May 12th, 2011
To be honest, Murphy had just about dispaired of ever again hearing from A.C. The Bear passed along the many messages begging for the great journalist’s return. Those from northwest Florida were particularly troubling, the Bear fearing that some of A.C.’s biggest fans might hurt themselves if A.C. didn’t soon again grace these pages. So, with an immense feeling of relief, Murphy is happy to welcome the world’s greatest motorsports journalist back to Murphy the Bear’s blog.-MHB-
by A.C. Guillermo
The storm clouds are gathering. 2012 is shaping-up as a showdown year between the NASCAR Rolex Grand-Am Series presented by Chip Ganassi and the floundering American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patron. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: ALMS, Baltimore, Bin Laden, Brumos, Chip Ganassi, Dale Earnhardt, Daytona, DTM, Grand Am, Homestead, J.C.France, l Hooters, NASCAR, Rolex, Scott Pruett, Sebring, SunTrust, Tim Richmond, Wayne Taylor
Posted in A. C. Guillermo, Parody | 4 Comments »
April 27th, 2011
The Straight Poop?
The Boss predicted 5-6 LMP1 entrants “week-to-week” after the “Le Mans break” (that’s 3-4 “new”) and a week later “2 or 3” additional entries, which means 4-5 total. In other words, he doesn’t know for sure. It’s not reasonable to expect him to, of course. Even the principals don’t know whether their “deals” will come through or fall through. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Ana Beatriz, Andy Lally, Audi, Autocon, Barber Motorsport Park, Dreyer & Reinbold, Duncan Dayton, Dyson Racing, Highcroft, Intersport, Laguna Seca, Oreca, Petit Le Mans, Simon Pagenaud
Posted in Paddock Poop | 12 Comments »
April 9th, 2011
Mobtown
A rumor of layoffs in Baltimore Grand Prix, LLC. circulated last week but proved to be false. The Bear suspects it was an “echo rumor,” (that’s a story based on an earlier – but different – set of facts) of the February dual firing of the public relations and advertising firms. Ad firm GKV, was replaced by the Leffler Agency, Mobtown’s big agency. Baseball-focused Maroon PR, (the Cal Ripken baseball empire is their cash cow) bowed out, in favor of Edie Brown is the doyen of Baltimore PR. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Abruzzi, ACO, Andy Hall, Andy Lally, Audi, AutoWeek, Baltimore Grand Prix, Cal Ripken, Dave Spitzer, Daytona Prototypes, DTM, Edie Brown, Ferrari, GEICO, GKV, Hermie Sadler, Kevin Buckler, Leffler Agency, Level 5 Racing, Long Beach, Maroon PR, Martinsville, Matt Tarleton, Mercedes, New England Grand Prix, Reg Tarleton, Richard Petty, Signature Motorsports, Sonoco, TRG
Posted in Paddock Poop | 24 Comments »
March 29th, 2011
Andy Lally is a nice young American driver. In the ALMS he’s driven Porsches and prototypes, the latter including Sebring stints for Dyson Racing. He’s handsome, knowledgeable, friendly, and fast. And he’s a Street Luge champion (that’s really scary, if you think about it). Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: American Le Mans Series, Andy Lally, Dyson Racing Team, Grand Am, Kevin Buckler, Nationwide, Sprint Cup, TRG
Posted in Features | 17 Comments »
March 26th, 2011
Four days after the Bear questioned in Paddock Poop 187 whether there will be a 2011 Signature Motorsports prototype entry in the American Le Mans Series, Signature Principal Matt Tarleton posted a lengthy (1,000 word) ”rebuttal” in the americanlemansfans.com forum, here.
Here is Murphy’s opinion of Signature’s 2011 prospects as described in 187:
Murphy doesn’t expect to see Signature Motorsports. The Tarletons made a “run” at the same kind of “reality tv” deal two years ago, that time with an Aston Martin. It didn’t fly then, and doesn’t look like it will fly now. It’s a huge jump from a few turns of the Firestone Firehawk in the eighties and a nascent performance driving school to a pair of Le Mans Prototypes. If this were headed anywhere, Riley would be building something, or planning to. The Bear’s been told there’s, “Nothing, and nothing expected” in Mooresville.
Actually, Murphy agrees with all the facts that Matt so nicely laid out in his post, which the Bear notes and clarifies below: Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Aston Martin, Derek Daly's Performance Driving Academy, Matt Tarleton, Reg Tarleton, Riley Technology, Signature Motorsports, The Tarleton Co.
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