Morals, Money and the Bahrain GP
The track has barely cooled off in Shanghai, where Nico Rosberg fended off what little challenge McLaren’s two former world champions could put up on Sunday to win the first race of the year for Mercedes. It was the first victory in the 26-year-old driver’s burgeoning career, and it signals the return to prominence for Ross Brawn’s team after two years of falling... Read More
When Young Men Die Playing a Game
In the wake of Dan Wheldon’s inexplicable passing on Sunday in Las Vegas, I can’t help but think about other times in the recent past where young men have died entertaining an audience — times when men who are within a decade of my own age, taking a calculated risk in a game of speed and engineering, have succumbed to sheer misfortune and paid for it with their... Read More
Death of an Open-Wheel Champion
October 16, 2011 was an ominous day for open-wheel auto racing. Earlier in the day Sebastian Vettel had punctuated his second straight F1 driver championship with his tenth victory of the season, and Mark Webber’s podium finish ensured that Red Bull would also win its second manufacturer’s title. Attention turned across the Pacific to the final day of the IZOD IndyCar... Read More
Is Field Finally Catching Up To Red Bull?
Sebastian Vettel shouldn’t need to sweat too much that he missed his first podium of the Formula 1 season on the Nürburgring in his native Germany last Sunday. With a 77-point lead on teammate Mark Webber and 82 points separating him from Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, the defending champion is still on track to take his second straight driver’s championship when... Read More
NTSF 130: Flying with the Underdogs…
We’re into the rum rations now, and I’ve got this nagging feeling that I’m coming down with Stanley Cup fever. I’m fiending for yet another crack at the Bruins after Montreal played their cardiac role to perfection in getting all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals against the Flyers. But there’s more to it than just the rivalry at stake. Every... Read More
