Should Suzuki Pack Up and Go Home?

Posted on Jun 25, 2015 in Racing | 1 comment

Something’s wrong over at Suzuki. The Japanese automaker is skidding hard, as its sales are down a staggering 78 percent from one year ago. That might not surprise many people. In fact, I’ll bet most folks can’t even recall the last Suzuki ad they saw or even tell me where their nearest dealer is. Another part of the problem is Suzuki’s American lineup, which...

Max Caves, Formula One Teams Win

Posted on Apr 2, 2015 in Racing | Comments Off on Max Caves, Formula One Teams Win

Well, sort of. In fact FOTA (Formula One Teams Association) and FIA, the sport’s governing body, do need each other, and the tradeoff the teams got was having Max Mosley, FIA president, agree not to run for reelection in October as Supreme Leader. That will be a result very much to the good of the sport and its fans. Edward Gorman of the Times Online put it...

Formula One Pot Boils Over

Posted on Jan 27, 2015 in Racing | 1 comment

The major F1 manufacturers and teams finally got a bellyful. Yesterday theyannounced they would leave the sport’s governing body, the FIA (Féderation Internationale de l’Automobile), and run their own racing series in 2010. This is auto racing’s version of the rebellion that’s racking Iran. The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) comprises eight teams—Ferrari,...

Hey, You’ll Never See a Hearse in NASCAR!

Posted on Dec 27, 2014 in Racing | 1 comment

So my friend jgoods would rather ride in a hearse than a Mustang… Read his post from yesterday, and you’ll see that I’m not making that up. He also wonders what’s so great about American muscle cars and claims they are not performance vehicles. I guess theMustang GT’s zero-to-sixty in 4.9 seconds doesn’t count as “performance.” Sure, a Mustang may not take...

Penske Wins Saturn; Castroneves Wins Indy

Posted on Nov 13, 2014 in Racing | 1 comment

Last month we talked about the possibility of Roger Penske taking control of Saturn and why that made good business sense. Today, he went ahead and did it. Penske Automotiveand GM reached an agreement for a price of $100-200 million, saidBloomberg. And let’s not forget: Helio Castroneves, driving a Penske car, won his third Indy 500 three weeks ago. These...

German Rockmeister Produces Inspirational Audi Song

Posted on Sep 18, 2014 in Racing | Comments Off on German Rockmeister Produces Inspirational Audi Song

Big whoop, you say? Well, Leslie Madoki (left) is no small potatoes in Germany. He’s a big-deal music producer and, as such, was asked by Audi to produce an inspiring tribute to the team which will race in the DTM, a big-deal German modified touring car championship race beginning tomorrow in Hockenheim. This is serious stuff. So, let’s not be too sarcastic...