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FIRST THING: This past weekend probably had more crashes – at the various races – than any weekend I can remember in the past. VERY expensive wrecks for a lot of teams. But, hey, that’s racing!! 24 HOURS OF LEMANS:...

NASCAR PINTY’S SERIES: The Pinty’s Series raced on the tricky street circuit at Three Rivers, Quebec (oops, Trois Rivieres, pardon!!) on the weekend, with one of the series’ largest car counts in quite a while. A very encouraging sign! Alex...

As I write this, I’m numb. We all are. Earlier today, myself and the Inside Track / Motorama family learned that Rob Morton passed away yesterday (August 9). It was a few days after he suffered a devastating stroke. And...

NASCAR PINTY’S SERIES: They will be running at Three Rivers, Quebec (oops, Trois-Rivières!!) this weekend, on that very challenging and tight street circuit. It will be a great show. CUP SERIES: Kyle Larson continued his mastery of the road courses...

NASCAR PINTY’S SERIES: NASCAR Canada’s Pinty’s Series finally got underway with a double header at Sunset Speedway on Sunday night. It was held up by rain and got started late, but it was a great show once the sky cleared...

GRAND BEND MOTORPLEX: It’s the BIG one – the IHRA Canadian Nationals – this weekend, Friday to Sunday. This long running and very successful event will feature Top Fuel Dragsters, the Hellfire Jet Truck, Nitro Dragsters, Nitro Harleys, Pro Mods,...

FORMULA ONE: The new sprint qualifying debuted Saturday at Silverstone. Max Verstappen got a better launch than pole sitter Lewis Hamilton and never looked back finishing ahead of Hamilton and fellow Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas. The enclosed trailer with three...

FORMULA ONE:  F1 heads to the historic Silverstone Circuit for the British Grand Prix this weekend. This is basically a ‘home race’ for the majority of the teams, almost like Charlotte is for NASCAR. It will be very important for...

Dave Mathers FORMULA ONE: Max Verstappen, in his Red Bull, put on a clinic at the company-owned Red Bull Ring in Austria, winning the pole, setting fast lap and winning the race to continue his recent dominance of the sport....

NASCAR: Sadly, ‘Iron Man’ Jack Ingram passed away last week at age 84. I watched him for years in the old Busch Series. He won over 300 races and five championships during his career. NASCAR Hall of Famer Jack Ingram....

FORMULA ONE: Pirelli has determined that the tire failures at Baku were caused by – wait for it – ‘the way the tires were being run.’ AND, ‘the tires were not being run properly while out on track.’ Huh? Political doublespeak...

This weekend, many Ontario race tracks will come to life, some of them for the first time since 2019. Under the province’s Step 1 guidelines, there will be no fans in attendance, which means these facilities will lose money.