This second chapter of “Forging Ahead” chronicles the evolving credential-forging teenaged exploits of my pals and I after we graduated from Whittier High School on June 15, 1972. Several of us were determined to earn our place in racing and were inspired by the ambition and accomplishments of our heroes...

ABOVE: Paul White (at left) and Paul Pfanner at the former shop of Automotive Development and Swift Race Cars. This obituary honors someone you may never have heard of but who had a significant impact on American racing that can still be felt today. The website you are reading this...