It was a perfect storm for a little team that never had much money or luck.Back in October of 1973, USAC’s Championship Trail was at Texas World Speedway for the next-to-last race of the season. Bill Finley had towed his homemade Fleagle chassis to College Station behind a Chevy pickup...

The first Grand Prix of Long Beach, run for Formula 5000 cars in 1975.A Formula 1 race around downtown Long Beach? Yeah, right... But bring in Dan Gurney to open doors and pretty soon it's go time.It was the summer of 1973 and Chris Pook had an idea for an...