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 (WOMR file photo) As we enter the last weekend in May, the traditional start of summer, we will be feasting upon the greatest racing day of the year! The Greatest Spectacle In Racing The morning starts out with “The Greatest Spectacle In Racing”, the Indianapolis 500, from the hallowed grounds known as . . . → Read More: Memorial Weekend: The Greatest Racing Day Of The Year! (WOMR file photo) Three former winners and seven rookies, including Indiana boy Bryan Clauson living his “surreal dream”, bracket the list of drivers named to 34 entries filed for the 2012 Indianapolis 500. The 96th running of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” is scheduled for Sunday, May 27, at the 2.5-mile Indianapolis . . . → Read More: The 2012 Indy 500 Entry List (Jim Hall’s Chaparral 2J, “The Sucker”) As a young kid watching racing in the 60′s, I remember seeing these new innovative designed sports cars, the Chaparral, driven by the duo of Jim Hall and Hap Sharp. The first Chaparral that I remember seeing had this weird huge blade/wing above the rear end . . . → Read More: Jim Hall Honored At Long Beach (WOMR file photo) After viewing the moments that were leading up to the violent crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway that prematurely took the life of Dan Wheldon, it is not precisely clear who caused the incident. More importantly, it is not going to make the incident go away. And that is . . . → Read More: Las Vegas IndyCar Race Questions Unanswered? (Dan Wheldon with my son, Jeremy, @ Las Vegas Friday) A record number of race cars racing just inches apart in abnormally large packs at lightning fast speeds that exceeded 220 mph. A newly concocted “bounty” of $5 million for a victory from a non IndyCar season participant who could start from . . . → Read More: Indy Car Racing: Risks vs. Rewards (photo courtesy IZOD IndyCar Series) Now that Danica Patrick has jilted the IZOD IndyCar Series, in favor of the bigger money of NASCAR, the sports writer’s keyboards have been set ablaze with stories of DANICAMANIA! However, nobody is really sure how she will fare in “the door slammer series”. There are a . . . → Read More: Is There IndyCar Life After Danica? (photo courtesy John SommersII/Getty Images) There is no doubt that Thurday’s “DANICA DECISION DAY” was a huge news deal in American automobile racing. Additionally, WOMR was a very sad to see that it was also a very big news event, a sad commentary. If this is a clear barometer on the state . . . → Read More: Danicamania: Judgement Day For NASCAR? (photo courtesy auto123.com) This Hendrick Motorsports decal was spotted Sunday at The Centennial Indy 500 on the wings of two of the Team Penske Racing cars on the grid before the start of the race. The decals were on the inside rear wingplate on Will Power’s #6 Dallara Honda and Ryan Briscoe’s . . . → Read More: Is Hendrick And Penske Considering an Indy Car Alliance? (photo courtesy IZOD IndyCar Series) Dan Wheldon inherited the lead when rookie J.R. Hildebrand hit the wall coming out of the final turn on the final lap and went on to win the 100th anniversary Indianapolis 500. Sunday’s victory was the second for Wheldon at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where he won in . . . → Read More: Wheldon Capitalizes On A Rookie Mistake (photo courtesy IZOD IndyCar Series) Every year early in the month of May Dario Franchitti makes a visit to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. Franchittti loves spending time touring the museum viewing the old historic race cars that depict the history of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing”. Mostly, Franchitti loves to . . . → Read More: Franchitti Could Join Some Elite Company |
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