His mother was Woolworths heiress Barbara Hutton. He was married, for a time, to actress Jill St. John. Cary Grant was a stepfather. The…
One of the top stock-car racers to come out of Southern California, Ivan “The Terrible” Baldwin was the scourge of the Southern California NASCAR…
Plymouth is not a name often associated with Indy-car racing. On Aug. 24, 1969, however, not only did a Plymouth-powered car win an Indy-car…
Tommy Houston grew up in a North Carolina county that was tradition-rich in motorsports history.
A native of Hickory, N.C., in Catawba County, Houston is…
One of the first midget racers to graduate to Indianapolis, Mel Hansen enjoyed great success on the nation’s ovals until a crash ended his…
HOME TO RACERS: The Seneca Lodge In Watkins Glen, N.Y., has hosted racers for 60 years. (Seneca Lodge Photo) The first stop for Will…
DRIVING ACE: Eddie Rickenbacker and his co-driver prior to the 1916 Indianapolis 500. (Indianapolis Motor Speedway Photo)Long before Ohio-born Eddie Rickenbacker was America’s Ace…
STOCKER: Santa Fe Speedway star Bill Van Allen used a Studebaker Lark to capture the track’s late-model title in 1963. (Vince Mayer Photo) Perhaps…
INDY MAN: Manny Ayulo after qualifying for his fourth and final Indy 500 in 1954. (Indianapolis Motor Speedway) Manny Ayulo is sadly forgotten today,…
TRACK PREP: Volunteer members of the Sunflower Rod & Custom Ass’n prepare the drag strip at Great Bend, Kan. (SRCA Photo) Not many operating…
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