Legendary NHRA car owner and crew chief, Roland Leong passed away Dec. 29. He was 79.Born and raised on the island of Oahu, Leong took to fast cars when hot rod culture made its way to the Hawaiian Islands in the late 1950s. He spent a lot of time hanging...

Danny Ongais, the fast and versatile Hawaiian whose long career included time in Indy cars, Formula 1, sports cars and drag racing, died on Saturday of congestive heart failure at the age of 79.Nicknamed ‘The Flying’ Hawaiian’, Ongais made 11 starts at the Indianapolis 500 between 1977 and 1996, driving...

The Vegas odds of Al Unser winning the 1987 Indianapolis 500 were off the charts, literally and figuratively, because the three-time winner had no ride during the first week of practice."It was the first time I'd ever come to Indy without a ride and I was just hanging around but...

On this day in 1979, the company that would eventually create RACER magazine and RACER.com was founded by Paul Pfanner, Suzette Catheron-Smith and the late Geary Brown.The company's very first project was the creation of livery illustrations and collateral materials (LEFT) for the original Interscope-entered, factory Porsche Indy car that...

I just got back from Speed Week in Bonneville, so I thought I'd take a break from talking about the changes we've made to the car and elaborate a little bit on how the Challenger II project got started back in 1968. The catalyst, believe it or not, was a...