As previewed earlier this month on VintageMotorsport.com, the inaugural American Speed Festival at M1 Concourse, a celebration of speed – past, present, and future — that honors some of the greatest drivers, designers, and cars in motorsports, opens on Thursday and will run through the weekend.Unlike a static car show,...

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s photo archives are filled with tens of thousands of photos from the 1900s to 2016, and some are simply bizarre, or funny, or a mixture of the two. Take the one above of actor Dale Robertson, best known for his roles in westerns like "Tales of...

Texan Jim Hall wasn’t one to follow the crowd.Developing his Chaparral racecars at his shop and Rattlesnake Raceway in Midland, Texas, Hall pioneered many of the aerodynamic developments that have changed the face of motorsports. Hall purchased a pair of Chaparrals from Troutman and Barnes for racing in 1962. Driving...

RACER.com's coverage of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship is presented by Circuit of The Americas. circuitoftheamericas.com/wectudorRelated StoriesFriday's running of the third annual Brickyard Grand Prix sports car event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway features purebred prototypes and GT machinery racing on the famed oval and the reconfigured infield road course, and...