Dan Gurney’s favorite Indy car was the 1981 Pepsi Challenger, or the Eagle 8100, to give it its official nomenclature.A year earlier, Gurney had turned designer John Ward loose, and the result was a radical, striking piece that didn’t look like anything else in Gasoline Alley – and didn’t work...

As we remember Dan Gurney, here is the final episode of a six-part 2014 video series, Dan Gurney: All American Racer, Birth of AAR presented by Bell Helmets. Gurney was one of the greatest drivers, innovators, thinkers, that America has produced. He remains the only American team owner to win...

Take a tour of the 1981 CART IndyCar Series season with the convention-defying All American Racers Eagle – the stock block V8-powered "Pepsi Challenger" with which driver Mike Mosley starts in the middle of the front row at the Indy 500. Then move to the Michigan 500 where Mosley stars...

In 1981, Dan Gurney's All American Racers (AAR) entered the CART PPG IndyCar World Series with a revolutionary car that would be banned by season's end.Said to be one of Gurney's personal favorites, the AAR Eagle-Challenger ran counter to the prevailing theory of the time, which was to produce downforce...

In its previous 100 incarnations the Indianapolis 500 has created heroes, hard-luck Harrys and row after row of drivers that tried hard but blended in with the scenery.We know that Vuky, A.J., Big Al, Rocket Rick, Parnelli, J.R., Uncle Bobby, Gordy and Mario became legends because of their prowess at...

Mike Mosley may have been the least known, most respected IndyCar driver of the 1970s – partly by choice and partly by circumstances.Shy, humble and slight of build, Mose didn't look formidable until he was at speed and few were better on ovals. He won three times at Milwaukee, once...