by Kent Sterling The Associated Press is really good at providing dry game recaps, and other nondescript pieces that help newspapers fill its pages with relevance. What it rarely does is rage against a player, team, or league – until what happened at IndyCar’s Grand Prix of Houston got wedged between the APs Jenna Fryer’s […]
by Kent Sterling For 15 years, May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway lasting an entire month has been a ridiculous concept that only Indy 500 traditionalists have embraced. Practice days are unnecessary exercises that provide nothing to compel attendance, and Bump Day has ceased to feature bumping. Qualifications were reduced to the weekend before the […]
by Kent Sterling Getting a ticket to the Brickyard 400 wasn’t easy when the race first came to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but it is now. Habits are hard to break, and traditions don’t die easy, but professional sports franchises and race tracks have to fight the feeling that opening the doors to what has […]
by Kent Sterling Joey Gase is only 20 years-old, used to attend races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a fan, and looked forward to running in this afternoon’s Indiana 250 Nationwide Race later today. His car got loose in Turn One, he hit the wall, and the dream of running at the World’s Greatest […]
by Kent Sterling The Phoenix Suns are rebuilding, and if reports on espn.com are accurate, have no use for 33 year-old power forward Luis Scola. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Scola has been dealt, according to reports to the Indiana Pacers for “Launch Ready” Gerald Green and future draft considerations. Not the player […]
by Kent Sterling Telling you that Jimmie Johnson will pilot his #48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy to a fifth Brickyard 400 win shouldn’t spoil the surprise for you. Johnson has won four of the last seven Brickyards, and that is reason enough to predict with confidence that it will happen again on Sunday. Winning at the […]
by Kent Sterling When she was young, Danica Patrick was an unrelentingly sour personality at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Whether it’s because of maturity or working with a team of PR pros, she has relaxed a little bit despite being a target for criticism from fans and media during every race. Click here to follow […]
by Kent Sterling What a break for IndyCar! NASCAR is leaving ESPN in favor of NBC Sports Network and NBC. This is like your uncle owning a gas station in the middle of nowhere as the Simons decide to build a 1.2 million square foot shopping mall next door. If IndyCar can’t bring NASCAR fans […]
by Kent Sterling [ed. note – Since posting earlier this morning, I have added an 11th necessity to the list below.] The Indianapolis 500 has not exactly been nimble in evolving forward throughout the years, and as a result there is eroding local interest and entrenched national apathy in the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. Creative […]
by Kent Sterling The Indy 500 was a better event in 1992, and every year prior than it is today. The legacy of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing is one of innovation, speed, and safety. Over the last 17 years, the speeds have slowed, the innovation has stagnated, and safety is sadly not a point […]
