This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown shouldn’t buy any green bananas. The American was hired on promises that he’d find a full-time sponsor for the McLaren Formula One program while making the brand competitive and, possibly, a winner at Indy. So far, neither has…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. You probably didn’t hear much about it but there was masterful win by Ott Tanak at Rally Chili this weekend. The Estonian driver led most of the event in his Toyota to move within ten points of the lead in the World Rally…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Lots of noise these days about the falling attendance and TV ratings in NASCAR. Here’s some more. Looking at the Top 20 in points going into Dover, there are only TWO drivers with less than five years experience. TWO. Alex Bowman is fifteenth…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I saw a great 60 Minutes Sports piece this week. It was a feature on the Jackson Wink MMA gym in Albuquerque. The gym has trained champions including Holly Holmes who helped send Rhonda Rousey into wrestling with an upset win in 2015.…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The people who run World Rallycross, IMG, are bending to pressure from global car makers. They’re demanding a showcase electric and hybrid machinery, the kinds of vehicles manufacturers want to sell in showrooms. This week IMG announced Projekt E, an initiative for electric…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The people who run World Rallycross, IMG, are bending to pressure from global car makers. They’re demanding a showcase electric and hybrid machinery, the kinds of vehicles manufacturers want to sell in showrooms. This week IMG announced Projekt E, an initiative for electric…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. It’s not often that NASCAR racing compares with stick and ball sports. But here’s a stretch. The NCAA men’s basketball final is Monday night between Texas Tech and Virginia, two teams with a blend of experienced upper classmen and talented inexperienced freshmen. In…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. In the mid-16th Century the French decided to change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. That moved the start of the year from April 1st to January 1st. Those who continued to celebrate the start of the year on April 1st…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Formula One driver Valtieri Bottas made some headlines after his win in Australia last weekend. On the cool down lap Bottas came on the radio with a salute to no one in particular. Quote: “To whom it may concern: F*** You!” And, yes,…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The Long Beach Grand Prix goes back to 1975 but there’s a problem. There’s a proposal that could take the east end of the track, including the famous Shoreline hairpin, and turn it into a baseball stadium for the Los Angeles Angels Major…
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