John Sturbin
John Sturbin is a Fort Worth-based journalist specializing in motorsports. During a near 30-year career with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, he won the Bloys Britt Award for top motorsports story of the year (1991) as judged by The Associated Press; received the National Hot Rod Association’s Media Award (1995) and several in-house Star-Telegram honors. He also was inaugural recipient of the Texas Motor Speedway Excellence in Journalism Award (2009). Email John Sturbin at jsturbin@hotmail.com.
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Dixon, Castroneves flash form on Carb Day at Indy
Scott Dixon and Helio Castroneves. (Photo by Joe Skibinski | IMS Photo) By John Sturbin, Raceday San Antonio Carb Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is for sending messages, and “40-somethings” Scott More...
Pagenaud poised to pay tribute to Gil de Ferran
Courtesy Simon Pagenaud Racing – Chris Bucher By John Sturbin, Raceday San Antonio One Indianapolis 500 champion will pay tribute to another on Sunday morning at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Simon More...
Newgarden still fast; O’Ward not fast enough at IMS
By John Sturbin, Raceday San Antonio Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Josef Newgarden paced Monday’s two-hour practice for the race’s 108th edition next Sunday in a Team Penske car he says is “very raceable.” Josef More...
McLaughlin leads record Penske front row sweep at IMS
By John Sturbin, Raceday San Antonio All Team Penske, all day long. That’s been the mantra since “Fast Friday” at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Scott McLaughlin punctuated the organization’s oval-track More...
Power emerges as Indy 500 pole favorite
By John Sturbin, Raceday San Antonio Team Penske’s Will Power will continue his pursuit of an elusive Indianapolis 500 pole when Day 2 qualifying for the 108th running of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” More...







