With a little luck, specifically bad luck directed towards his teammate, Josef Newgarden has now notched his fourth Indycar series win. For what it’s worth he has now surpassed Max Papis and Tony Stewart, and has tied Bryan Herta and Mike Conway. Is there anyone who DOESN’T think Newgarden will surpass Herta and Conway this […]
Pardon your humble host for a bit of merriment in the title of this post, for it wasn’t that long ago Zach Veach was appearing on NBC’s The Today Show to discuss his book “99 Things Teens Wish They Knew Before Turning 16”. He was, ahem, sixteen himself at the time of publication. Then again, […]
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 […]
Well, that was certainly fantastic! James Hinchcliffe’s win at Long Beach was the icing on his comeback cake, and everybody loves cake, right? You’d have to be a heartless cyborg sent from the future to not feel a excited at this, and in case you are, no, my name isn’t Sarah Connor. You’ve got the […]
To the Indycar series victor belongs the spoils. And the media attention. And the interesting marketing choices. Behold, Simon Pagenaud cheerfully playing the self-deprecation card. From the opening seconds, you know where this is going, and yet you know you still want to watch. Credit Pagenaud with butchering the “Southern” accent with such cringe-inducing flair and […]