One of the most spectacular designs in IndyCar history came from a British drawing board for a team from Texas. Forty-five years ago, on Sunday, May 25, 1980, it conquered the Indianapolis 500.

The list of drivers who looked exceptional in junior formulas and then wavered when they reached the top is a long one.Some get there and swiftly plateau, because they’re used to relying purely on driving talent and lack the industriousness for self-improvement. Others stay too long in backmarker or mid-grid...

Racers and dignitaries joined hundreds of motorsports professionals for the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony of the new Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Membership Headquarters in Speedway, Indiana, on May 26.Located at 1255 Main St. along the pathway directly to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the new 42,500-square-foot facility is among...

The positioning of Johnny Rutherford’s 1980 winner (left) and Al Unser Senior’s from 1970 illustrates the advances in aerodynamics over a decade. Photo: Fritz FrommeyerIndianapolis, IN -- Two dominant drivers from the 1970s and 1980s at Indianapolis -- Al Unser Sr. and Johnny Rutherford -- are being commemorated for the...

Before he was a three-time Indy winner and polesitter, national champion and one of the faces of USAC racing, Johnny Rutherford was an asterisk at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Fifty years ago he lost the pole position by three-and-a-half feet in a four-year-old car.“Man that was such a thrill and also...

The consternation over running IndyCar’s season opener all in one day this weekend at Texas might be more justified if there weren’t already some precedents.Like events in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, CART’s race at Rockingham, England in 2001 and a few other ovals in recent history that were shortened...

Indianapolis, IN -- Conor Daly, Ed Carpenter, Robert Wickens and Johnny Rutherford will share their stories in the Spring sessions of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum’s Distinguished Speaker Series.Daly and Carpenter will start off the lineup March 4. Wickens is up April 1 with IMS President Doug Boles as guest...

Photo: IMSGermantown, WI -- The 25th annual Millers at Milwaukee--Vintage Indy Car Event, sponsored by the Harry Miller Club, is July 12-13 at the famed Milwaukee Mile racetrack.To mark the event’s silver anniversary, Johnny Rutherford -- three-time Indianapolis 500 champion, 1980 Driver of the Year, USAC sprint car champion and...

The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association today announced that three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford has entered the second round of its 2019 Vintage Race of Champions (VROC) Charity Pro-Am championship series at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Brickyard Invitational has a new date for 2019, August 1-4.“All of us at...

Betty Rutherford, the wife of three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford, died on SundayThe Rutherfords had been married since 1963, when they met at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Betty was serving as a nurse at the track during the month of May while Johnny was a rookie at the Speedway. The...