Posts and podcast episodes covering auto racing history.
It sounds like a nightmare… When your race car transport truck stops for gas, you hop out for a moment only to return and find the truck gone! In the days before cell phones, you’re left without your wallet, your shirt, and no visible means of catching up with the truck. What do you do? … Read more
In this episode, Tim Coffeen will take you inside the garage as an Indy Car team prepares for the legendary Indy 500 on race day. You’ll learn how the team operates on that one incredible day, from entering the track in the pre-dawn darkness with a police escort, to its meals together, to the tension … Read more
In this inaugural episode of “Tim Coffeen Talks Indy Car and Racing History,” Tim dips into his phenomenal knowledge of racing history to uncover the very beginnings of the Indy 500, along with sharing his own experiences from the greatest spectacle in auto racing. WANT TO LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR TIM? YOU CAN GO HERE! … Read more
The smell of castor oil, the thwap of two-strokes ricocheting off canyon walls, and the white rooster tails of loam hung in the air long after the leaders disappeared. Early motocross was equal parts chaos and charisma. In just a few short decades, that raw spectacle evolved into a family-friendly, technology-driven pastime. Three watershed moments … Read more
The famous Cheltenham Festival is just around the corner and excitement has been building for the pinnacle event of the jump-racing calendar. The world’s best horses, jockeys and trainers, will go head-to-head during the four-day spectacular, which begins on Tuesday 11th March and runs till Friday 14th March. Champion Day opens the festival, followed by … Read more