By Danny Burton

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

Sometimes the luck of the draw matters in life and racing, and sometimes it doesn’t. No matter what draw you receive you get to play the hand that is dealt you as it were. Often you make your own luck to a certain extent, and sometimes good fortune falls into your lap as it were.   read more »

By Danny Burton

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

I may be repeating myself, but years ago I was having a conversation with my sister-in-law about our respective jobs. Her comment was something along the lines of… if you’re making your job look easy, then you’re probably doing a good job. We all know, or should know, that driving any race car on any track is seldom, if ever, easy. But this past weekend, Jeff Bland Jr., Kevin Swindell, and Levi Jones, among many others, made it look easy as they made their way to victories at both Bloomington and Lawrenceburg.   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 »