Robin Miller 1949-2021

Robin Miller 1949-2021

by Patti Nolan    ikissedthebricks.wordpress.com I was a girl that did not follow sports except for the Indianapolis 500. I lived in the Chicago suburbs and neither the nightly news or the newspaper carried much information, if any, about any form of racing. Somewhere...
Spec Racing and the Loss of Innovation in IndyCar

Spec Racing and the Loss of Innovation in IndyCar

By Kris Branch    @K-branch21 Does anyone remember the Indy 500 before there was spec racing?  It’s been 25 years since the debut of the Indy Racing League. Tony George’s brainchild ended innovation as we know it at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway starting in 1997.   ...
Who is Scott McLaughlin?

Who is Scott McLaughlin?

by Frank Santoroski                    @seveng1967  The NTT IndyCar Series has a rookie class stacked full of talent for 2020. The young drivers running the full schedule are likely to have a close points battle to decide Rookie of the Year. There is, however, a...
ESPN to Premiere Janet Guthrie Documentary

ESPN to Premiere Janet Guthrie Documentary

by Frank Santoroski           @seveng1967  While there is still a long way to go, the search for gender equality has made large gains over the past several decades. It is commonplace this day and age to see women successfully filling important, high-profile roles in...
Revisiting 1981: How ABC-TV Manufactured a Storm

Revisiting 1981: How ABC-TV Manufactured a Storm

by Frank Santoroski           @seveng1967  To the best of my recollection, this is how the events of the 65th running of the Indianapolis 500 mile race, contested on May 24, 1981 unfolded. I was 13 years old, and my family decided upon a camping trip for Memorial Day...