At Sunday's WeatherTech Night of Champions event in Atlanta, IMSA officially welcomed nine new members into the IMSA Hall of Fame.The inductees were revealed on March 15th before the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, another combination of legendary cars, drivers, and architects of North American sports car racing. One...

In 75 years of the Formula 1 World Championship, an exclusive club of just five American drivers has won grands prix, with two earning an F1 world title. We look at all five in the new RACER, Issue 336. Here we examine the case of one of racing’s true icons.

Given that helmets were worn as part of a knight’s armor a thousand years ago, it’s amazing that it took so long for hard headgear to become de rigueur in dangerous sports such as auto racing and motorcycle racing. Perhaps it was one of the many symptoms of an attitude...

One day, several months after his Indy 500 win in 2018, Will Power tried to explain just how much the event means for its participants, and how it plays on the mind between races.“It’s easy to look at the list of Indy winners and say, ‘Oh, that’s the year that...

Parnelli Jones started only seven Indianapolis 500s, winning the 1963 race. But his undoubted greatness transcends mere results and career longevity.

Well, kinda… 50 years ago, California unveiled its harborfront street race, and while perhaps less glamorous than Monaco, the birth of the Grand Prix of Long Beach is no less extraordinary.When a pack of Formula 5000 cars bellowed into life on Friday, Sept. 26, 1975, somewhere around 1:15pm PT, then...

A.J. Foyt believed in his talent and the Ford GT40, and rated his chances of capturing Le Mans glory first time out – especially when paired with Dan Gurney.

IMSA continues to pay homage to the great personalities and machinery of North American sports car racing with the announcement of the 2025 inductees into the IMSA Hall of Fame.The third class to be inducted features a fascinating mix of some of the best competitors and cars that have helped...

Dan Gurney turned the British Touring Car Championship on its head in 1961 when he unleashed a high-powered Chevrolet Impala on the field. The Big Eagle, driving the big American sedan, wore out the Jaguars and other marques who previously dominated the championship, and it wasn’t long before they took...

He drove for Dan Gurney. He drove for A.J. Foyt. He nearly won his first IndyCar race. He helped All American Racers and Toyota win their first Rolex 24 At Daytona. And he was loved throughout the sport.Rocky Moran died last weekend after an extended battle with cancer, and with...