One of the most spectacular designs in IndyCar history came from a British drawing board for a team from Texas. Forty-five years ago, on Sunday, May 25, 1980, it conquered the Indianapolis 500.

The four-time Indy 500 winner and three-time Indy car champion picks the best and worst aspects of his illustrious career.

Resurrecting Al Unser’s very first asphalt Indy car and the first car he drove at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Television coverage of the Month of May at Indianapolis Motor Speedway will shift into high gear Saturday, May 14 when NBC debuts “Pennzoil presents The Club,” a documentary featuring an exclusive conversation among one of the most elite groups in global motorsports -- the four drivers to win the Indianapolis...

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 2009 Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) Open Wheel inductee Al Unser Jr. will serve as Honorary Chairman of next week's 34th Annual Induction Gala Presented by Toyota Racing at the Shores Resort and Spa in Daytona Beach, Tuesday, March 8.The sold out black...

Welcome to the RACER Mailbag. Questions for Marshall Pruett or any of RACER’s other writers can be sent to mailbag@racer.com. Due to the high volume of questions received, we can’t guarantee that every letter will be published, but we’ll answer as many as we can. Published questions may be edited...

Among the drivers who delighted in playing the role of Superman at the Indianapolis 500, we had Al Unser who went in the opposite direction. Our favorite Everyman was more than happy to portray the unassuming role of Clark Kent.That’s not to say the four-time Indy winner, who died on...

With the passing of Al Unser Sr. on Thursday evening, we offer this look back with Big Al at his last Indianapolis 500 start in 1993, which originally ran on RACER.com on May 26, 2018. -Ed.Al Unser’s run in the 1993 Indianapolis 500 would come to represent a milestone for...

Al Unser Sr., the second driver to score four Indianapolis 500 victories, died Thursday at his home in Chama, N.M., after a 17-year battle with cancer of his liver brought on by hemochromatosis, an inherited blood disease. He was 82.[vertical-gallery id=284088]"He will be remembered as one of the best to...

Veteran racing journalist and RACER magazine founding editor John Zimmerman has documented the comprehensive history of Formula 5000’s brief but spectacular history in a new 225-page hardback from Racemaker Press -- Lost in Time: Formula 5000 in North America -- now available in the Racer Store. Also featuring close to...