Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Waits An Hour To Punch Kyle Busch In The Face

The NASCAR All-Star Race on Sunday night featured a first-lap tussle that escalated into a post-race brawl between Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Kyle Busch at the recently repaved North Wilkesboro Speedway. Team Penske dominated qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 as if the suspensions for its push-to-pass scandal never happened. It’s Monday, May 20, 2024 and … Read more

Motorsport Is For The Girls Now

History is set to be made at the 2024 Indianapolis 500, but maybe not in the way you’d expect. No, it won’t be the first 500 contested by a woman or person of color. It won’t mark the biggest prize purse since the race’s first running in 1911. Look closely, and you’ll see it clearly: … Read more

The Stark Realities Of Fielding A Race Team With Two Women Drivers

After qualifying for IMSA’s 2023 Petit Le Mans finale, I sat down to speak with Sheena Monk of Gradient Racing — one of the few race teams in the sport with a primary all-woman lineup — about how the impact her gender and presentation have had on her career. With a set jaw and fire … Read more

The Glorious Highs And Painful Lows Of Motorsport, As Told By Gradient Racing’s Andris Laivins

Fairytale weekends are rare in motorsport, but during the 2022 Petit Le Mans IMSA weekend at Road Atlanta, Gradient Racing had just that kind of weekend. An unidentified electrical fault prevented the GTD team from qualifying, which meant that the team started from the very back of the grid. Before the race, the team tore apart … Read more