Congratulations to 2004 NASCAR Premier Series champion Kurt Busch and renowned polo player and model Ashley Van Metre, who got married over the weekend. Based off of the couple’s social media, the wedding took place on Saturday, Jan. 7, on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthelemy. Last September, Busch confirmed to...
There isn’t much to Canandaigua Motorsports Park. Located on the Ontario County Fairgrounds in Canandaigua, New York, the small track is flanked by pole barns. Racing is suspended for a week at the end of July every year so those barns can be filled with livestock to be shown and judged during the Ontario County Fair. The...
Last year three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart filed an appeal in his lawsuit against the family of Kevin Ward Jr. after his insurance company claimed he wasn’t covered for the incident that resulted in the death of Ward. This week Stewart has withdrawn that appeal. Bob Pockrass of ESPN was the first to report that the...
Dale Earnhardt would roll over in his grave if he knew what was happening to his name, his family and his legacy. Earnhardt, who was killed in the 2001 Daytona 500, was one of the most successful drivers in NASCAR history. Not only did he win 76 NASCAR Cup races and a record-tying seven Cup championships, he built an empire...
Danica Patrick and boyfriend Ricky Stenhouse Jr. the next NASCAR power couple headed for the aisle. Speculation only grew after Patrick posted on Twitter and Instagram that she caught the bouquet at the Dale Earnhardt Jr.-Amy Reimann wedding on New Year’s Eve. “Ohhhhhh, who caught the bouquet?!” Patrick...
Leading Formula 1 teams could be forced to revise their suspension systems on the eve of the 2017 season amid a row brewing following a Ferrari query over trick technology that Mercedes has pioneered. Even though the high-tech FRIC (Front and Rear InterConnected) suspension system was effectively banned in 2014, it has not...
Japanese NASCAR driver Akinori Ogata lost over $80,000 worth of equipment on Monday. According to a report from Fox 46 Charlotte, Ogata's pick-up truck and trailer, which contained his son's Legends car, was stolen from the family's home in Mooresville, North Carolina. "It's very sad. I came here six years...
This documentary about the rise and fall of Tommy Byrne, a talented but troubled also-ran on the motor racing circuit, is most interesting for the insight it gives into the ugly, elitist attitudes in Formula One. But unlike Asif Kapadia’s Senna, there’s not much here to recommend the film to non-fans of the...
Three years ago today, Formula 1 fans across the world waited with bated breath for news of hero Michael Schumacher's condition. The seven-time world champion was critically injured in a horrific ski accident in the French Alps, and was put in a medically induced coma. Now reports have emerged stating that the bill for the...
Over three years have passed since Michael Schumacher was left fighting for his life following a dreadful ski accident in the French Alps, but on his 47th birthday, what do we know? The German' family are understandably reluctant to give away too much information in fear of rumours surrounding his ongoing situation...
CREW CHIEF: Joey Cohen TEAM: GMS Racing POINTS: 7th WINS: 1 LAPS LED: 54 (second to 56 in 2014) TOP 5s: 4 (same number as 2015) TOP 10s: 10 (single season career-best) POLES: 0 WHAT WENT RIGHT: The grandson of the late Bill France Jr., and son of International Speedway Corporation CEO Lesa France Kennedy, Ben Kennedy enjoyed...
Retired NASCAR driver Tony Stewart open his Columbus-area ranch for some commercial deer and turkey hunting, potentially becoming one of the first hunting grounds to take advantage of a law passed earlier this year legalizing high-fenced hunting in Indiana. Hidden Hollow Ranch, Stewart's 414-acre property west of...