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Dave Mathers In this week's Motion Motorsport Report, Dave Mathers reacts to the news that Stewart-Haas Racing is shutting down. He also talks about tweaks to 'The Roval' and the busy local and international racing scene this past weekend. I’m...

Dave Mathers In this week's Motion Motorsport Report, Dave Mathers updates readers on a busy weekend of racing on the international scene, with action in Monaco, Indy and Charlotte, as well as on Canadian soil. I was never a Ricky...

Dave Mathers As Dave Mathers gears up for the big F1 Monaco, Indy 500 and NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 next Sunday, he gives us his take on the racing action this past weekend. The greatest day in motorsports will happen this...

Dave Mathers In recent years, I’ve mentioned pre-season site visits to prominent racing shops in southwestern Ontario. Last week, Linda and I were at it again. We went to Anna Mae’s Restaurant in Milbank (ON), so I thought I would...

Dave Mathers I read a neat story online that ties in with the Team Penske disqualifications at St. Pete. IndyCar driver Santino Ferrucci apparently misspelled the first name of Penske driver Josef Newgarden in an online post. Newgarden replied, after...

Dave Mathers Good News – NASCAR has decided to reduce the number of laps for the Chicago Street Race from 55 down to 50. That’s a good start but they have to make similar changes all across the board except...

In the words of my good friend Jerry Hall, (he posed this question in the context of a college graduation, but applies to all of us), “What do you want to become in life?” For me, at a young age,...

Dave Mathers Canada’s own Smokies Garage drag racing team had a great time a week ago at the NMCA event in Rockingham, North Carolina. Scott Wildgust cut a mind-blowing 0.0087 light and ran a 3.6670 at 205.10 mph to take...

Dave Mathers On Sunday, Linda (my wife) and I went to the Dragstrip Memories show at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum on the grounds of Hamilton’s airport. As always, it was a great show. See further down in this post...

Dave Mathers In this week’s Motion Motorsport Report, Dave Mathers talks about the Canadian connection to the new MotoGP ownership group, NASCAR’s new, undisputed bad boy and much more. DRAGSTRIP MEMORIES: This Sunday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the...

Dave Mathers In this edition of Dave Mathers' Motion Motorsport Report, Dave talks about NASCAR possibly following F1's lead on the issue of track limits. He also covers the Easter weekend NASCAR action at Richmond. NASCAR is reportedly reviewing their...

In this edition of the Dave Mathers Motion Motorsport Report, Dave touches on the off and on-track drama in F1, NASCAR’s weekend at COTA, IndyCar's debut at the Thermal Club, NHRA’s soggy weekend in Pomona and more. The ongoing soap...