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IndyCar Fantasy Schedule.
Editor's Note: A decidedly sparse, borderline embarrassing crowd for the IndyCar season finale at the Auto Club Speedway in southern California adds even more weight to last week's Fumes column, which...
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Formula Ennui.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. Well, here we go again. In a world of oversaturation in all forms of motorsport and declining interest in the sport in general worldwide - except for the major events...
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More on Formula E.
By Peter M. De LorenzoDetroit. Last week, in my column entitled "Formula Ennui," I outlined my thoughts on the FIA's new all-electric racing series, or Formula E as it's officially called. One of our...
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The WEC vs. USCC. Did anyone win?
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. Yes, I know, we aren't supposed to compare the two series - the FIA's World Endurance Championship and IMSA's United SportsCar Championship - but comparisons are...
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Editor's Note: Peter will return later today with a very special Fumes column. He is appearing tonight at the N. Lake Drive 100 MPH Club's fall event in Wisconsin, and his next column will be made up...
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The State of Racing: Where we’ve been, where we are now and what’s next.
Remarks by Peter M. De Lorenzo to the N. Lake Drive 100 MPH Club Delafield, Wisconsin October 8th, 2014 I’m honored to be with all of you, it’s nice to see many old – and new - friends here tonight....
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The State of Racing: Where we’ve been, where we are now and what’s next.
Editor's Note: Peter's speech last week to the N. Lake Drive 100 MPH Club in Delafield, Wisconsin - about the state of racing - generated a lot of discussion and comments in the motorsports world. Some...
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ORCHESTRATED ABSURDITY.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. The news that Formula 1 is negotiating a deal to go back to Las Vegas is definitive proof - as if it was needed - that whatever residual nobility or goodness associated...
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Editor's Note: After riling the motorsports world with back-to-back controversial "Fumes" columns, Peter is using this week to sort through some of the AE reader mail discussing those most recent...
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NASCAR LOSES IT.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. Okay, I get the fact that NASCAR, after being stung by years of relentless criticism over its season-long championship campaigns in the past, some of which droned on...
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Two Things.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. Now that the 2014 NASCAR season is mercifully coming to its inevitable end, I've been contemplating the meaning of it all, even though I'm so tired of thinking about...
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Kevin Harvick comes through.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. Tagged a long, long time ago by Dale Earnhardt Sr. as the real deal and a future star, Kevin Harvick fulfilled that promise on Sunday night when he became the 2014...
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The Human Element.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. For Lewis Hamilton, 2014 has proven to be a pivotal year. Bringing home his second F1 World Driving Championship, the 29-year-old British racer now has 33 wins in 148...
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A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. Judging drivers at the end of a season of racing seems silly, because strapping oneself into or sitting astride a racing machine at the top levels of the sport is an...
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A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN.
Editor-in-Chief's Note: It has been another spectacular year of racing. I would like to thank all of the behind-the-scenes people at the tracks who help make these racing events happen, and of course I...
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Editor's Note: Before Peter starts cranking out his motorsport column in earnest, we thought we'd revisit his Fumes column from October 29th, because it is still extremely topical going into this new...
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THE ELUSIVE MAGIC FORMULA.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. Each year at the Detroit Auto Show a few manufacturers trot out their racing machines to occupy space in their displays. This year you could see a Red Bull Renault F1...
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HERE WE GO AGAIN.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. The 2015 IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship kicks off this weekend with the 53rd running of the Daytona 24 Hour race (commercially presented as the Rolex24). The...
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BRILLIANCE AT DAYTONA.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. Scott Dixon, Kyle Larson, Jamie McMurray and Tony Kanaan (No. 2 Target/Ford EcoBoost Riley) drove to victory in the Daytona 24 Hour race (Rolex24) at the Daytona...
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NISSAN PUSHES THE ENVELOPE.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo Detroit. The fact that Nissan is entering the rarefied atmosphere of international prototype racing with a front-wheel-drive machine designed by Ben Bowlby is remarkable. The...
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