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  NASCAR doesn’t need Kyle Larson By Brian Cotnoir Back in April during an iRacing event (former) NASCAR driver Kyle Larson blurted out the N-word over the broadcast in a 24 hour span he lost all of his major sponsors, his ride at Chip Ganassi Racing, and was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR.   Larson became a pariah of the sport, and although he had some fan support, he has yet to find a way back into NASCAR.                                                                                            Upon Larson’s utterance of the racial slur, he issued a short video apology via his social media account before completing sensitivity training, as he was ordered to do so by both NASCAR and the World of Outlaws racing series, and has low-key been participating in projects and community service events to atone for his mistakes with little-to-no media exposure.   I’ve recently heard people, from NASCAR owner & former champion Tony Stewart to popular NASCAR YouTube personalities and f

  4 of the Unluckiest Moments in Auto Racing History By Brian Cotnoir There is so much that goes into the details of planning a strategy for a race; not just for one race in particular, but pretty much the whole season.   Everything from the pit strategy, to the tire choice, to the car set up is planned before the car even gets on track.   However, sometimes a little luck is involved in that, and unfortunately for these 4 drivers luck seemed to run out when they needed it the most. 1.)  Dale Earnhardt Sr. finds every possible way to lose the Daytona 500 Dale Earnhardt was a 7-time NASCAR Champion, one of the best and most popular drivers of his Generation, he won every major race including the All-Star Race, the Coca Cola 600, The Southern 500, and The Brickyard 400, but the one race missing from his trophy case was the Daytona 500.   Dale Earnhardt had come, oh so, close on several occasions to winning the Great American race, but whether it be a tire puncture on the last corner

  Top 5 Worst Title Defenses in Formula 1 History By: Brian Cotnoir Probably the toughest title in racing to win is the Formula 1 Championship.   Although in recent decades we’ve seen drivers like Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, and Lewis Hamilton manage to win the title in Consecutive seasons, more often than not a driver will not always be able to defend their driver’s title.    While many champions in Formula 1 remained competitive despite not winning a title, others had had disastrous results after winning the title; whether it was a poorly designed car, turmoil within the team, a new team, or a lack of motivation.   For these 5 drivers their season defending the “1” was anything but successful. 5.) Nelson Piquet Sr., 1988 Nelson Piquet won his 3 rd Drivers Championship (and his first with the Williams team) in 1987.   Throughout his time at Williams he found himself at odds ends with his teammate Nigel Mansell and team management.    Piquet was quite arrogant about

5 Formula 1 Records that I believe will never be broken As of the date of this article’s publication Lewis Hamilton only needs 5 more wins to surpass Michael Schumacher as Formula One’s All-Time winningest driver.   If you would have asked me about this record when I started watching Formula 1 four years ago, I would have told you that it was unbreakable, but yet here were are the cusp of history.    That got me thinking what are some other records in Formula 1 that are less likely to be broken.   I looked through the Formula 1 record books, and I believe I there are at least 5 records in Formula 1 that will never ever be broken! 1.) Max Verstappen, Youngest Race Winner Max Verstappen was the last of his kind.   His only major competition before making his debut in F1 came in the European Formula 3 series.   In just his 2 nd season in Formula 1, Verstappen won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix becoming the youngest winner in F1 at 18 years, 228 days.   Given the rigorous steps a dri