At various points during his 80 years, he was the spoiled brat of an Indy 500 driver, an up and coming IndyCar mechanic, a damn good sprint car driver, a fine fabricator, a foil for A.J. Foyt and a bully of USAC’s sprint division with Pancho Carter (main image, with...

The sporting world was agog last week, proclaiming Tiger Woods’ victory in The Master as the greatest comeback of all time. Now make no mistake, it was a remarkable recovery from all his surgeries and a story worthy of great praise, but let’s get serious. Greatest comeback of all time?...

Almost every Friday I eat lunch at The Pit Stop in Brownsburg with some tough hombres from days gone by. Lee Kunzman dodged the Grim Reaper twice in three years in the early '70s, Pancho Carter survived a deadly crash at Phoenix, Merle Bettenhausen had his right arm torn off...

Here are the results to our latest poll question: Which one of the nominees in Robin Miller’s “Replacing Derrick Walker” story do you think would make the best IndyCar Chief Steward?ANSWERS:Jon Beekhuis — 20.3% (1,275)Rick Mears — 19.2% (1,205)Dario Franchitti — 16.7% (1,051) .8Wally Dallenbach Jr. — 12.3% (773)Paul Tracy...

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...