Fon de Portago Michael Andretti 1 Sarah Fisher, the first woman to compete in the Indy Racing League, is born...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man pursued his passion for speed and technology by building cars for competition....
Losing a child is one of the harshest agonies of life, and even people who don’t personally know John and Jane Surtees have expressed true heartache about the shocking death of young Henry Surtees. Their 18-year-old son, a very promising driver, died July 19th in a freak racing accident. A...
Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA June 27–28, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Ciircuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France June 13, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Virginia International Raceway, Danville, VA June 4–7, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on...
Oran Park Raceway, Sydney, Australia June 27–28, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Watkins Glen International Speedway, Watkins Glen, NY June 11–14, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Castell’Arquato, Italy June 22–28, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on partner products. Enjoy...
Autodromo di Monza, Monza, Italy June 5–7, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Goodwood, Chichester, UK July 3–5, 2009...
October 2009 Fast Ladies By Jean-Françoise Bouzanquet Women play the most crucial role in human life as mothers of us all, and many have enjoyed starring roles as monarchs throughout history, but too many have lived lives subservient to their men. In racing, however, this reality ensures that a woman...
Billing itself as “America’s Largest and most historically important archive of automotive history,” this is the official site of the...
My career, like many people, started in Formula Ford, in 1971, before progressing to Formula Italy, and on to Formula...
The best cars I ever drove were the John Player Special, which gave me the 1972 Formula One World Championship, and the Penske that took me to many Indycar wins—and the 1993 Indy 500, too. Both cars could adapt to the different circuit characteristics that each championship series, at that...
Sir Stirling Moss scored the first of his three Monaco Grand Prix wins in 1956 with this Maserati 250F, nipping...
September 2009 Led away from the start by Graham Hill’s Rondel Racing Brabham BT36, the field for the August 30,...
Having raced at “Mid-O” in karts and cars since 1964, the track’s site picture is indelibly scribed on the inside of my skull, where, naturally, there’s little else to get in the way. I grew up (ok, that’s an exaggeration) in Mansfield, Ohio. In 1958 my parents, Doris and John,...
George Follmer Willy Mairesse 2 Belgian Formula One and sports car racer Willy Mairesse commits suicide (1969). 4 Arturo Merzario...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules and powered by American production-line V-8 engines of 5-liter displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics among the governing body, race organizers, and team owners...
Pete Lyons How do you stop a racing runaway? Well, you might try throwing more races in its way. Ending...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, England May 30, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN May 29, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on...
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA May 29–30, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
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Prescott Speed Hillclimb, Cheltenham, UK May 23–24, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on...
Buttonwillow Raceway, Buttonwillow, CA May 16–17, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
September 2009 Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed By Michael Argetsinger The difficulty in chronicling a career as diverse as Mark Donohue’s is that there are so many tales to tell it becomes difficult to know, as Bob Seger says, “what to leave in, what to leave out.” Become a...
