Reality shattered: Fernando Alonso to race in the Indy 500

After losing ALL FOUR cars to some sort of power-related gremlins at Long Beach, many Indycar fans lamented at the bad week Andretti Autosport was having. Well friends, lament no further! After an absence of 38 years, McLaren is to return to the Indianapolis 500 next month, using Honda engines. On May 28 2017, McLaren […]

Jay Howard’s Indycar career brought out of mothballs

Suppose you were blessed with a sponsorship deal funding an entry in the Indianapolis 500 this year. Hooray for you! Would you survey the landscape of all available drivers and decide your guy/gal would be…Jay Howard? From motorsport.com: Former Indy Lights champion Jay Howard will race the #77 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports-Honda at this year’s Indy […]

It’s not you – there have been a lot of ads lately

Your humble host has had the good fortune to view a great deal of auto races, and I fully understand the point of broadcasting is to get eyeballs and show them advertisements. The network gots to get paid. All about the benjamins. Insert your own favorite rap lyric here. Still, while viewing through the Indianapolis 500 […]

Rossi wins The Indy 500 and the world keeps spinning‏

For those of us watching the Indy 500 on TV, that was quite an unforgettable moment. You know, the moment when the cameras panned to Alexander Rossi’s #98, and the realization that he’s going to try to make it all the way to the end without refueling while every other driver on the lead lap […]