2011. There are so many words to describe this season, from unforgettable, shocking, awesome, emotional and much more. This post will be a timeline of all the major events of 2011. Grand Am: The racing season kicked off with Grand-Am’s 24 Hours of Daytona in January. Ganassi and TRG win in DP and GT respectively. The [...]
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2011 Season in Review
Posted: 01/01/2012 by Kent Mueller in ALMS, F1, Grand Am and Contential Tire, Indy Car, NASCARTags: 2011 Season in Review
Why Is the 1998 Daytona 500 Special to Me?
Posted: 12/31/2011 by Kent Mueller in NASCARTags: 1990 Daytona 500, 1998 Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt, Dale's Bad Luck, Richard Childress, Whitcomb Racing
On February 5th, 1998 this writer was born. Ten days later was the 40th Daytona 500. Also this is when Dale Earnhardt finally won the Daytona 500 for the first time in his previous nineteen years of trying. When I first started to watch racing… I heard a lot a stories about Earnhardt. I thought [...]
He was a legend behind the wheel, he won 7 championships (6 with Richard Childress). He was loved and hated at the same time. The smirk, and character. The man was Dale Earnhardt, Senior. DALE is a documentary film (6 disc set) on Earnhardt’s life and racing career. Its narrated by the late Paul [...]
I have loved sports and racing my whole life. I am growing up in a family that loves racing. My mom used to like Rusty Wallace in NASCAR. My dad likes Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart. My step-dad likes any Ford driver. My cousin Kevin has worked on a local race team based in East [...]
Interview with Tony DiZinno
Posted: 12/15/2011 by Kent Mueller in ALMS, F1, Grand Am and Contential Tire, Indy Car, NASCAR, World Endurance ChampionshipTags: Interviews, Racer.com, Tony DiZinno
Today I had the opportunity to interview motorsports writer Tony DiZinno of racer.com. If you do not know who he is here is a quick bio blast for you. Tony started as a fan of motorsports in 1996 at age 7, won a Red Bull-sponsored, Chris Economaki judged journalism competition in 2005 and have covered the [...]