US Motor Racing News

The biggest surprise in American motor sports this past year was the monster turnout for the US Grand Prix in Austin – 400,000 fans over the weekend, setting a Formula…

A 'hot' Porsche 935 K3 was supposed to be taken for a leisurely drive at Laguna Seca – little did the driver know, it was only once he was out the car that he was taken for a ride

Young Manhattanite Max Esterson was a complete unknown until he recently dominated the Formula Ford Walter Hayes Trophy – via sim racing, online schooling and the UK junior single-seater ladder

Bob Bondurant, the founder of the eponymous racing school which taught the likes of Tom Cruise, Paul Newman and Christian Bale, has passed away

Set up by Carroll Shelby, run by car designer Peter Brock, with teaching tips from Ken Miles, Preston Lerner tells the tale of the US's very first high-performance driving school

Bernie Ecclestone offered Al Unser Jr a Brabham Formula 1 drive in 1986, according to A Checkered Past. Little Al had just missed out on a first IndyCar title –…

Shortly after the death of his father, Rick Jackson was sifting through some old photographs when he came across a few that dad Len – who had raced in the…

Not too many motor sport autobiographies begin with the protagonist pointing a gun at his own head with the genuine intention of pulling the trigger. Nothing about A Checkered Past…

British fans of American football may have noticed stories last week about Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden, who was forced to resign in disgrace after the publication of emails…

Jimmie Johnson, Scott Dixon and Helio Castroneves have been serial winners in US motor sport over the past two decades – but which one will get your vote to enter our Hall of Fame?

Memo Gidley’s racing life has played out in three acts. In Act I, he was the young IndyCar supersub, filling seats vacated by injured or fired drivers and nearly scoring…

I’m not sure why we Americans are so cavalier about our history. Maybe we’re so busy looking forward that we can’t be bothered studying the past. So it seems perfectly…

She continues to act as an advocate for women in motor racing and Preston Lerner details how Lyn St. James defied convention to race in an era it was actively discouraged

Head-turning hot rods from NYC-based Rolling Bones will feature as a unique attraction at this year's Goodwood Revival

Robin Miller, the motor sport journalist who wasn't afraid to say it how it was, has died at the age of 71

Three dozen brashly painted pony cars rumbled past the start-finish line in the Trans-Am race during the Rolex Monterey Reunion at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca this past weekend – orange…

Regular readers of the Racer website probably noticed that “Miller’s Mailbag” – the weekly column wherein longtime IndyCar scribe Robin Miller answers readers’ burning questions – has been missing for…