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Remembering Quick Vic!

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… Vic Elford was one of the best, most versatile drivers in history. He was the 1967 European Rally Champion but in 1968 he had maybe the best week ever in racing. He won the Monte Carlo Rally January 28th and a week later…

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New Season, New Headlines in F1

The Formula One season opens this week in Bahrain. Lots of new stuff. Lots of new headlines, driver lineups, driver dreams and engineering ideas. A welcome headline this week has American Colton Herta getting a test driver deal from McLaren, run by an American Zak Brown. That synergy is the point of disappointment over what’s…

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An American Team in F1?

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… We learned this weekend that the Haas F1 team has dropped its Russian driver and the Russian title sponsor he was connected to. This is part of the global economic counterattack launched against Russia and its war mongering leader Vladimir Putin who invaded…