Canadian driver Cliff Hucul, a veteran of three Indianapolis 500 starts in the late 1970s, died Feb. 17 on his farm in his native Prince George, B.C.

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.

Resurrecting Al Unser’s very first asphalt Indy car and the first car he drove at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The great IndyCar driver and race steward Wallace “Wally” Dallenbach Sr. died on Monday at the age of 87. His friends and family say he was able to watch Sunday’s IndyCar race at Barber Motorsports Park and passed the next morning in his sleep. Dallenbach was preceded in death by...

My new wife and I returned from our May 1982 honeymoon to the terrible news that my favorite F1 driver, Ferrari’s Gilles Villeneuve, had been killed in a terrible accident at a silly little track in Belgium. Fast-approaching our 40th wedding anniversary, and thus 40 years since his death, Villeneuve...

Menifee, CA -- Fellow motorsports communicator Doug Stokes alerted us last week that a very good friend of his, Mike Allen, is gathering materials for a book that will look back at Ontario Motor Speedway in detail.So much motorsports history in 10 years. Here, Jim McElreath poses at OMS. Photo:...

INDIANAPOLIS - Bill Puterbaugh, the 1975 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, passed away Monday, Oct. 9 at his home on the west side of Indianapolis. He was 81.Puterbaugh, who was originally from Roxana, Illinois, and raced out of the St. Louis area for several years until moving to Indianapolis...

Inspired by their in-house Formula 1 program, Parnelli Jones and Vel Miletich spawned the DFX, an engine that ended the Offy era and ruled Indy for a decade.Despite its immortal tally of 27 wins at the Indianapolis 500, Fred Offenhauser's eponymous and legendary engine had become a dreadful mix of...

The aftermath of the MAVTV 500 at Fontana still lingers as people that weren’t even fans of IndyCar racing can’t quit talking about how exciting it was while the drivers were divided on whether it was Russian Roulette at 215mph or a wild ride in a dangerous profession.It was also...