We got a few moments with 5-time Daytona 24 hour overall winner, Indy Car winner, 24-hour of Le Mans class winner, and 5-time motorsports hall of fame inductee, Scott Pruett…
Road America
Destination: Elkhart Lake, WI and America’s National Park of Speed
I consider myself blessed. I’m lucky enough to live an easy 90-minute drive from one of the great race tracks and motorsports towns in this country, maybe even the world.…
Destination Road America: Vintage Racing and the Lexus RC350
There was a time when racing mattered. When an appearance in the winner’s circle on Sunday meant cars would fly out of the showroom on Monday. In the late 1960s…
The Weather and then IMSA Make A Mess Of Things In Elkhart Lake
It was supposed to be one of those idyllic August weekends in Wisconsin. Three days of beautiful scenery, bratwurst, and great racing because the IMSA Continental Tire Road Race Showcase…
Is there such a thing as too much football? Thanks to Toyota, after spending a weekend at two iconic stadiums witnessing two great rivalries, I can unequivocally say the answer…
Driven: 2015 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S. Tracking a German supercar.
One of the cars I’ve been wanting to get behind the wheel of since its unveiling late last year is the Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S. I finally got my chance at the Midwest Automotive Media Association Spring Rally at Road America on a chilly day under cloudy skies that seemed to perfectly complement the $146,330 […]
I knew from reading the specifications and other reviews that the Ferrari FF would be fast. But it wasn’t until I came out of turn three at Road America in second gear, hammered the accelerator and quickly blipped the shifter through the gears to fifth going from 70 mph to 132 mph in a matter […]
Some people play golf on the weekends. Others take trips to the beach. And then there are people like Chris Ruud, who finds himself at legendary racetracks pushing his Ferrari 458 EVO to the limit eight weekends a year in the 2014 Ferrari Challenge Series. Mr. Ruud – who became director and Vice Chairman of […]
For decades, BMW has billed itself as “The Ultimate Driving Machine.” And while the X series SUVs are excellent vehicles for suburban families with sporting intentions and the i3 is an important step forward in the development of electric cars, I’d be hard-pressed to describe them as ultimate driving machines. They do, however, bring a […]