Superstar Racing Experience Adds Michael Waltrip to Impressive Driver Lineup
Six-race summer SRX short track series to include current and former racing greats from NASCAR, IndyCar, sports cars. Cliff HawkinsGetty Images
The Series is set to run over six Saturday nights this summer and will be televised by CBS.
Drivers will race in identically prepared cars on both paved and dirt tracks.
Michael Waltrip is returning to the racetrack as the latest star from NASCAR, IndyCar and the TransAm Series to commit to the Superstar Racing Experience.
The SRX is a six-race short track racing series styled after the old International Race of Champions (IROC) series. It will feature drivers, current and past, from different racing disciplines racing in identically prepared cars for Saturday night races this summer that will be broadcast by CBS. Races will test the drivers on both pavement and dirt racing surfaces.
Lawsuit, Defections, Camping World Highlight Tumultuous Year for NHRA
COVID-19 kept a top team on the sidelines, played a role in loss of series long-time title sponsor.
By Susan Wade Anderson Studio
NHRA President Glen Cromwell really didn’t have a big picture or blueprint once coronavirus barged in by mid-March. Instead, he had a kaleidoscope. The slightest twist of circumstance gave his potential season a constantly changing pattern.
Somehow he and his drastically pared-down staff navigated the season, got lucky with an abrupt series-sponsor change at the start of its title stretch, and crowned champions in history-making fashion.
Here are the NHRA’s top 10 stories for a wild 2020:
USF2000 title caps roller coaster 2020 for Denmark s Rasmussen
By Road to Indy | Published: Dec 14, 2020
Every racing season comes with its share of ups and downs. But few drivers experienced the kind of roller coaster ride that Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship driver Christian Rasmussen had this year driving for Jay Howard Driver Development. The 20-year-old native of Copenhagen, Denmark saw:
- A six-race winning streak to start the season that exploded his points lead to 84.
- A five-race mid-season downturn precipitated by mechanical issues and impatience that saw his lead shrink to four points.
- And finally, a weekend to remember in the season’s penultimate event at New Jersey Motorsports Park that saw him clinch the series championship – and the scholarship valued at $328,225 that will graduate him into the 2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires – with
Nicholas Latifi interview; McLaren in more trouble, Jim Hallahan dies and all the news By: Norris McDonald December 14, 2020 Comments
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It makes you wonder where the brains are in Formula One. Actually, now that I’ve looked at that line in print, I have come to the conclusion that there are no brains in F1.
In just about every major league sport in the world, the league has medical staff on duty to determine if athletes are well enough and strong enough to play. As we’re Canadians, we are particularly familiar with the NHL’s rule that if a player appears woozy, they have to spend time in a “quiet room” and then are questioned and tested by doctors before being allowed to return to play. They don’t have to be checked into the boards, either. Guys with the ‘flu have been checked out.
Young Columbus driver thinks big
12/11/20 11:26 PM
Evan Shatto just completed the most successful season of his young racing career, as the 14-year-old Columbus East High School freshman collected 17 feature wins this season.
Shatto split time this year driving for his parents, Eric and Nikki Shatto, and Greg and James “Porkchop” Jones. He captured the Jennings County Outlaw Karting junior 3 track championship, where he was undefeated this season.
Shatto, who started his racing obsession six years ago racing radio-controlled car, has been racing go-karts for the last year and a half mainly in Columbus and North Vernon as he followed in his father and brother’s footsteps.