Derek Daly, the Indiana-based former race car driver (F1, IndyCar, and others), professional speaker, race track designer and announcer has authored a new book titled “Race to Win”. Published by Motorbooks International, the book describes what Daly calls “The Champion’s Pyramid” which comprises six key skills or attributes a driver must have to succeed at the very highest levels of motorsports competition. Blogger Pressdog has an excellent Q&A with Derek Daly about the book and offers a chance to win an autographed copy. You can order Race to Win at Amazon.com or other online bookstores.

Fun interview by Pressdog with the most notorious journalist (you damn betcha) in open wheel racing, Robin Miller.

pressdog.com: Robin Miller goes on record with the p-dog

My favorite open-wheel satirist, Pressdog, has moved his site from Blogger to Typepad. The new URL is www.pressdog.com. Bookmarks… update ‘em if you got ‘em.

Are you an Indy Racing League fan that needs a little comic relief now and then? If so, check out the Pressdog blog, written by Bill Zahren. Some of the stories are pure satire, others are race recaps laced with hilarious commentary. Whatever you want to call it, Bill seems to have a knack for writing what many of the rest of us are thinking, and it’s pretty darn funny.   read more »