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Spec Racing and the Loss of Innovation in IndyCar
By Kris Branch @K-branch21 Does anyone remember the Indy 500 before there was spec racing? It’s been 25 years since the debut of the Indy Racing League. Tony George’s brainchild ended innovation as we know it at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway starting in 1997. ...
Avoiding the Sophomore Jinx: IndyCar’s Second Year Drivers
by Frank Santoroski @seveng1967 The 2019 NTT IndyCar Series featured one of the more stellar rookie classes in quite some time, and the crop of rookies coming up this season also promises to impress. While the new kids get their feet wet, the...
Houff and Poole Take Different Approach Towards Rookie Cup Season
by Luis Torres @TheLTFiles There are six drivers competing in this year’s Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors in the NASCAR Cup Series. To nobody’s surprise, the discussion of who’ll win the award at season’s end have narrowed down to four. Those four are Christopher...
Who is Scott McLaughlin?
by Frank Santoroski @seveng1967 The NTT IndyCar Series has a rookie class stacked full of talent for 2020. The young drivers running the full schedule are likely to have a close points battle to decide Rookie of the Year. There is, however, a...
2019 NASCAR Championship Weekend
The DTC panel discusses Kyle Busch's second Cup win and breaks down the rest of the NASCAR championship weekend. Additionally, we look at a highly eventful Brazilian Grand Prix. Also, Special guest Brock Beard joins the conversation to discuss his latest film, "Three...
Hall of Fame Driver Mel Kenyon and Photographer Vaughn Kenyon (Interview Only)
The DTC panel proudly welcomes a true racing legend to the show, Hall of Fame driver Mel Kenyon. Winner of nearly 400 feature midget races, multiple national and regional championships, and veteran of eight Indianapolis 500 races, Mel talks about his long and storied...
Special Guest and Racing Legend Willy T Ribbs (Interview Only)
The Drafting the Circuits Panel welcomes racing legend Willy T Ribbs to the show. DTC discusses a variety of topics including the recent film "Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story", the evolving nature of diversity in racing, his recent Championship in the SVRA-VROC, and...
Special Guest Michael Miles, Director of Rapid Response
The DTC panel welcomes filmmaker Michael Miles, director of the film Rapid Response, which debuts in theaters on September 6th. The film is based on the book by Dr. Steve Olvey and chronicles the story of improvements in medical care, driver protection and safety...
ESPN to Premiere Janet Guthrie Documentary
by Frank Santoroski @seveng1967 While there is still a long way to go, the search for gender equality has made large gains over the past several decades. It is commonplace this day and age to see women successfully filling important, high-profiles roles in...
Drafting The Circuits May 16, 2019 – Jenna Ricker (Interview Only)
The DTC panel welcomes Jenna Ricker, the director and producer of "Qualified" an ESPN 30 for 30 film focusing on the racing career of Janet Guthrie, the first woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500. With Frank Santoroski, Seth Eggert and Gray...
Revisiting 1981: How ABC-TV Manufactured a Storm
by Frank Santoroski @seveng1967 To the best of my recollection, this is how the events of the 65th running of the Indianapolis 500 mile race, contested on May 24, 1981 unfolded. I was 13 years old, and my family decided upon a camping trip for Memorial Day...
The Traditions and Superstitions that Make Indianapolis Unique
by Frank Santoroski @seveng1967 With more than a century of racing in the history books, the Indianapolis 500 holds more tradition than, perhaps, any other motorsports event on the planet. The 500 also has its share of good luck/bad luck omens as race...
Approaching a Half-Century of Racing: The Long Beach Grand Prix
by Frank Santoroski @seveng1967 The NTT IndyCar Series’ 2019 season is solidly underway with three different winners from three different teams. This weekend, the crews will begin unloading for the Grand Prix of Long Beach. Situated on Southern California’s...
NASCAR Xfinity Series, Truck Series Look to Their Roots with 2020 Schedule
By Jordan Bianchi, NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Florida – The schedules for NASCAR’s Xfinity Series and Gander Outdoor Truck Series will have a familiar look in 2020, with both also returning to a track that it had a previous longstanding association with but...
IndyCars Invade the South This Weeend
by Frank Santoroski @seveng1967 This coming weekend the Verizon IndyCar Series will invade the deep South for the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. The race is slated for April 5-7, 2019. About the Race The Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama is round...
Drafting The Circuits
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