Few surnames resonate as loudly in the world of American motorsport designers and builders than Riley. Bob Riley's seven-decade career took him from Le Mans, to Indy, Daytona, and winning in sports cars, IndyCar and NASCAR. With his son Bill taking the reins over the last three decades, the duo...

It was always our intention to feature the Ford Mustang GTP in the new issue of Vintage Motorsport (December-January 2024-’25) and put it on the front cover, but it now feels particularly poignant and appropriate following the passing of its genius designer, Bob Riley.During our photoshoot, I snapped a pic...

The Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli is saddened by the loss of Bob Riley, a legendary engineer and car designer whose vehicles still compete and win in Trans Am today. Riley has been designing innovative and competitive racecars over the course of five decades, winning events such as the...

Bob Riley, who left an indelible mark on IndyCar and sports car racing through cars such as Coyote Indy cars for A.J. Foyt, front-engine Mustang GTPs, the high-downforce Intrepid RM-1, the dominating Riley & Scott Trans Am cars and Mk III prototype, and the Riley Daytona Prototype chassis, has passed...

Mooresville, NC -- The next chapter in the legendary history of the Mk IV will continue in a new venture led by the father-and-son design and engineering team of Bob Riley and Bill Riley who, along with Jim Matthews, have acquired the assets of original constructor Kar-Kraft to build the...

Race car designer and constructor Riley Technologies has joined the ranks of motorsports companies taking part in the fight against the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.Riley has been asked by Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, South Carolina, for the immediate engineering and production of Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) masks,...

Bill Riley can lay claim to having one of the coolest fathers in our sport. His dad, Bob Riley, has seen his designs win the Indy 500, sports car championships, and countless other accolades over the last 50 years. And from those wide-ranging projects, some cool promotional materials have been...

Riley Technologies and Multimatic have targeted a June roll-out for its new LMP2 chassis. A first look at an early rendering of the car (ABOVE) gives an indicator of what the final product could look like.The American-Canadian racecar manufacturers were selected by the ACO and FIA as one of four...

With the ACO's confirmation of the four official 2017 P2 chassis suppliers, Italy's Dallara and France's Onroak Automotive and ORECA comprise will three standalone choices and on the North American side, U.S.-based Riley Technologies and Canada's Multimatic will collaborate to produce the fourth option.As the only joint P2 chassis project...

Nissan's brand-new front-engine GT-R LM NISMO LMP1 design reminded many sports car fans of the front-engine Panoz "Batmobiles" that first appeared in the late 1990s, but if you're looking for the first modern prototype featuring a front-engine layout and carbon fiber construction, the Mustang GTP from 1983 is where the...