This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Of course there was disappointment in this camp at the way the Rolex 24 ended being called in the rain. I can imagine there were only four teams really happy with the decision from IMSA to call the race after two long Red…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. It’s easy to miss Toyota’s domination in NHRA drag racing. You don’t see Camrys or Corollas in any of the classes after all. But Toyota sponsored drivers and teams won ten races this year. J.R. Todd won three of the last five races…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. If you’re listening to The Freaks, there’s a chance you know the name Huffaker Engineering and Joe Huffaker. Huffaker Engineering’s been around since 1960 and winning races and championships almost ever since. Included are three Trans-Am titles and all kinds of Sports Car…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. It was cool to see IndyCar racing again in Portland last weekend. There were great races in the past with passing into turn one and through the Esses and going into the last turn before the long drag strip in front of the…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The people at Formula E are selling their first generation electric race cars. And, for you cynics, there’s no extension cord or toaster for buying one. You probably laughed when word of the championship was announced in 2011. These full-sized RC cars weren’t…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Four-time World Driving Champion Lewis Hamilton scored an important victory in Germany Sunday. It was the first time Hamilton drove through the field from fourteenth to the win. And it was a first Mercedes one-two finish in Germany, the home event for the…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Lots of troubling headlines these days but one that got through the darkness this week was word that Patrick Dempsey has broken through a ceiling in making the film The Art of Racing in the Rain. It’s been a passion project for Dempsey…
It was nearly ten years ago that I talked with Monster Tajima about his switch to electric power at Pikes Peak. He was already the King of the Mountain and had been for many years. It was Tajima who first told me that electric power was the mountain’s future and that electric cars would be…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Racing has a problem that must be addressed sooner than later. The idea of blocking another competitor on the track is filled with danger for all concerned. Very early Sunday morning there was about three hours left in the Le Mans 24 Hour…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I’m impressed that the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council approved a World Rallycross championship for electric cars this week. Rallycross with its short races and rough-and-tumble race craft will be a perfect venue for electrics. The series comes on line in 2020. The…
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