“The other men were tryin’, to beat Jimmy Bryan…”. The Ballad of Jimmy Bryan is a tribute that was recorded by Harry Weger of Terre Haute, IN after Bryan’s death in a race at Langhorne Speedway in 1960. Side 2 of this 45rpm record has one of the coolest versions of Back Home Again in Indiana that I’ve heard (it makes me smile and want to sing “cha cha cha”… and I think I’m too young to even know why!).   read more »

Ball State University student and Noblesville/Muncie, IN resident Michael Peters has launched Peters Motorsports Designs where he produces some seriously sweet looking 3D renderings like the one above. Driven by a life-long love of motorsports and over 7 years of motorsports graphic design experience, Peters offers design services for cars, haulers, crew uniforms, promotional cards and more. Check out his new web site for more details, or just to gawk at some of his excellent work.

We’ll all miss seeing Jamie Little at Indy this year, but maybe it won’t be so bad. WIBC Sports Director and ABC/ESPN pit reporter Vince Welch announced that Brienne Pedigo has been hired as the third pit reporter on the ABC/ESPN broadcast team. Brienne is the daughter of former Panther Racing co-owner Gary Pedigo and previously served as a reporter for the Outdoor Channel’s 2006 USAC coverage. She is engaged to General Hospital star Tyler Christopher.

I found out about a new NASCAR-oriented “social networking” site today called Infield Parking and thought it was pretty interesting. Not so much the site itself, but the way I found out about it and the people who are behind it.   read more »

Here’s another cool little record I found in an online record store (ain’t the internet great?). Side 1 has a song called “500 Miles to Go”, while side 2 has a non-racing-related song called “Gentleman Jim”. Both are recorded by Charlie Stewart.   read more »