Two of the most beloved winners in the history of the Indianapolis 500 will bring their unique storytelling style to...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has announced its Class of 2011, which will be enshrined during ceremonies in...
Hero is far too modest a word to describe Eddie Rickenbacker. Racing driver, World War 1 ace, Medal of Honor winner, holder of no fewer than seven Distinguished Service Crosses, car manufacturer, Indianapolis Speedway owner, Pacific Ocean crash survivor, founder of Eastern Airlines. Not even superhero comes close. What makes...
Billing itself as “America’s Largest and most historically important archive of automotive history,” this is the official site of the...
Last Month, Mike Jiggle spoke with mechanic-turned-designer Tony Robinson about his early days in motorsport with Stirling Moss and the...
John Greenwood Rick Mears 1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA sports car race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida (1974). 2 Alpine Renault A110s finish 1-2-3 in the Tour de Course rally in France, with Jean-Pierre Nicolas and Michel Vial on board...
Two black and gold Indycars campaigned by the legendary Smokey Yunick will be crossing the auction block this coming January...
Al Stein’s Valvoline Twin Special Hanging on the wall of an auto body repair shop in Berkeley, California, is an...
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana May 30, 2005 Dave Thomas at the wheel of the 1948 Clancy 6-Wheeler. Photo: Jim Hatfield Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads,...
I recently beheld a holy icon of auto racing called the Bothwell Peugeot. Why it is called that I will...
The late news—very late—that U.S. open-wheel racing’s long uncivil war has finally staggered to its hemorrhagic conclusion, fell with less...
A couple of years and a bit ago I suggested in this spot that, during these times of economic stress, Indycar racing might be rejuvenated by reviving the old stock-block engine idea of Formula 5000. A variety of production-based engines work well in Grand-Am, giving the technical diversity that genuine...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America will celebrate its 25th Annual Induction Ceremony on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at...
Vaso Bill Vukovich Sr. John Cobb 1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA sports car race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, (1974). 2 Land Speed Record setter John Cobb is born in Esher, Surrey, England (1899). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
From a European perspective, during the 1990s Reynard had expanded as far as it could go with the various F3...
Sam Posey Alberto Ascari 1 The gates at Indianapolis Motor Speedway open for practice for the first Indy 500 (1911)....
My fourth win at Indy was the best for a lot of reasons. The first will always have its place because of being the first, but having won on my second attempt, I didn’t appreciate what it was going to take to do it and how fortunate we were to...
The public address announcer at a racetrack may be the single most important aspect for enticing new fans into the...
There’s no middle ground with A.J. Foyt, no compromising your feelings. You either love him or hate him. You either...
December 2017 • Bill Puterbaugh, who finished 7th in the 1975 Indianapolis 500 and was named Rookie of the Year, passed away October 9, at the age of 81. Puterbaugh made three consecutive Indy 500 starts from 1975-77, placing 7th in the rain-shortened 1975 race, flagged off 22nd in another...
Heveningham provides the perfect setting for a concours event with its tiered, Kim Wilkie-designed, sweeping lawn terraces to display beautiful...
Parnelli JonesPhoto: John Zimmermann This year marks the 50th anniversary of Parnelli Jones’ 1963 Indianapolis 500 victory. That win, from...
The world of Formula One enjoyed a jolt of much needed excitement during the recent Spanish Grand Prix, when young Max Verstappen became the youngest driver to ever win a Grand Prix—at the tender age of 18. Verstappen can now add this F1 landmark to another he earned last year...
This large, domineering man invented the job of motor racing team manager and in doing so changed the way the...
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum is scheduled to reopen to the public at 9 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, July 7, following...
By now you will likely be aware that this month marks the 100th anniversary of that most hallowed of American institutions, the Indianapolis 500. No other race, or racing venue, can lay claim to as long and illustrious a record—nor such a single-minded commitment to a single format of highly...
The roar of vintage Indianapolis 500 champions will permeate the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 23-25 as the IMS Museum...
The Celebration of Automobiles that proved so popular with fans and participants in 2011 will return to the Indianapolis Motor...
“Dinosaurs,” we called them, ridiculing their bulk, their weight, their mindless loyalty to outmoded dogma. Indy Roadsters; they were rife with front engines and beam axles and no clue about “Modern Engineering.” Hopelessly old-fashioned, they should be rolled aside and forgotten. That’s what we said at the time. Pete Lyons...