The year was 1986. Porsche was powering McLaren to the Formula 1 World Championship; the mighty 962 would win that year’s Le Mans 24 Hours for the sixth time in…
Similar to a star pitcher being made to bat, Jimmie Johnson has so far looked like a fish out of water in IndyCar – despite recent progress, could this mountain be just too tough to tame?
The Lola T-90 chassis 90/2 in which Jackie Stewart almost won the 1966 Indy 500 – and did claim that year's Fuiji 200 – is going up for auction
On May 15, 1977, Clay Regazzoni crashed heavily after spinning to the inside of the track out of Turn 3 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and his hopes of qualifying for…
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Roger Penske is, quite simply, a giant of the sport, a restless and extreme achiever in a fiercely competitive business. He started out as a driver before moving from the…
Kevin Magnussen knew when he saw his father Jan competing in Indy cars back in the late 1990s that he had to do the same when he was older. “I…
Kevin Magnussen will make his IndyCar debut this weekend, replacing Felix Rosenqvist who his still recovering from his huge shunt in Detroit
Marcus Ericsson and Kevin Magnussen both won their respective IndyCar and IMSA rounds this Saturday, ending equally long win droughts on the same day
The transaxle from James Dean's famous Porsche 550 Spyder has just sold for an astonishing $400k – what really happened to a car forever associated with a Hollywood death?
35 passes for the lead, 13 different leaders – the Indy 500 really did provide on Sunday. Can Monaco honestly hold a light to the Brickyard?
For a short spell on Sunday, instead of joining A.J. Foyt, Al Unser Sr and Rick Mears on four Indianapolis 500 victories, Helio Castroneves could have been joined by Takuma…
Were these the most protracted race-win celebrations ever? They were certainly memorable, wildly joyful, even genuinely moving – and in the circumstances entirely justified. At 46, Hélio Castroneves had just…
A full 21 years after Juan Pablo Montoya made his Indy 500 debut, the Colombian returns to the grid for this afternoon’s race With two victories to his name —…
An eccentric celebrity backer, a crack racing squad run on a shoestring and six blown engines – Willy T Ribbs recounts his incredible tale of becoming the first black person to qualify for the Indy 500
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In 2011, Dan Wheldon came in from the IndyCar cold to take a scarcely believable last-lap, last-corner win at the Indy 500 – his then-team boss Bryan Herta recounts the story
Who on earth does a spot of F1 qualifying at Monza on a Friday, flies back to the States for a quick dirt race on the Saturday, before heading back…
