Iron Mike Nazaruk wasn't around very long, but made quite an impression in open-wheel racing.After fighting in Guam and the Battle of Guadacanal, Nazaruk came home and dove into midget racing, twice winning the ARDC championship. He moved up to Triple A sprinters and immediately started winning on the high-banked...

John Surtees and Joe Leonard immediately come to mind when people discuss history's most versatile racers but Paul Goldsmith was every bit as impressive on two and four wheels.Goldsmith was one of the pioneers of AMA flat-track racing in the 1950s and helped teach Leonard a few tricks before he...