It’s 50 years since a moment of inspiration at a fractious test led to an aerodynamic breakthrough that still endures, the Gurney Flap. In a story first published in RACER magazine in 2018, Marshall Pruett recounts how Dan Gurney’s eponymous invention left Eagle driver Bobby Unser speechless (never an easy...

Complementing the new rear downforce options the IndyCar Series has given its teams on superspeedways, one downforce addition and one wing modification have also been ratified for 2019.With teams calling for an increase in rear downforce, and those requests having been met, a similar need for more front downforce has...

The Verizon IndyCar Series will give its teams new aerodynamic tuning options for the next superspeedway race.The series’ visit to the 2.5-mile Pocono oval in August, which will make use of the same speedway aero configuration seen at Indianapolis and Texas, will coincide with the introduction of two optional front...

Newport Beach, CA -- Following Dan Gurney’s death Sunday (Jan. 14) from complications with pneumonia, accolades for and tributes to the American hero of auto racing have been plentiful and poignant.It's agreed that Gurney embodied the best qualities of a man and a racer. --From the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, on...

When motorsports adopts and adapts technologies, it's almost always for entirely selfish reasons: to find a winning advantage. If it helps make better street cars, then that's a bonus.That "improving the breed" bellwether has rung increasingly hollow since the unseen hand of downforce began to exert a tightening grip on...

From sports cars to Formula 1 in 23 races, building and driving his own F1 car to victory and a versatile star who won in Indy cars, Can-Am, NASCAR, F1 and sports cars, Dan Gurney's legacy extends way beyond his accomplishments behind the wheel.His All-American Racers helped changed the face...