The Leatt Brace – Vital Neck Protection for Kart Racers

  by Scott Morris
A little over a decade ago, the HANS device elevated the safety of motorsports to a new level by creating a way to protect the neck from a life-ending spinal trauma.  However, the HANS device is one-dimensional, and does not offer any protection for our most treasured group of drivers in our sport; the kids of karting. The Leatt Brace is to unrestrained forms of motorsport, what the HANS device has been to the rest of the sport...and more.

Labor Day weekend 1952.  A weekend I'll never forget

  by Steven Levinson
If you were to ask anyone where they spent Labor Day a year ago, or even 5 years ago, most people would be hard pressed to remember. For me however, I can vividly recall exactly where I was 50 years ago this past week-end. The events of that Sunday afternoon in Dayton, Ohio are forever seared into my memory.  This article is dedicated to the brave and talented drivers who participated in the AAA Midwest Sprint Car Championships of that era, many of who lost their lives.

NHRA To Run Four Wide At zMax Dragway

  by Pete McCole
The National Hot Rod Association announced Thursday that for the first time in the series’ history, the NHRA’s top four divisions will compete four-wide in qualifying and elimination rounds during the 2010 Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway on March 25-28. Drivers in the NHRA Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle will qualify and race four wide, with the top two drivers from each elimination round advancing to the next round.

Pastrana Barges Into 2010 With History-Making Feat

  Red Bull Long Beach New Year No Limits Record Setting Jump

On New Year's Eve, action sports icon Travis Pastrana made history in Long Beach, ringing in 2010 with a bang by accomplishing an amazing feat of skill and calculated risk at Red Bull: New Year. No Limits.

Scenes from Danica Patrick's Daytona ARCA test

  by Scott Morris

Scenes from 2009 PRI CKI Kart races

  by Scott Morris

CKI All Stars Event at the PRI Show

  Making Karting a Household Name
The 2009 Performance Racing Industry trade show features just about everything the race team could want or need, under one roof. Last year, all of the teams that made The Chase in the NASCAR Sprint Cup, were buyers at the show. Every year at the PRI show, they feature a kart race on the opening night of the show. This kart race has taken on a life of its own, and seems to get bigger and bigger every year.

Hight wins first Funny Car title

  Former JFR Crew Member Wins 16th World Title for John Force
Robert Hight and his Auto Club Ford Mustang team fulfilled a dream that ten years ago was beyond his comprehension when he won the 2009 Full Throttle Funny Car World Championship today at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. For the former John Force Racing crew member clinching the championship on Saturday night with a No. 3 qualifying performance was more than a huge achievement for Hight. For the 16th time in twenty years the Funny Car championship will be held by a team racing for Yorba Linda, Calif., based John Force Racing.

Rossi clinches title as Stoner wins

  9th world title for greatest ever
Valentino Rossi finished third behind Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa at a rain-soaked Sepang to take the 2009 MotoGP World Championship title.  Casey Stoner was the race victor at the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix on Sunday, but it was Valentino Rossi whose achievement of third place laid the foundation for the story of the weekend.  Stoner’s second successive win was impressive enough, as was his astounding 14.666s margin of victory, but it was the Italian’s result that secured his ninth world title.

Scenes from Laguna Seca - Sunday

  by Bob Heathcote

Scenes from Petit LeMans - Wednesday

  by Adriano Manocchia

Scenes from NHRA zMax Raceway

  by Rhonda McCole