This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Thousands pay attention to the Rolex 24 at Daytona not for the racing but for the diverse field of drivers and teams. It’s the off season around the world of motor sports. So, you get F1 guys racing with NASCAR drivers and liking…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. About ten days ago we got the word that Ford and social video star Ken Block have parted ways. No real reason offered. But the move seems mutual. Looking from the outside, it appears everyone involved grew and gained from the relationship. But…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The ongoing Covid pandemic will play havoc with this year’s motor racing season just like last year. That’s when races were being canceled and sponsors dancing on the heads of pins because fan attendance was challenged everywhere. Now, IndyCar is playing roulette with…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Watching the ceremony at the start of Sunday’s Formula One race in Abu Dhabi it hit me: what a shame it would be to see this year’s ceremonial calls for change be reduced to ritual in the future. 2020 has been full of…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Winning in motor racing might be the hardest thing to do in sport. Look at British rally driver Elfyn Evans who was cruising to his first World Rally Championship when he slid off the road Saturday in the Italian Alps at Rally Monza.…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. To his fans like me, this seventh World Driver’s Championship for Lewis Hamilton seemed inevitable. Still, his career arc remains incredible. He says there’s more there. Wins in Germany, Portugal and Italy set up Hamilton for a fourth straight in Turkey despite starting…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The Freaks are rolling through out 20th year remembering highlights like Steph Papadakis and our first love, Sport Comact drag racing. Steph was the first front-wheel driver to 150, 160 and 170 MPH in the quarter mile. He now runs his own drifting…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Formula 1 headlines pour out of Imola Sunday. Lewis Hamilton got his ninth win in 13 races, the 93rd of his career, and another step toward tying Michael Schumacher for a record seventh title. Hamilton led Mercedes to its seventh straight constructors title.…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Every year I take a moment to laugh at the gyrations that NASCAR makes to inject drama into its season championship picture. All the rubber rules and artificial points scenarios don’t raise the drama for me. Quite the contrary. Champions should have championship…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Is six months enough time for Kyle Larson to return to the NASCAR Cup Series? I don’t think so. It was April 13th when Larson let slip a racial slur during an iRacing event being streamed live. Within a couple days he’d lost…
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