This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I met Malcolm Smith way back in 1975 when he won an event I helped organize, the Mojave 24 Hour Rally out of Big Bear Lake, California. He was in a loud, weirdly fast Mazda rotary pickup. We stayed in contact until one…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. So Roger Penske Entertainment owns The Grand Prix Association of Long Beach. That’s America’s Monaco ever since it was born in 1975. The 50th anniversary is next April. Penske Entertainment already owns the IndyCar series. And controls its two biggest events: The Indy…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I don’t think I ever talked with NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison one on one. The 1983 NASCAR champion, finished second in the series five times, and was a three-time winner of the Daytona 500. My favorite Allison memory goes back to…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Some thoughts this week. Like in NASCAR at the Cup level. Why not let Goodyear bring more than one set of tires for racing? That would introduce strategy into the mix. We’re told there was a soft tire at Martinsville Sunday. What if…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I find oval racing boring. I know that’s not a popular opinion here. Might even be an abhorrent opinion but it’s mine: oval racing is boring to me. But this weekend in Martinsville someone found it a good idea to race MX-5 Mazdas…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. You might have missed this headline this week. The Campbell’s Soup people have signed a marketing agreement with Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment. That includes Joe Gibbs Racing in NASCAR. Last June Gibbs sold a minority piece of his NASCAR team to Josh…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. We’re not hearing much about Michael Andretti and Formula One these days. In fact, the headlines have separated Michael Andretti from Andretti Autosport itself. But there’s another headline this weekend that might help Andretti fans understand F1’s hesitancy at accepting Michael to the…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The headlines say former NBA star and team owner Michael Jordan filed an anti-trust lawsuit against NASCAR. It’s larger than that. NASCAR is a monopoly and breaking it up will be stupidly expensive. Oddly, if NASCAR is thrown open by an anti-trust break…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I usually ignore driver whining and complaints. This week Kyle Larson posted a long piece on X about his frustrations with Social Media fans who find fault with Cup racing these days. The long and short of Larson’s missive was this. No one…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. We now have answers to all those questions about the first three races in the NASCAR Playoffs. Thousands, including The Freaks, argued that the races were too tough for a championship opener. That potential champions would be eliminated too quickly in the playoffs.…
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