This is the Statt Mann, Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… Watching Saturday night’s ARCA race at Toledo Speedway was fascinating. You learn so much when you don’t care who wins and loses. Oh, sure, I ended up cheering for someone as I was caught up in the drama of the moment. That happens…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. An opinion piece this week said motorsports was at a crossroads and the future is at risk. The piece looked at electrification in the auto industry and what impact that might have on car racing. It also looked at where the fans go…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. We hear so much about electrification as the motor sports industry tries to paint itself green. But this week the World Motor Sport Council approved a three year agreement with a racing fuel company that’s produced a fossil-free hydrocarbon-based racing fuel. P1 Racing…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. That buzz you hear is electrification taking over motorsport. The NHRA just announced a sportsman class for electric vehicles. A former world rallycross star is diving into the electric vehicle class in that series hoping to become the category’s first world champion. The…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Rallying’s dramatic craziness was on full display Sunday in the Croatia Rally. The cars were on their way to start the final day. But while on the untimed transit road section, seven-time champion Sebastian Ogier was involved in an accident while changing lanes…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The trees outside my studio seemed like they erupted green Saturday afternoon. Don’t know if it’s possible but I was looking at bare trees, looked away, then looked back and there was green growth. Maybe that’s spring. It’s hard to remember after decades…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. When you must grind for the results of an athletic competition it’s a sure bet that competition is minor league. As much as I love rallying, and rallying in America, I’ve accepted the Sportsmanesse of the events here in the U.S. One of…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. How wonderful it was Sunday to get caught up in major league drag racing. The NHRA season finally opened at Gainesville and the Gator Nationals. Normally we’ve seen Pomona and Phoenix by now but this isn’t normal yet, is it. We’re seeing new…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Five years ago, when Gene Haas took the American Red, White and Blue colors into F1 we all stood and cheered. We’d waited decades for that exhale. Well, it’s different this week. The Red, White and Blue colors flying on the Haas F1…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. They like to refer to the Daytona 500 as NASCAR’s Super Bowl. After today they should rethink that. Fifteen laps into a 200-lap race isn’t the time to crash and take out maybe ten million dollars worth of machinery. Sixteen cars. The stupidity…
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