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Ford Getting A Better Idea Than Racing?

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. About ten days ago we got the word that Ford and social video star Ken Block have parted ways. No real reason offered. But the move seems mutual. Looking from the outside, it appears everyone involved grew and gained from the relationship. But…

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Covid Bringing More of the Same from Last Year

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The ongoing Covid pandemic will play havoc with this year’s motor racing season just like last year. That’s when races were being canceled and sponsors dancing on the heads of pins because fan attendance was challenged everywhere. Now, IndyCar is playing roulette with…

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We Need to Fight Ritual Going Forward

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Watching the ceremony at the start of Sunday’s Formula One race in Abu Dhabi it hit me: what a shame it would be to see this year’s ceremonial calls for change be reduced to ritual in the future. 2020 has been full of…

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