If we actually did eliminate all danger from auto racing, would we really like what was left, blogs Stephen Cox?
Ed Carpenter, 2015, IMS
I began driving racecars in 1985. In the thirty years since, I've had a total of one serious neck injury while racing. It was...
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Justin Wilson
ASSOCIATED PRESS’ PAUL NEWBURY: BAN INDYCAR FOREVER!
‘After the latest tragedy in Indycar... it's time to shut down this ridiculously dangerous form of racing,’ says Paul Newberry in the wake of the tragic death of Indycar driver Justin Wilson.
In making his demand, Newberry is typical of the paternalistic, safety-at-gunpoint class of pundits who seem to have taken over the Land of the Formerly Free. Newberry's rant, which appeared on ABC News on August 28th, goes on to say, “It's time to end a sport that has destroyed too many lives.”
Note th...
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HONDA LMP2: RACE TO THE CLOUDS!
Honda’s Le Mans Prototype coupe will contest Pikes Peak in the Unlimited Class.
Honda Performance Development has upped the ante this year at Pikes Peak by entering one its newest sports cars in the race up the 14,110-foot mountain. The new Honda-powered HPD ARX-04b LMP2 coupe that competed in this year’s Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona has been entered in the 2015 Pikes Peak event, and will be driven by Verizon IndyCar Series race winner and former Formula 1 driver Justin Wilson.
It will be the...
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