The Pirelli World Challenge sports car racing series had its season opener at Circuit of the Americas at the beginning of March, and your faithful motorsports reporter was there for the Saturday race! (I had plans for Sunday.) I may have mentioned before that I love Pirelli World Challenge, but let me recap: I love […]
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August
05
Ferrari 458 Challenge: the Photo Essay
posted by Motorista
I made a special acquaintance at racing school. Unlike me, she was beautiful, had an amazing voice and attracted EVERYONE’s attention. Normally, this might make me a little jealous. But in this case, I got it. I was as smitten as everyone else. Meet the Ferrari 458 Challenge. The track-bred, non-street-legal sibling of the Ferrari […]
January
01
2016: The Year of the Car
posted by Motorista
Welcome to 2016, race fans! One of my resolutions for this year is to spend more time on this blog again. I got so far behind in 2015 that you haven’t even heard about how I got tased by Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas. Or all the interesting car-related observations I made in Southeast Asia. […]
June
02
Detroit GP! Sunday
posted by Motorista
More Detroit, more racing, more delight! Sunday, the second day of the “Dual in Detroit,” brought a warmer sun and a track devoid of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship cars (although they were still in the paddock!), but the Pirelli World Challenge and IndyCar races were every bit as fun as they had been the […]
May
31
Detroit GP! Saturday
posted by Motorista
Greetings from beautiful Detroit! The skies are blue, the foliage is green, and the air is filled with the sound of race engines and the smell of exhaust fumes. Belle Isle, the beautiful (newly christened) state park located on the Detroit River between Detroit and Canada, played host today to the Pirelli World Challenge, TUDOR […]
May
26
CTS Vsport – Not Your Grandmother’s Cadillac
posted by Motorista
To borrow slightly from a common saying, what floats like an aircraft carrier and stings like the world’s largest wasp’s nest? Answer: the new Cadillac CTS Vsport. Here’s the background: beginning with its renaissance in the early 2000s (remember the splash the all-new CTS made in The Matrix Reloaded?), Cadillac has increasingly focused its efforts on […]
April
27
Why Sports Car Racing is the Best
posted by Motorista
A bold claim, you say? Consider this: Ferraris, Audi R8s, Aston Martins, McLarens, Lamborghinis, Porsches, Mercedes, Vipers, etc., etc. tearing around a road course, occasionally on two wheels, their bumpers separated by the width of an eyelash. Sounds pretty sweet, amiright? IndyCar traveled to Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama this weekend, and brought the […]
April
14
Watch Long Beach Right Here!
posted by Motorista
God bless the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship and the Pirelli World Challenge for making their race broadcasts available on YouTube. So here, race fans, I present to you this past weekend’s races, right here, right now! Enjoy!
April
13
MotoGP – Sunday
posted by Motorista
Okay, okay, I take it all back. ALL racing is fabulous, whether two wheels or four. The races today (I caught MotoGP2 and MotoGP) were fast and loud; in other words, awesome. Number 93 Marc Marquez dominated the MotoGP race and brought home the win, followed by Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso. All three are […]
March
31
The Racing Weekend That Wasn’t…and a Photo Shoot
posted by Motorista
So the weekend turned out to be a bit of a bust on the racing front, despite its potential. Bad weather in St. Petersburg, Florida forced the cancellation of the first race (Saturday) of the Pirelli World Challenge. Then, I slept through Formula 1’s Malaysian GP, despite setting my alarm for the 3:30 a.m. go […]
March
26
Le Racing Weekend * UPDATED*
posted by Motorista
Happiness is race weekend, and we’ve got a doozy coming up. This weekend marks the season opener of the 2014 Pirelli World Challenge, with the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (Florida, not Russia). As I may have mentioned once, or perhaps twenty times, I love the Pirelli World Challenge – some of my absolute favorite […]
March
18
Sweeeet Videos
posted by Motorista
Have to share some more videos with you, because they are awesome. First up, a fabulous pit stop for the Ferrari F1 team at the Australia GP in 2013 – 3 seconds total, which I believe was the record until Lotus beat it with 2.8. Correct me if I’m wrong. Isn’t this beautiful?? Next, the […]
October
09
Happy Place
posted by Motorista
Anywhere a Pirelli World Challenge GT/GTS race is happening…
October
07
H-Town Double Down, Round 2
posted by Motorista
Day 2 of Father-Daughter Grand Prix of Houston Weekend dawned rainy and cold, the USF 2000 cars throwing spray into our faces as they skittered past on the soaking track. The rain had mostly stopped by the Pirelli World Challenge race, and gave way to beautiful blue skies and a very comfortable breeze for the […]
October
05
H-Town Double Down, Round 1
posted by Motorista
Turns out my dad had always wanted to go to an IndyCar race. And now he has. Hot diggity. It was hot indeed at the Grand Prix of Houston today. We baked, we broiled, we dried out, then broiled again. It was fab. We watched IndyLights, ProMazda, IndyCar and a little Pirelli World Challenge TC/TCB. […]
October
03
Double Down in H-Town
posted by Motorista
Camera? Check. Schedule? Check. Spotter’s guide? Check. Tickets? Check. Dad? Soon to be in transit. Having a little father-daughter time at the Grand Prix of Houston this weekend. The festivities begin tomorrow with a ride to Houston in the Red MINI and continue Saturday and Sunday with Pro Mazda Championship races, the Pirelli World […]
September
25
Action Shots
posted by Motorista
Hey there, race fans. The week has been busy, and I have been derelict in my blogging duties. And I have so much to tell you about! There’s the full review of the Lotus Evora, a snapshot review of the Mercedes-Benz SLK, a more coherent debriefing of my ALMS/WEC weekend and more! Plus, I’m attending […]
September
17
It’s Raaaaace Week!
posted by Motorista
Yes, I’m a bit more chipper than usual. I won’t pack for a trip till the day before, but I already have my itinerary, wardrobe and accessories* planned for this weekend. And it’s only Tuesday. It’s ALMS and WEC at Circuit of the Americas this weekend…AND my very first race weekend in my very own […]
August
26
Maserati Trofeo, Day Two
posted by Motorista
Day Two included a third and final Maserati Trofeo race. But it also included Pirelli World Challenge. And IndyCar. I call that a good day. There will be an in-depth write-up of the entire weekend very soon. In the meantime, here are a few moments I captured on Day Two. Maserati Trofeo Pirelli World Challenge […]
July
05
Lime Rock Weekend!
posted by Motorista
I won’t be there, sadly. But there’s lots of good stuff going on at Lime Rock Park this weekend. The Pirelli Word Challenge and American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix both take place July 4-6, and there are apparently going to be some crazy-ass Lamborghinis out there as well for Round One of the inaugural […]
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