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Solving Hot Wheel car trouble, just in time for the holidays.
Opinion

Solving Hot Wheel car trouble, just in time for the holidays.

  • Dave Faries
  • Dec 26, 2025

Dave Faries here, playing with toys on the day after Christmas.

The IndyCar season finale will return to Laguna Seca for the 2026 season.
Sports & Rec

The IndyCar season finale will return to Laguna Seca for the 2026 season.

  • Dave Faries
  • Sep 16, 2025

The IndyCar season finale returns to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in 2026.

A nonprofit with a new chapter in Monterey looks to advance the role of women in motorsports.
831 (Tales from the Area Code)

A nonprofit with a new chapter in Monterey looks to advance the role of women in motorsports.

  • Dave Faries
  • Sep 11, 2025

For an example of the glass half-full, half-empty conundrum, one only needs to look at the experience of women in the world of racing.

Fong captures both Sunday races as MotoAmerica Superbike weekend wraps up.
Sports & Rec

Fong captures both Sunday races as MotoAmerica Superbike weekend wraps up.

  • Dave Faries
  • Jul 13, 2025

Bobby Fong swept Sunday’s MotoAmerica Superbike doubleheader, winning both races by comfortable margins. But his grin was matched by wide-eyed…

Palou grabs pole for Sunday's IndyCar race after tight qualifying session.
Sports & Rec

Palou grabs pole for Sunday's IndyCar race after tight qualifying session.

  • Dave Faries
  • Jun 22, 2024

Less than a tenth of a second separated the top two qualifiers on Saturday as the field was set for Sunday’s Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey.

With new hybrid engines coming, the weekend’s IndyCar race is a farewell to old ways.
Sports

With new hybrid engines coming, the weekend’s IndyCar race is a farewell to old ways.

  • Dave Faries
  • Jun 20, 2024

When the checkered flag waves on Sunday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, it will mark the end of an era – although it’s unlikely to draw mo…

Gridlife, T-Pain to light up Laguna Seca as unique festival arrives on the West Coast.
Arts & Culture

Gridlife, T-Pain to light up Laguna Seca as unique festival arrives on the West Coast.

  • Dave Faries
  • Oct 17, 2023

The weekend outlook includes smoke, unheard of traffic and plenty of pain. 

IndyCar moves 2024 season finale to Nashville; Laguna Seca race moved to June.
Sports & Rec

IndyCar moves 2024 season finale to Nashville; Laguna Seca race moved to June.

  • Dave Faries
  • Sep 25, 2023

The 2024 IndyCar season finale has a new host—one capable of throwing a big celebration.

Dixon wins wild, caution-filled Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey at Laguna Seca.
Sports & Rec

Dixon wins wild, caution-filled Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey at Laguna Seca.

  • Dave Faries
  • Sep 10, 2023

Scott Dixon rebounded from misfortune to win the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey on Sunday, crossing the line a comfortable 7.3 seconds ahead…

Lundgaard snaps Laguna Seca lap record; Rosenqvist grabs pole for Sunday's race.
Sports & Rec

Lundgaard snaps Laguna Seca lap record; Rosenqvist grabs pole for Sunday's race.

  • Dave Faries
  • Sep 9, 2023

Felix Rosenqvist took the pole for Sunday’s Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey, but it was Christian Lundgaard who broke the 23-year-old lap rec…

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