Field Notes

Some stories don’t come from a press release. They come from being in the room, at the track, in the stands. Field Notes is Amanda’s firsthand account of motorsport as she lives and experiences it.

Field Notes No.2: Hank Aaron Drive, Saturday

All photos courtesy of Amanda Yu-Nguyen, unless otherwise noted. When I first heard that Red Bull was hosting a showrun in Atlanta, I was intrigued. The flyer said the event would be held in Summerhill, with cars running down Hank Aaron Drive. Summerhill is a neighborhood with a lot of history. Fulton County Stadium went…

Field Notes No.1: Madring, on a Thursday Morning

All photos courtesy of Amanda Yu-Nguyen.  It was Thursday, May 14th, 2026, around 10:30 in the morning. I had no particular plan except to walk the perimeter of what will become the new Spanish Grand Prix, the Madring, and to see what there was to see. What there was to see, mostly, was cranes. A…

About Me

Amanda Yu-Nguyen is a writer and motorsport fan based in Atlanta. She started In Racing Color after noticing that certain voices kept showing up in the stands, in the paddock, and behind the camera without ever showing up in the coverage. She asks the questions that take a little longer to answer.