Gallery: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas

The photos in this gallery were shot by Daulton Venglar and by Taylor Wiseman. This year’s Young Journalist Program was a double-header: cover the IMSA TUDOR 2 hour and 40 minute race in the morning and then the World Endurance Championship 6 Hour race in the afternoon. One of the projects that we asked the …

Dave Sims

Written by Rachel Wenzlaff as part of the Young Journalist Program For a man that says he does as little as he can, Dave “Beaky Sims” sure does a lot.   The drivers ultimately make the car accelerate, turn, brake and stop, but there would be no car to race without Dave Sims.   Simms has been …

The Art of the Precise Pit Stop

By Taylor Wiseman Pit stops. They can be the difference between fifth place and second place. Or No Place and a Podium. Risi Competizione has done well this season during pit stops, typically performing the fastest pit stop time in each race. They’re so good at pit stops that earlier this year they won an award. During …

Big Fan, Young Man

This piece is written by  Taylor Wiseman, who is covering the Lone Star Le Mans Grand Prix as a member of the Young Journalist Program. A young fan, arms covered in signatures, walks up to Pierre Kaffer and Giancarlo Fisichella, drivers of the Risi Competizione No. 62 Ferrari 458,   unfazed by their professional driver …

The Newest Ferrari Race Car is Fast Approaching

This piece was written by Michelle Sanchez, who is one of the Young Journalists working at the Lone Star Grand Prix this weekend under a project sponsored by Risi Competizione, The University of Texas School of Journalism,  and Circuit of the Americas. Michelle will be posting articles throughout the race. Michelle Sanchez is a journalism …

Cool Running: The Photo Shuttle Service

This is the first piece  written by Taylor Wiseman,  one of the Young Journalists participating in a program sponsored by Risi Competizione. Taylor is majoring at Journalism at the University of Texas. She will be writing articles for this site for the entire weekend.  The sun beams down on drivers, crews, spectators and cameramen as the …

Texas Heat and European Drivers

This post is written by Rachel Wenzlaff, who is part of the Young Journalist Program sponsored by Risi Competizione. Rachel is majoring in Journalism at the University of Texas. She will be posting articles on the site throughout the race weekend.  When Risi drivers Giancarlo Fisichella or Pierre Kaffer emerge from the cockpit after a …