motorsports

THIS is the root of the problem. 1970-1978 - the USAC Championship Trail, also known as Indycar or Champ Car, enters the age of professionalism as cigarette brand Marlboro becomes the title sponsor of the series. With it comes an age of iconic drivers rolling down the Indianapolis motor...

This thread will cover many American motorsports from 1999 onward including NASCAR (Cup, Busch, and Trucks), IndyCar (IRL and Cart), IROC, and Trans Am (2003 because i can't find an nr2003 carset for 1999-2002)

So after it's IPO CART was awash with cash and offered to buy Formula 1 from Bernie Ecclestone. https://www.forbes.com/sites/csylt/2020/06/02/revealed-indycar-predecessor-made-bid-to-buy-formula-one/?sh=301163cc241c What if Bernie says yes? Is CART still heading straight for an iceberg? Would...

I. The Hare or the Tortoise? ALT TEXT - Mark Donohue and his Penske PC1 at the 1975 French Grand Prix, shortly before its transmission failure. July 6th, 1975 Le Castellet, France Roger Penske was not a happy man. As he stood inside his team's garage at the Circuit Paul Ricard, he pondered...

Prologue The year is 2001. George W. Bush has been sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States, The Baltimore Ravens have just won Super Bowl XXXV against the New York Giants 34-7, and in the world of NASCAR, exictment could not have been higher. A new brodcasting contract with FOX/FX...

The year is 2003. NASCAR is reaching all-time highs. Bill France Jr. announces his retirement. But what if he didn't retire? What if he continued on as CEO? The 2003 Daytona 500 is coming up, and tensions are high within the sport, especially between Bill and Brian. The season preview and...

Prologue: 2001 was a much anticipated season in stock car racing. Dodge was coming back to NASCAR and looking to have a huge impact. However, after the first race of the year a dark cloud hung over sport when one of it’s stories legends was involved in a fatal crash at it most sacred of...

Hello all, this is my first thread here so we will see how this goes. I am simulating from the year 1988 and up. All drivers and teams are the same as historical 1988. The main changes are a few part-time drivers like Rick Hendrick are attempting a full season. All of the driver contracts have...

EXCLUSIVE TONY GEORGE INTERVIEW In the debut issue of Racer Magazine, May 1992, Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Tony Hulman George sits down for an interview to discuss the state of IndyCar. RACER: With the 76th Indy 500 happening later this month, how do you feel about the state of IndyCar...

grand touring motor racing while modern audiences may know GT racing thanks to the video game gran turismo, the sport of GT racing actually goes a long way back. the world sports car championship featured some of the greatest machinery driven by the greatest drivers of its era. legendary...

Danica Patrick is an retired F1 racecar driver, known for being first woman winning F1 grand prixes and first woman driver since Giovanna amati. The challenge is, have her career be in indy500 instead. With pOd of 2000.

Had there been no fatal accident in the 1999 Visionaire 500K IRL race and it was run to its entire length, what would the race have looked liked?

POD: Anita Mui Gave up her promising singing career and, after as a Brabham test driver, Debuts in place of Cesaris, who left McLaren, in 1982.She Signed a 2 year contract. 1982: world champion: john watson(McLaren)( Keke Rosberg failed to finish in Las Vegas and Watson nipped alboreto by 0.009...