“Let me sit down,” gasped that grand old daredevil Ray Harroun, as he clambered from his Marmon Wasp after winning the first Indianapolis 500 at an average speed of 74.59 m.p.h. Not finding any place ...
DELTAVILLE — Gordon White has been playing with cars nearly all his life. At first, they were toys, then as a race car fan and for the past 38 years as a race car driver. Last month at age 90, White ...
Twenty-something college students don’t figure to know much about Offenhauser auto racing engines that were popular from the 1930s to the 1970s, or so Purdue University Calumet alumnus and Carlisle ...
The big race was scheduled to start at 10 a.m., but as usual supercharged crowds, festive and hungry for thrills, began gathering outside Indianapolis Speedway at dawn. By race time, some 150,000 had ...
Practice for the 2024 Indianapolis 500 had yet to start when I first spoke to Katherine Legge about her fourth attempt at competing in the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. In 2023, Legge was the first ...
Fort Worth’s Johnny Rutherford has been scooting around the massive grounds of Indianapolis Motor Speedway this week in a golf cart. At age 86, it’s the perfect vehicle for transporting “Lone Star J.R ...
We've finally arrived: It's the Month of May, and that means the motorsport world is gearing up for the Indianapolis 500, also fondly known as The Greatest Spectacle in Racing. This year marks the ...
This American purebred jewel of a vehicle is a 1968 Eagle Offenhauser Indy Car that carries with it more than a worthy legacy. One of the racing legends that once stood behind its wheel is Dan Gurney, ...