A number of top drivers around the world decided to retire this year. These included Nico Rosberg, 31, Felipe Massa, 35, Jenson Button, 36, Mark Webber, 40, and Jeff Gordon and…
Gordon Kirby's latest book uncovers the story of American racing's quiet winner Penske’s Maestro tells the biographical story of Penske’s longtime chief mechanic and engine builder Karl Kainhofer, who ran Penske…
Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has emerged as one of the greatest, most complete racing drivers of the modern era. His seventh championship has tied him with NASCAR legends Richard…
Gordon Kirby reveals the birth of modern championships, 100 years ago Photo: No. 4 Resta and No. 10 Aitken (Peugeots) passing No. 25 Jim Benedict (Duesenberg) October 1916 Sheepshead Bay…
Roger Penske’s team dominated this year’s Verizon IndyCar series. His cars won 10 of 16 races and the team took its 14th USAC, CART, IRL or IndyCar championship amid an…
Lime Rock’s 34th Historic Festival took place over the last five days on Labor Day weekend, the traditional end of America’s summer vacation season. The event opens with an afternoon…
This year’s Verizon IndyCar championship has turned into an intra-team battle between Simon Pagenaud and Will Power at Team Penske. Only four races remain on IndyCar’s truncated calendar – the…
Josef Newgarden demonstrated some true grit at Elkhart Lake last weekend. He broke his right collarbone and hand in a big accident in Texas two weeks earlier but bounced back…
The first Indianapolis 500 was run on May 30, 1911 and was won famously by Ray Harroun’s Marmon Wasp. But many historians believe the first 500 was actually won by second-placed…
Twenty years ago Arie Luyendyk set the track record at Indianapolis by averaging 236.986 mph over four qualifying laps that took 2 minutes 31.908 seconds. The 1996 Indy 500 was…
Fifty years ago next month, Graham Hill scored a surprise win in the 50th Indianapolis 500. Driving one of John Mecom’s Lola-Fords prepared by master Indy car chief mechanic George…
'Big Bill' France ushered American motor racing into the modern era. He was the driving force behind NASCAR and the Daytona International Speedway, the USA’s first modern, high-banked superspeedway. France…
