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This Weekend In Racing: August 16th – August 18th (Incl. Motorsports Reunion!)

This weekend, the Rolex Monterrey Motorsports Reunion will air all-day Saturday and Sunday at imsa.tv!

By Peter Nelson | August 15, 2019
This Weekend In Racing: August 9th – August 12th

This weekend will be one of the quietest weekends of the entire Summer.

By Peter Nelson | August 07, 2019
This Weekend In Racing: August 2nd – 4th

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship heads to Road America in America’s Dairyland. If you’re in attendance at the track, enjoy a cool New Glarus for us.

By Peter Nelson | July 31, 2019
This Weekend In Racing: July 26th – July 28th

Another weekend packed full of action is upon us, sports fans!

By Peter Nelson | July 25, 2019
This Weekend In Racing: July 11th – July 14th

The dog days of Summer aren’t slowing down the wide world of motorsports as there’s quite a bit going on this weekend!

By Peter Nelson | July 11, 2019
This Weekend In Racing: June 28th – June 30th

This weekend, F1 says Grüß Gott to the Red Bull Ring for the Austrian Grand Prix

By Peter Nelson | June 27, 2019
This Weekend In Racing: June 21st – 23rd

Formula 1 heads to France’s Circuit Paul Ricard, just a baguette’s throw from the French Riviera.

By Peter Nelson | June 19, 2019
This Weekend In Racing: June 15th and 16th

It’s that time of the year: The 24 Hours of Le Mans! The race begins Saturday morning for us North Americans and runs into the early hours of Sunday.

By Peter Nelson | June 14, 2019
This Weekend In Racing: June 6th – 9th

This weekend, mon Dieu is there a lot to check out in the wide world of motorsports!

By Peter Nelson | June 06, 2019
This Weekend In Racing: May 31st – June 2nd

This weekend, motorsports joy arrives at the shores of Lake St. Croix for a series of races at Detroit’s Belle Isle. NASCAR Monster Energy and Xfinity Series head to Pocono Raceway. The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads to the jewel of Northern Illinois, Elwood.

By Peter Nelson | May 29, 2019
This Weekend In Racing: May 23rd – May 26th

We’re in for a real treat this weekend! Formula 1 gets the party started with practice at the legendary, beautiful streets of Monaco on Thursday, followed by qualifying on Saturday and the race on Sunday.

By Peter Nelson | May 22, 2019
This Weekend In Racing: May 17th – May 19th

There’s a lot to watch this weekend in the racing world, including practice and qualifying for this year’s Indy 500 (scheduled for May 26th)!

By Winding Road Staff | May 16, 2019
How to Watch The 25 Hours Of Thunderhill This Weekend

It’s our favorite time of year! No, not Christmas – it’s NASA’s 25 Hours of Thunderhill! And this year can watch the action live all weekend long thanks to NASA’s live broadcast of the epic enduro race.

By Luciana D'Andretta | November 28, 2018
Video: Epic Racing In Global MX-5 Cup Sebring Challenge

Global MX-5 Cup offers some of the tightest, most exciting road racing in the country during the regular season. Put $50,000 in cash on the line for the winner of two races, and host the races at Sebring, and what do you get? More epic-ness, naturally.

By Winding Road Staff | November 13, 2018
Did Formula One Improve in 2018? Part I

In this series, we look at F1 in 2018 and ask if it improved. Our general impression is that F1 was slightly more exciting in 2018 than in the immediately previous years. But the driver’s champion didn’t change and the constructor’s champion probably won’t change either, so we have to look deeper to…

By Winding Road Staff | October 31, 2018
Racing Luminary, Don Panoz, Dies at 83

The racing world lost one of its most influential individuals of late early Tuesday morning; Dr. Donald Panoz has passed away at the age of 83. Known for some of the most innovative concepts and…

By Jason Methfessel | September 12, 2018
Bring The Racing Calendar Into The 21st Century

Today we visit a simple idea: the annual racing calendar ending too early because of the historical demographics of the U.S. These have changed, and so the calendar should migrate too.

By Winding Road Staff | September 10, 2018
Avoid Common Mistakes With The Transition To Higher-Level Racing

In case it helps more people think through the process, we’ve written down answers to questions we find drivers often overlook. We pass these on so that more people can focus on what we think is a good approach. Of course, everyone is different, so this may not apply to…

By Tom Martin | September 05, 2018
When Is There Too Much Excitement In A Race?

Last weekend, Battery Tender Global MX-5 Cup was at Portland International Raceway. As usual, MX-5 Cup put on quite a show. But there is often a time in a season when…

By Winding Road Staff | September 05, 2018
10 Ways To Make Racing More Popular

We recently listened to a podcast interview of Bill James, the author of Bill James Baseball Abstracts and creator of the sabermetrics approach to baseball, as chronicled in Michael Lewis’ Moneyball. Baseball is, perhaps, relevant to sports car racing since baseball faces challenges to retaining its audience. Baseball is a rather traditional sport…

By Winding Road Staff | August 29, 2018
Video: You Be The Judge — Rubbin’ or Wreckin’?

Last weekend, the NASCAR Xfinity Series traveled to Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Road America is one of the great road courses in the country and it is almost always entertaining to watch tube frame cars with big V-8s…

By Winding Road Staff | August 29, 2018

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