Kody Swanson’s Triumphant Comeback
On May 26 Kingsburg, California’s Kody Swanson suffered a violent crash during the Hut Hundred at Tri City Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind.
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Tazio Nuvolari’s Signature Victory
Some insisted that Tazio Nuvolari had made a pact with the devil. His of another realm performances behind the wheel of a speeding race car certainly bolstered that suspicion
Jun 30 2011 | Posted in A Lesson in History,Featured,Latest Headlines,Racing History,Top Stories | Read More »
1963 — Year Of Transition
With backing from Ford, Lotus’s Colin Chapman had created an Indianapolis car based on his Formula One machines that nearly won the 500 in its first outing
Jun 8 2011 | Posted in Featured,Latest Headlines,Looking Back,Racing History,Top Stories | Read More »
Can An American Win The Indy 500?
In the past 14 races only three Americans have had their images emblazoned on the Borg Warner trophy at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Sam Hornish was the last in 2006, Buddy Rice won two years before that, in 2004, and there was a five-year gap, Eddie Cheever in 1998, before Rice’s win
May 27 2011 | Posted in Featured,IndyCar,IZOD IndyCar Series,Latest Headlines,Top Stories | Read More »
Indianapolis 500 News & Notes
Team Penske driver Will Power demonstrated his class on Pole Day. As Alex Tagliani got the checkered flag to end his pole winning qualifying run on Saturday, Power, who had been standing, and applauding as enthusiastically as the other spectators watching Tags’ run, made his way over to congratulate the crew, and then Tag when he climbed from the car
Who Will Miss The Indianapolis 500?
With qualifying for the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 looming, the question on many minds, certainly those of the teams and drivers, is who’s not going to make the exclusive field of 33?
Ribbs Back At Indy 20 Years Later
Twenty years after he made history in 1991 by becoming the first African-American to compete in the Indianapolis 500, the personable, well-liked Willy T. Ribbs has returned to the scene of his greatest triumph
May 19 2011 | Posted in Featured,IndyCar,IndyCar Development Series,Latest Headlines,Top Stories | Read More »
Revson’s Thrilling Indianapolis Pole Run
Forty years ago, not unlike today, Roger, “The Captain”, Penske, appeared to have the field covered for the 1971 Indianapolis 500
May 17 2011 | Posted in A Lesson in History,Featured,IndyCar,Latest Headlines,Racing History | Read More »
Ho-Pin Tung Chases Indy Milestone
The magnitude of the Indianapolis 500 is such that it has spun off a series of milestone events that have captured the imagination of many. Whether they’re technically innovative, or simply appeal to pop culture, these “firsts” have long been a part of the aura of Indy
May 17 2011 | Posted in Featured,IndyCar,IZOD IndyCar Series,Latest Headlines,Top Stories | Read More »
Early Days Racer Art Sparks
At 19 Art Sparks thought he had the world by the horns. He had 10 grand in his pocket, a 17-year-old bride, and was on a ship bound to the orient
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