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Live from the Indy 500

May 25, 2008

Bro in law to The Garage, Scott Simmons received a pretty sweet B-Day gift from my Sis this year. Tickets to the Indy 500! This shot was taken halfway through lap one.
Keep the shots coming dude!

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Raging hormones and racing do not mix

April 29, 2008

“Could you do me a favor? In our motor home, in the bedroom, go to my closet. All the way in the back of the closet, there’s a blue dress. Maybe you should wear it next time you qualify!”
Find out what Pregnant beotch said that to her hubby following qualifying for last year’s IRL race [...]

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Update: PT will not work for wieners

February 29, 2008

“(Oval racing) is pretty dangerous, and I’m not going to drive for hamburgers and hot dogs,”
Paul Tracy discussing the possibility of driving for Vision Racing.

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Will PT be sitting on the pot in 2008?

February 29, 2008

Just as the Toronto Grand Prix became a casualty of the final battle before the IRL/CCWS reunion, the home town boy may sit out the 08 season as well. TSN has reported that long time Champ Car team owner Gerald Forsythe has decided to call it a day for the format. Forsythe Racing Inc will [...]

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Indycar holds reunification press conference

February 28, 2008

It is finally official, the IRL & CCWS are one. The way it should have always been. Sour grapes of the past aside though, as Karl Kalkhoven said: “Now is not the time to look back”
Greg MacPherson from Inside Track live blogged the press conference yesterday and has some great insight.
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IRL & Champ Car reunite: Great for racing, terrible for Toronto

February 23, 2008

Ever since North America’s open wheel racing series was torn apart by Tony George and his American only plan, I, like many fans have dreamed of the day the two series would quit struggling and get back together. At its peak, CART offered some of the best racing in the world. What followed would be [...]

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Open wheel racing in North America to be saved! Could it be true?

February 19, 2008

Ever since Tony George ripped open wheel racing in North America apart, there have been annual rumors that a reunification between Champ Car and the IRL was in the works. Every time, it has turned out to be nothing more than wishful thinking.
SpeedTV is reporting that the powers that be may have an announcement as [...]

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Jason Priestly is going racing again, this time as an owner

January 22, 2008

Actors and racing. Names like Paul Newman, James Garner, Steve McQueen have been associated with racing. Today’s racing heart throb is Frankie Muniz. Back in the late Nineties and early part of this century, it was Jason Priestly. All of the guys mentioned have raced seriously on one level or another. For Priestly however, his [...]

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Helio wins, but will he get the girl?

November 29, 2007

Here in home office of The Garage, we’ve been keeping half an eye on the recent season of Dancing With the Stars. For journalistic purposes. Really. How often does one get to watch an Indy 500 winner shimmy with a smokin’ hot 19 year old while laying a beating on a Spice Girl and an [...]

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Video: Dario Franchitti’s wild ride

August 6, 2007

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 215 mph, Dario Franchitti got a bit of a nudge from Dan Wheldon during the Firestone Indy 400 at Michigan International Speedway. What followed was one of the wildest rides IRL has seen for some time. Perhaps the wildest part is that there were no injuries. While the design strength [...]

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