DRIVER EGO: The Key to Building a Successful Racing Series

DRIVER EGO: The Key to Building a Successful Racing Series

. The Stephen Cox Blog is Presented by McGunegill Engine Performance The easiest way to increase car count in short track racing and amateur road racing is to keep your drivers happy. Really happy. Fortunately, there is a very effective and affordable way to do that. It was four o’clock on a Sunday afternoon, August 29, 2004. It was blazing hot at the Hallett Motor Racing Circuit just outside of Tulsa. Although we missed the setup and were posting slower-than-usual lap times, we won the GT-2 qualifying race after the leader retired with a broken supercharger belt. I climbed out Read More

Sopwith Brings Rally North America to MavTV

Sopwith Brings Rally North America to MavTV

. Sopwith Motorsports Television Productions, in partnership with MavTV, is proud to bring Rally North America to national television audiences in 2018. The six episode, thirty minute program will celebrate the automotive lifestyle and take viewers on an amazing journey throughout the western United States. Twisting through the majestic Rocky Mountains, driving along scenic desert landscapes surrounded by over 82 sports cars, muscle cars, and other unique rides, searching for secret check points – this is Rally North America’s “Route 50 Rally West.”  Route 50 Rally West features 82 teams, 2 racing venues and over 25 stops at historical and Read More

INDYCAR: What’s Missing at St Pete’s Season Opener

INDYCAR: What’s Missing at St Pete’s Season Opener

The Stephen Cox Blog is Presented by McGunegill Engine Performance Qualifying for an Indycar race is no longer considered a unique accomplishment in the auto racing world. Of course, qualifying well is still valued. But qualifying itself is not, because every team that shows up automatically makes the race. This is one of the unspoken differences between Indycar racing today and Indycar racing of the past. Once upon a time, simply putting the car in the field was a noteworthy accomplishment in motorsports because there were more teams, cars and drivers than available entry positions in America’s highest open wheel Read More