The NHRA brought some of the flavor of the greatest show in drag racing to downtown Indianapolis on Wednesday, August 29, 2007. Big Daddy Don Garlits led a good old fashioned cacklefest, NHRA and O’Reilly Raceway Park officials made announcements, and several top NHRA drivers were on hand to kick off the start of the 53rd NHRA Mac Tools US Nationals.   read more »

Here are several new photos of the construction project taking place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in preparation for the 2008 Red Bull Indianapolis GP MotoGP race to be held September 14, 2008. Once again, these photos were taken from inside a moving track tour bus. With a few more laps in that thing I think I will qualify for a free upgrade to first class.   read more »

Photos taken during the 2007 Indy Pro Series Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 25, 2007. Race winner Alex Lloyd started from second but led all 40 laps to notch his fourth win in four events, a perfect start to the 2007 season. Chris Festa placed second and Jaime Camara came in third.   read more »

I had the pleasure of taking my family to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum last Saturday, August 11. As we rode the tour bus around the track at speeds just slightly under Helio Castroneves’ 2007 Indy 500 pole-winning speed of 225.817 mph, I managed to snap a few photos of the road course construction project currently underway.   read more »

Photos taken during practice and qualifying sessions for the 2007 Freedom 100 Indy Pro Series race, May 24, 2007. Twenty-four cars would qualify for the race, with Ken Losch of Paradise Valley, AZ driving for Apex Racing taking the pole with a two-lap average speed of 188.231 mph.   read more »