Category Archives: Pit Notes

More Readers, More Money?

For writers, the Internet offers a simple proposition: the more readers you attract, the more you get paid.

PR Lapses, Surveys, Books and Honorees

American drivers are cutting back on the miles they drive but they are neither slowing down nor lightening up in response to spiking gas prices, according to AutoPacific. The California–based automotive marketing research and product-consulting firm found that only 36% of drivers surveyed were taking their foot off the gas to counter the costs of… Continue Reading

Save the Salt Coalition, Trump to Drive Pace Car, Handcrafted Cars

Doug Evans, Source Interlink Media, V.P., has been named chairman of the “Save The Salt Coalition” formed to replenish the depleted salt at the storied Bonneville Salt Flats. Among the coalition members seeking ways to avoid and repair the deterioration caused by potasch mining next to the site are: SEMA, Southern California Timing Association, local… Continue Reading

Ribbs is Back, Hybrids are Confusing

Willy T. Ribbs is back on the motorports scene after a 10-year break. The colorful and sometimes combative Ribbs, will join Barbara Terry Racing for the remainder of her 2011 off-road racing “Best In The Desert Series” schedule. He is the first African American to qualify for and compete in the Indianapolis 500 and has… Continue Reading

Top Gear TV Coming To America?

If Matt Farah is right, the American version of the storied Top Gear TV show soon will have some smart, funny competition on the Speed Channel. In an interview for KROQ Radio’s Lightning Garage, the producer and host of The Smoking Tire webcast said an un-scripted pilot has the makings of a prime time TV… Continue Reading