The Korean War went on from 1950 through 1953 and is often referred to as the “forgotten war.” It is little...
1949 Kurtis Sports Car [dropcap]F[/dropcap]rank Kurtis built racecars. He built many of the cars entered in the Indy 500 from...
The revered roadsters that wrote Indianapolis 500 history during the 1950s and ’60s will be featured on Legends Day with a celebration of the Speedway’s Roadster Era, all presented by Firestone, on Saturday, May 26, the day before this year’s 102nd running of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. The day’s activities...
Ed Justice Sr., who with brothers Zeke and Gus founded the international oil additives company that bears their name, has...
Frank Kurtis has been selected as the winner of the 9th Annual Shav Glick Award. This Justice Brothers–sponsored award recognizes distinguished achievement in motor racing by Californians, and is named in honor of the late Hall of Fame motor sports writer for the Los Angeles Times. Kurtis’s son, Arlen, accepted...
We all know their names, and they all would tell you that we do because they won this one race....
My father, Tom Bamford, first got involved in motor sport in his late teens when he bought an Ariel motorcycle...
Talking with famed Indianapolis chassis builder A. J. Watson, the question arises about the front, twin air inlets—the signature of the Watson Roadster. The first four Watson Roadsters, of 1956–1958, had a single air inlet and chrome grille, so why the change? Surely it had some advantage. Was it the...
