By Danny Burton

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

Note: this article was written 6/25/07.

With apologies to Sly and the Family Stone, that title works really well this week. For the first time in his young life, my grandson accompanied me to both races that I attended this weekend. I watched him as much as I watched the racing. And he will hopefully remember this weekend with as much fondness as the feature winners this week, namely Bobby Stines at Bloomington, and Joss Moffatt at Lawrenceburg.   read more »

By Danny Burton

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

How often have you read the box score of a race and noticed that the leader started on the pole and led the whole race? Quite possibly you assumed that the race in question was a snoozefest. Quite possibly you might be wrong. Friday night, June 8, Cole Whitt did just that at the Bloomington Speedway. He started on the pole and led flag to flag to win $1700 (extra money thanks to Safety-Kleen) worth of satisfaction. But what the box score didn’t show was that this was a fine race, with lots of passing going on behind the young Mr. Whitt and, had the race lasted a bit longer than 25 laps, a seasoned veteran might have counting the big money.   read more »

By Danny Burton

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

Note: This article was written 5/29/07.

Another race weekend, Indiana’s biggest, is complete as this is written. Rain was the winner at some tracks and it also was a huge factor in our biggest race. But the rain stayed away from both Bloomington and Lawrenceburg as many of us had a glimpse of the future, Jeff Bland Jr. and the present, Jon Stanbrough. Young Bland won the Friday night feature at Bloomington while Stanbrough ran away with the 30 lap feature at the ‘burg as part of the King of Indiana Sprint Series.   read more »

By Danny Burton

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

Finally, for Hoosier short track fans, the 2007 season arrived with a bang. Races all over this great state and fans left quite pleased, for the most part. There were plenty of new faces, new teams, and new team combinations, all with high hopes. There were plenty of kids, many of whom cannot vote and who need not shave just yet. They have much promise, but at least three tracks saw veterans come away with the trophy and the dollars. The young drivers will have their day; time will dictate that, if nothing else. But this one belonged to the guys who have already paid some dues.   read more »

Autosport.com is reporting that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is considering the reversal of the road course used for the US Grand Prix to a counter-clockwise orientation, which could help facilitate a Moto GP motorcycle race as early as 2008.   read more »