Posts Tagged ‘IMS’

What A Finish! What A Season!

August 1st, 2011 Journo

Since 1994 the Brickyard 400 has stood apart as one of the premier events on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule. Winning on the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a dream for most racecar drivers. And on Sunday the track delivered twice giving Paul Menard not just a Brickyard 400 victory, but his first ever Cup [...]

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Please, No Nationwide Cars At Indy. And Maybe No NASCAR

July 1st, 2011 Journo

Indianapolis Motor Speedway is home to one of the greatest traditions in all of motorsports. The prestige of the place and the events surrounding it made it a perfect fit for the up-and-coming NASCAR Winston Cup Series in 1994. 200,000 spectators showed up that first year – in 2007 the number was 270,000. 17 years [...]

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Montoya Only Has Himself To Blame

July 27th, 2009 Journo

It never ceases to amaze me how people can turn seemingly non-controversial issues into vast conspiracies (especially this season). Of course this weekend we saw one of those issues. I’ll be the first to say I was rooting for Juan Pablo Montoya this weekend. His car was bad fast and what a historic moment that [...]

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The State of the IRL and IMS

July 22nd, 2009 Journo

Much like NASCAR’s own France family, the IRL (and IMS)’s Hulman-George family is a racing dynasty that began two generations ago. Soon after World War II businessman Anton “Tony” Hulman bought the run down Indianapolis Motor Speedway and turned it back into the gem of American motorsports. Hulman’s daughter Mari Hulman George became the matriarch of the family [...]

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