For a long time, Indy car racing’s most hated player was Rodger Ward, a.k.a. Rodger the Dodger. Ward had earned the hateful alias because of triggering, but somehow avoiding involvement in, two of the most infamous and fatal accidents of the 1950s, the first resulting in the death of Clay...

From Vintage Motorsport issue 19.4-Jul/Aug 2019Photo: Riverside Records Album "Sounds of Sebring 1958"Vroom, vroom! My curiosity with engine sounds probably began as a toddler when the occasional DC-3 would fly over our home. I always looked to the sky at the sound of those radial engines and loved them even...

One of motor racing’s supremely inventive characters has passed. Joe Huffaker, whose free-thinking Indy 500 creations, numerous junior open-wheel and sports car designs, and racing teams made significant contributions to the sport, died in late February at the age of 95.Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser made history at the...

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 was his own car owner, chief mechanic and engine man, and in between all that work he found time to qualify for five consecutive Indianapolis 500s in...

Over 99 runnings, the Indianapolis 500 has become the most famous event in motorsport. That iconic status is built on a bedrock of hundreds of small stories, and to celebrate the centennial race, RACER.com has asked some of the people who are part of Indy's fabric to share a few...