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iRacing Announces New Rallycross World Championship eSport Series

March 14th, 2018 by

iRacing has announced the addition of a new World Championship level eSport series featuring Rallycross. The iRacing Rallycross World Championship eSport Series will debut this spring on the online racing platform and will showcase the world’s fastest online racers competing for more than $17,000 in cash and prizes.   Rallycross racing was introduced to iRacing … Read the Rest »

Red Bull’s Helmut Marko is Latest ‘Ask a Pro’

June 15th, 2015 by

Helmut Marko, the mastermind behind Red Bull Racing’s driver development programme, is the latest Online Driving Instructor for SAFEisFAST.com. With Marko at the helm, the Red Bull Junior Team has become one of the most successful driver development programmes ever, producing talents such as Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen to name but a … Read the Rest »

Making His Fortune

April 3rd, 2015 by

One of the most-used words in Mitchell deJong’s vocabulary is “fortunately.”   Indeed, just about every time he discusses some aspect of his burgeoning career as a race driver he employs some variation of the word. While there’s no doubt fortune has smiled on the 17 year old Californian, his accomplishments to date suggest he makes … Read the Rest »

Nothing Has Changed, and Nothing is the Same: F1 in 2014

April 18th, 2014 by

The 2014 Formula 1 season has been steeped in drama since long before the cold, wet weekend in Australia ever began.  Pessimists and naysayers had been dismissing the radical changes and not one championship point had been given out (some such pessimists are from Italy and have red cars with horses on them).  F1 is … Read the Rest »

Formula One: History of an American Spectator

March 15th, 2014 by

Formula One is changing, a lot.  The 2014 season is upon us and, like F1 junkies around the world, I’ll be staying up late (or getting up early) to watch the Australian Grand Prix this weekend.  Like a hopeless gambler haunting the Las Vegas casinos at hours when most mammals would be sleeping, F1 has … Read the Rest »

Red Bull F1 Seat a Mixed Blessing – Ask Mark Webber

August 15th, 2013 by

Dysfunctional intra-team rivalries are nothing new to Formula One.   One of F1’s axioms, of course, is the first driver you have to beat is your teammate.  Nobody takes a whole lot of notice when that team is Marussia or Minardi, but when it involves drivers on a front running team things can quickly become a … Read the Rest »