple of weeks is that their traditional, insular way of dealing with issues and...
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Has the sun set on major league North American sports car racing, or are we...
By Peter M. De LorenzoDetroit. With the sun setting on major league American sports car racing as we know it - Grand-Am finished-up last week at Lime Rock Park and the American Le Mans Series has two...
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