Articles tagged with: Indy Cars
For a world-famous multiple award-winning actor, Paul Newman kept a low profile at the race track. He was just ‘one of the team’.
Yes it’s true. In December 1992 Emerson Fittipaldi persuaded Ayrton Senna to go to Phoenix Firebird Raceway in America to test his CART Indycar Penske.
Jim Rathmann, the winner of the 1960 Indianapolis 500, has died at the age of 83.
“In honour of their collective ‘bad’ days, Greg renamed his Hard Rock party “The Vancouver Losers Club.”
After many requests from our growing number of readers, some brilliant rewarding comments, responses and reactions, here is the …
What happens when you let four kids – mostly led by Greg Moore – who are racing drivers, travel the world and become firm friends? Meet Champ Car’s Brat Pack from the late 1990s
In this …
“Me and Dario laugh, because we are sure Greg is now up there playing Playstation with Ayrton! We don’t know who is winning…”
This, initially, was an interview that was supposed to be part of the …
This story ran in the IndyCar Series magazine that the RACER group produced for IndyCar in 2005. I did these interviews a few days after Dan Wheldon’s first Indy 500 win, when the dust had …
Dan Wheldon’s Dad thanks the fans and pays tribute to his son, ” a gentleman on and off the track”.
Dan Wheldon: 1978-2011
Social media burst into life on Sunday Oct 16 after the horrifying crash that claimed the life of Dan Wheldon.
Dario Franchitti summed it up when I asked him about this one particular day. “Brilliant. Fun. A laugh. And a brilliant memory.”
I will admit straight up that this story is one from personal experience – …
I’ve run out of superlatives to describe this event, each year the anticipation builds as the weekend draws closer and each year the festival surpasses all my expectations. This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed has …
When a race is 40 years older than the Formula 1 World Championship, the newsreels have to both show the race highlights and explain how an auto race works. “Cars remain in platoon …
This year’s Centennial Indianapolis 500 has garnered a lot of ink already in the build-up to what is always one of the season’s biggest events. There is a lot history to be retold, but let’s …
The mid sixties was a time of massive change at the Indy 500. Jack Brabham shocked the establishment when he debuted a rear engined car at the Speedway in 1961, and from then on nothing …
The Indianapolis 500 tends to be an action packed and grueling race. In 1971, however, it was something else.
It got off to a hot start when Roger Penske turned up with the new, and stunningly …
Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears knows a thing or two about the skills of oval racing, and the psyche that racing drivers need to be at the top of their game.
Since he hung up …
I came across this great piece written by Kenneth Rudeen, which originally appeared in Sports Illustrated back in 1961. It’s the story of Jack Brabham and the impact he made by taking the first rear …
Happy Birthday Mario Andretti!
As we all know, Mario is one of the most successful drivers in the history of the sport. He is one of only two drivers to win races in Formula One, IndyCar, …
Three time Indy 500 winner Johnny Rutherford (1974, 1976 and 1980), also known as “Lone Star Jr” talks about surviving his shocking crash at Phoenix International Raceway in 1980.
Rutherford was leading the race and went …
2011 will mark the running of the 100th Indy 500.
To celebrate this amazing milestone the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is producing a series of videos looking back at famous races from the legendary event.
In the first …
