The process of restoration will always be an uncertain adventure, but the complexity seems to heighten dramatically with racecars. Parts and information are often in very limited supply, and who knows what challenges, surprises or – maybe –opportunities, await?Don Hoevel runs a restoration and prep shop near Chicago and was...

Allan Pagan, one of the original Indy Racing League entrants whose Pagan Racing team finished second at the Indianapolis 500, died last week at the age of 70.The Texan (far left, main image), who formed the racing team with his father Jack, got his start in the CART IndyCar Series...

The NTT IndyCar Series’ desire to grow its 17-race calendar in the coming years is being met by an increasing number of options to explore.As RACER chronicled in July, the series harbors an interest in expanding its schedule to reach upwards of 19-20 races per season in an incremental fashion...

Joe Heitzler, who presided over Championship Auto Racing Teams in its most turbulent year, has died at the age of 75.Replacing Bobby Rahal in 2001, Heitzler was beseiged with one catastrophe after another and was fired less than a year in office. "Not all of our troubles can be blamed...

Dr. Michael Olinger, who looked after the IndyCar Series’ drivers for 13 seasons as its medical director, died on Thursday at the age of 69. Prior to his most recent appointment which spanned 2006-2018, Olinger joined the new Indy Racing League in 1996 as a trackside physician, and was continually...

John Della Penna, the car owner who chased his dream all the way to the Indianapolis 500, has died at the age of 68 after a battle with cancer.Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Della Penna idolized Juan Manuel Fangio growing up and wanted to be a race driver, so he...

Brian Barnhart, who has served as IndyCar's Race Director or Chief Steward for the past 20 years, is leaving the series and moving to Harding Racing. “I wasn’t out looking for a job,” Barnhart told the official IndyCar site. “It was an offer that came to me that was just...

Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato met with two heads of state Monday during a dinner hosted in his native Japan. The new Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver posed for a picture with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie, and United States President Donald Trump and first lady...

The tussle between Arie Luyendyk (pictured below) and A.J. Foyt in is the first thing most people remember. From beginning to end, the Indy Racing League's inaugural visit to Texas Motor Speedway in 1997 was a sideshow.It opened with the strangest qualifying session I've been a part of. Searching for...

A connection between Le Mans legend Tom Kristensen and the wholly unremarkable Walt Disney World Speedway should not exist. But the Dane's link to the old and oft-forgotten Indy Racing League oval is where his incredible career as sports car racing's biggest name got its start. The link is also...