Robin Miller’s video series celebrating the tough guys of Indy resumes. Enjoy previous installments of the series at The RACER Channel on YouTube.He qualified for 18 consecutive Indianapolis 500s and ran up front countless times, but Lloyd Ruby's legacy will be all the ones that got away.'Ol Rube led 126...

Daytona Beach, FL -- Anyone who has seen Ford v Ferrari, the blockbuster 20th Century Fox film depicting Ford Motor Company's effort -- spearheaded by Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and Ken Miles (Christian Bale) -- to unseat Ferrari as the king of Le Mans, saw this before the credits rolled:...

The 1968 Indianapolis 500 will forever be remembered by most as the race where the turbine failed for the second straight year – just a few miles from the checkered flag.But the untold stories were the dominance of winner Bobby Unser, and another strong run of Lloyd Ruby that ended...

Bentley Warren only competed twice in the Indianapolis 500 but we'll always wonder what might have been if he hadn't been hurt in 1971.A star at Oswego in the big-block modifieds in the late '60s, Warren caught the eye of owner Tassi Vatis and his chief mechanic Bill Finley and...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the running of the 1965 Daytona Continental, the forerunner of the Rolex 24 At Daytona. That race produced a popular breakthrough victory for Ford, and opened the door for Daytona to virtually double its event distance to 24 hours the following year.The Ferrari...

{igallery id=6190|cid=52|pid=5|type=category|children=0|addlinks=0|tags=|limit=0} Lots of guys say the first time they saw an Indy car go around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway they were hooked, and that’s my story. It was 1957 and I was eight years old when Tony Bettenhausen lumbered down the straightaway in the Novi. The noise rattled the...