I swear I’m not trying to turn this site into “All Danica, All the Time” but I recently found two items that were mildly entertaining and wanted to pass them along.   read more »

Think Danica’s overrated? Put your money where your mouth is and race her at the new AirTran Raceway. Created by AirTran Airways as a viral advertising campaign for their A+ Rewards program (I guess it’s working!), AirTran Raceway is an online game that lets players race Danica Patrick on one of 4 courses and in one of 4 different AirTran vehicles. The top racer on each track each week there’s an Indy Racing league event wins a free flight on AirTran.   read more »

Eric Medlen poses with a fan
at the 2006 NHRA US Nationals

Eric Medlen, NHRA Funny Car driver and one of its rising stars, passed away on March 23, 2007 as a result of injuries suffered during a crash in testing at Florida’s Gainesville Raceway. Being fairly new to drag racing, I’ll admit that I wasn’t terribly familiar with Eric’s career. But it’s certainly clear that he was very much loved and respected in the drag racing community, and his passing will leave a void that will be difficult to fill.   read more »

By Danny Burton

Danny Burton’s Hoosier Race Report appears courtesy of OpenWheelRacers.com

Are racers heroes? Few, if any, would argue that the deeds that racers do are brave. And the vast majority of racers have noble qualities. But maybe it depends on what your definition, or mine, might be.   read more »

Italian Vincenzo Romano of the Romano Archives recently uploaded this video to YouTube. It’s a 1965 television ad that entices viewers to come watch the 49th running of the Indianapolis 500 on closed circuit TV. The race was run on Monday May 31 that year, and was won by Jim Clark. The ad says things like “…every foot of the 2.5 mile Speedway is covered by 12 TV cameras!” and “Not on home TV!”. Great stuff… but you’ll need to go to YouTube to view it. Here’s the link: 1965 Indy 500 Television Ad