The first thing is the sound. The moment I stepped off of the Light Rail Sunday afternoon I felt it. Felt — not just heard. It isn’t like any other sound if, as was my case, you’ve never been to a live race before. It’s loud, sure, but that’s not the thing. It envelops you. [...]

We’re less than a month away now from the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix, the Labor Day weekend race that will see IndyCar drivers (along with their second-tier counterparts) take to the downtown streets for a “festival of speed”. About this, some folks are none too happy. The “big” controversy, at least in mainstream terms, has [...]

We’ve known for several weeks that this was going to happen but today the press conference made it official. Baltimore is getting an IndyCar race in August, 2011 and for the four years following that. This is obviously great news for me and anyone else who happens to be a motorsports fan. Much more importantly, [...]