Gurney Grand Prix
Yes, it is time! It is time that high level corporate sponsor’s line-up behind both the new US Grand Prix team started by Ken Anderson and Peter Winsor, as well as a GP team effort from Dan Gurney! Dan Gurney is one of only a select handful of people that I truly admire! In addition to first my father, I hold a certain number of people very near and dear to my heart, men such as Ayrton Senna, Mario Andretti, Achille Parrilla, Enzo Ferrari, Joe Kubert,... [Read More...]
Roger Penske’s Empire
The great Roger Penske has essentially bought SATURN from GM! Here is a man that had he been running GM, they would still be the world’s biggest auto maker and corporation, instead of in embarrassing bankruptcy and despair. GM has been jettisoning its valuable assets for some time now, first selling off Jaguar and more recently Hummer and Saturn, as well as closing down “brands” like Oldsmobile and Pontiac! The failure of this company, General... [Read More...]
Formula One on Vacation
The F1 circus takes what is essentially a summer vacation now with three weeks until the next GP. That does not mean that there isn’t a lot of off-track action as there always is. Let’s also discuss some of the more intense activities that are still in play… The FOTA have a schedule and calendar in place. This new series vehicle is moving ahead aggressive as it must! There is overwhelming support for this FOTA effort but time is of the essence!... [Read More...]
British Grand Prix Report
What a British Grand Prix event! Well, so much for my theory that the Brawn GP team have been purposely “sandbagging”! Seems as though the Red Bull team truly now have a great car for competing with the Brawn chassis for the remainder of the season. Master designer Adrian Newey has produced a 2009 chassis design that has been as close to the Brawn as possible (without the now-approved “double deck diffuser” that several teams started out the... [Read More...]
Formula One – British Grand Prix Edition
It’s time for the famous British Grand Prix, so have things in the world of Formula 1 settled down? Hell NO! Things are on the brink of total devastation and still the culprits are determined not to stand down and even to continue to destroy the world’s most popular automotive sport as we know it. Politics, I hate them! Politics and out-of-control egos are the death of everything grand, every time! The FOTA, or the Formula One Teams Association... [Read More...]