US Motor Racing News

By the end of 1973 Mark Donohue had achieved most of his goals in motor racing. Since 1967 he had worked for Roger Penske, the pair of them synonymous almost…

NASCAR is going racing at Le Mans in the Garage 56 category – we look at why it's doing it, who's driving it and what changes have been made to the car

Carroll Shelby proved himself a savvy racing driver in a hectic career cut short by a heart condition, laying the foundations for his even greater achievements to come, writes Paul Fearnley

I have had so many great rivals, Jackie Stewart and Jack Brabham in Formula 1, Jochen Rindt in Formula 2, to name just a few, but most of the time…

Frank Lance experienced the dream by winning some of racing's biggest events as a mechanic, but it wasn't one he wanted to live forever

All eyes will turn – or at least they should for anyone with single-seater motor sport in their soul – to the St Petersburg street race in Florida this Sunday,…

Jacques Villeneuve confirms his place on the grid for the 2022 Daytona 500, saying that it ranks just behind his F1 championship and Indy 500 win

Props to NASCAR for not merely thinking outside the box but for also shredding the box into tiny pieces and then incinerating what’s left. Last year, in an effort to…

It's the first major circuit racing event on the calendar but it's often overlooked. Chris Medland details why you shouldn't skip the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona any longer

Two years ago, Taylor Hagler realised suddenly – and sickeningly – that she’d reached the big time as she listened to the “Star Spangled Banner” blasting over the loudspeakers before…

Canadian Robert Wickens, who was paralysed from the chest down in a ghastly IndyCar wreck three years ago, will return to professional racing later this month at Daytona International Speedway…

What started out as a filler event in the winter has turned into a showcase of dirt racing not to be missed

The cut-and-thrust of American racing means that late safety cars are a common feature. So NASCAR and IndyCar have developed ways of ensuring that races rarely end with a procession to the finish line

Porsche’s only American works driver is calling time on his racing career with the manufacturer

The biggest surprise in American motor sports this past year was the monster turnout for the US Grand Prix in Austin – 400,000 fans over the weekend, setting a Formula…

A 'hot' Porsche 935 K3 was supposed to be taken for a leisurely drive at Laguna Seca – little did the driver know, it was only once he was out the car that he was taken for a ride

Young Manhattanite Max Esterson was a complete unknown until he recently dominated the Formula Ford Walter Hayes Trophy – via sim racing, online schooling and the UK junior single-seater ladder