Legendary chief mechanic and engineer Louis “Sonny” Meyer Jr. and 1968 Indianapolis 500 pole winner Joe Leonard are the latest...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America will celebrate its 25th Annual Induction Ceremony on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at...
• Three fixtures of American racing have been inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame. Carroll Shelby, Bobby Rahal and Skip Barber were enshrined during a March 2 dinner in Las Vegas for their contributions to SCCA racing. Shelby, more widely known as winner of the 1959 Le Mans 24...
Tommy Ivo’s career in Hollywood spanned nearly two decades. The pocket-sized actor/singer/dancer appeared in more than 100 movies and 200...
The U.S. motorsports community as a whole, and the profession of motorsports journalism in particular, suffered a great loss on...
In a world where the value of words is often diminished by over-use and misapplication, there is absolutely no doubt that the word “icon” applies to Carroll Shelby, who passed away on May 10. The charismatic Texan may be known primarily as the chicken farmer who created the Cobra, but...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has announced that this year’s class of inductees will include Indy 500 winner...
Sam Hanks may have been a quiet man who preferred to keep to himself, but at the wheel of a racing car he became a formidable force Between the two world wars, as Americans watched the Roaring Twenties tumble into the Great Depression and erode into the Dust Bowl, any...
Betty Skelton, a pioneer in both aviation and auto racing who was once known as the fastest woman on Earth,...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has announced its Class of 2011, which will be enshrined during ceremonies in Detroit this August. Alphabetically, this latest class includes: Donnie Allison, winner of 10 NASCAR Cup races and Indy’s 1970 Rookie of the Year; Sid Collins, the original “Voice of the...
We concluded last month’s opening segment of John Zimmermann’s interview with David Hobbs as he was preparing to turn his...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America held its 22nd annual induction ceremonies at the Fillmore Theater in Detroit during...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has reached an agreement with the Detroit Science Center to relocate a significant portion of the Hall’s collection of vehicles and displays to the Science Center. The Hall was previously located in the Novi Expo Center in suburban Novi, but a number of...
Al Unser Jr., David Hobbs, and Les Richter (l to r above) headline the 2009 class of inductees to the...
Frank Kurtis has been selected as the winner of the 9th Annual Shav Glick Award. This Justice Brothers–sponsored award recognizes distinguished achievement in motor racing by Californians, and is named in honor of the late Hall of Fame motor sports writer for the Los Angeles Times. Kurtis’s son, Arlen, accepted...
To mark the 100th anniversary of its construction in 1909 and its first 500-mile race in 1911, the Indianapolis Motor...
Open-wheel racing champion Michael Andretti, road racer Richie Ginther, and perennial drag-racing king John Force will lead a class of...
Janet Guthrie, the first woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500, was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame on Thursday, April 27, at the Speed Channel Dome, in the Hall of Fame in Talladega, Alabama. About 1,500 guests attended the black-tie event. Guthrie was...
The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) recently announced the five individuals that will be enshrined into its Hall of...
NASCAR champion Benny Parsons, Indianapolis 500 winner Tom Sneva and Le Mans 24 Hour king Hurley Haywood will lead a...
The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame recently inducted the late Grand Prix and sports car driver Masten Gregory into its Hall of Fame on February 13. Gregory was the first successful American-born driver in Formula One. He scored the first podium finish by an American in a World Championship Grand...
Five legendary names from the Indianapolis 500 will assume their place among racing legends May 21 at the 2004 Auto...
Sebring International Raceway’s Hall of Fame Selection Committee has announced its 2004 inductees, which include Sir Stirling Moss; Mario Andretti;...
On June 12, the Motorsports Hall of Fame in Novi, Michigan, will induct racer and high performance driving school founder Bob Bondurant. Bondurant started his racing career driving a Morgan in 1957 and soon graduated to racing a Corvette, which he drove to a West Coast championship. Bondurant’s winning ways...
Stock car icon Dale Earnhardt, two-time Indy 500 champion Gordon Johncock, sports car and F5000 legend Brian Redman and pioneering...
Recently, the Motorsports Hall of Fame located in Novi, Michigan, announced its 2001 inductees. This year’s list included noted road...
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