The short version
We took a quiet stretch through April while behind the scenes we were rebuilding the site — consolidating kartingnear.me and simracingnear.me into a single home here at racingnear.me, adding hidden-page coverage for chains, states, and a 65-term racing glossary. The weekly digest is now resumed and will land every Monday.
What you missed in April
The IndyCar Series opened at St. Petersburg with Alex Palou taking another commanding win — the start of what's quickly looking like a third championship run. The Long Beach Grand Prix rolled through Southern California in mid-April with the usual circus of GTP, IndyCar, and IMSA support racing — Penske's resurgence story continued there. F1 made its annual stop at Suzuka, and Formula Drift kicked off Pro 1 at Long Beach the same weekend as the IndyCar event.
On the grassroots side: NASA, SCCA, and PCA opened their HPDE seasons at Mid-Ohio, Sebring, and VIR. Spec Miata fields stayed strong; ChampCar endurance enduros at Daytona and Carolina drew their typical chaos. K1 Speed and Andretti Indoor Karting both ran spring league cycles — if you're new to karting and looking for a way in, league nights are still the best onramp.
What's worth your attention right now
The 2027 F1 power-unit changes agreed in principle this past week are the biggest technical story of the year — reduced electrical energy + boosted ICE output is going to reshape the 2027 grid. Worth following.
MotoGP is debating banning ride-height devices at Silverstone and Phillip Island race starts — a safety-driven shift that could change the opening laps significantly. Verstappen's flirtation with Le Mans Hypercar continues to make headlines but won't happen in 2027 either.
What's coming on racingnear.me
You'll see weekly digests every Monday, fresh guide content on the daily cron (one new how-to or deep-dive per day), and monthly maintenance sweeps that refresh the oldest content. The new Glossary covers 65 racing terms; Chains indexes K1 Speed, F1 Arcade, Andretti, and others; States gives you a per-state directory of every venue we track.
If you're new here: start with the Guides section for track-day prep, browse tracks near you, or hit Cities for an alphabetical city directory.
— racingnear.me editorial