RACER Video: Robin Miller on Paul Goldsmith

John Surtees and Joe Leonard immediately come to mind when people discuss history's most versatile racers but Paul Goldsmith was every bit as impressive on two and four wheels.

Goldsmith was one of the pioneers of AMA flat-track racing in the 1950s and helped teach Leonard a few tricks before he moved into stock car racing with Smokey Yunick and became a NASCAR winner. The next challenge was the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and he qualified for six straight Indy 500s – taking third in 1960 and fifth in 1959.

While adapting quickly to paved ovals, Goldsmith also found time to win back-to-back USAC stock car championships in 1961 and 1962.

In an amazing career, he scored 27 USAC wins, nine NASCAR victories and five AMA Nationals – including wins on the beach at Daytona on two and four wheels and matching that feat at Langhorne's treacherous mile.

He's a member of the motorcycle and auto racing Hall of Fames and still going strong at age 90.