Roger Penske defies all superlatives. His race team celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and has long been considered America’s definitive and most successful team. With a record of more…
Between 1968-94 the Unsers – Bobby, Al and Al Jr. – won nine Indy 500s, an incomparable record unlikely ever to be equalled. Older brother Bobby won three times in…
A.J. Foyt cemented his place in motor racing history in 1977, when he became the first man to win the Indianapolis 500 four times. Foyt scored his first three Indy…
To buy the lead image click here. Dan Gurney There’s no doubt in my mind that Dan Gurney is America’s greatest racing driver. Dan’s career is one of the few…
Four legends of NASCAR are leading contenders in the Motor Sport Hall of Fame voting. Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon all raced successfully at the top…
Looking back 50 years ago to 1966 it’s abundantly clear that it was truly a seminal year for motor racing as a whole and American racing in particular. It was,…
Rick Mears was an off-road racer and dirt tracker who was hired by Roger Penske to drive Indy cars in 1978. Mears won three races in his first year with…
You may not think much of NASCAR’s ‘Chase for the Cup’ play-off system but it produced an excellent championship duel in the closing laps of last weekend’s Sprint Cup season…
Two races to go in NASCAR’s epic 36-race Sprint Cup series and thanks to the organization’s convoluted ‘Chase for the Cup’ rules it’s impossible to guess who might win the…
It’s gone down as one of the most renowned mano a mano duels in American motor racing history. Parnelli Jones and Mark Donohue battled furiously for Trans-Am supremacy in 1969…
Part two of three of an extract from Gordon Kirby's book Mario Andretti: A Driving Ambition, available here Click here to read part one Click here to buy the above image During…
The weather at Road Atlanta for this year’s Petit Le Mans, the United SportsCar season finale, was abysmal. Days of persistent rain left the track and run-off areas totally waterlogged.…
