F1 TEAM FOUNDER GUIDO FORTI DIES- 11 January 2013 GUIDO FORTI was the founder and team manager of the now-defunct Formula One team Forti. Forti co-founded his “Forti Corse” racing team with businessman Paolo Guerci in the late 1970s, initially running in Italian and European Formula Three. The team made the step up to Formula […]
RAHAL TO BE INDUCTED TO SCCA HALL OF FAME: IZOD IndyCar Series team co-owner and 1986 Indianapolis 500 champion Bobby Rahal is among five road racing principals who will be inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame on March 2. Joining Rahal in being honored are Skip Barber, Bill Noble, Carroll Shelby and Andy Porterfield. […]
DESPRES AND PETERHANSEL ARE CHAMPIONS While the last special was won by Norway’s Pâl Anders Ullevâlseter (motorcycles) and Robby Gordon (cars), France’s Cyril Despres and Stéphane Peterhansel took their fourth and tenth Dakars respectively, all categories included. The champions were applauded on the podium on Lima’s Plaza de Armas by a huge crowd which came […]
HE ONLY STARTED 30TH… but by the time he got to Nazca he’d already left almost 20 other riders in the dust. Francisco López took his second stage win in three days at the 2013 Dakar. In the car category, Nasser Al-Attiyah won his 15th special at the Dakar, while the X-Raid team’s delight at […]
DAY TWO TESTING: ROLEX 24 HOURS AT DAYTONA As 59 teams utilize the Roar Before the Rolex 24 to get up to speed in preparation for the Rolex 24 At Daytona on January 26, advances in technology and stepping up to the next level of competition are a common thread during the three-day test event […]
RUBENS BARRICHELLO HAS CONFIRMED THAT HE IS LEAVING INDYCAR AND WILL CONTEST THE 2013 BRAZILIAN STOCKCAR CHAMPIONSHIP. The former Formula One star spent 2012 racing in the United States but he has now signed up with the Peugeot squad, Full Time Sports, in his homeland. “The time has come to make it official; I am […]