Tony Stewart joins Racers Unchained for a wide-ranging, unfiltered conversation about the biggest moments of his legendary career – from terrifying crashes and IndyCar speeds to NASCAR politics and life after racing full-time.The three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, 1997 IndyCar champion, and NASCAR Hall of Famer reflects on the wildest...

Knoxville Raceway, widely recognized as the Sprint Car Capital of the World, wrapped up another highly successful season in 2025, building on years of momentum with record attendance growth, expanded premium offerings, and a deepening connection to its local community. During a recent Race Industry Week interview, Jason Reed, General...

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...

Iron Mike Nazaruk wasn't around very long, but made quite an impression in open-wheel racing.After fighting in Guam and the Battle of Guadacanal, Nazaruk came home and dove into midget racing, twice winning the ARDC championship. He moved up to Triple A sprinters and immediately started winning on the high-banked...

Five weeks before a wrongful death lawsuit was set to go to trial, attorneys for Tony Stewart and the family of Kevin Ward Jr. have notified the judge of a settlement.The Ward family filed the lawsuit in August 2015, one year after Ward was struck and killed by Stewart during...

Robin Miller catches up with Davey Hamilton Jr. and Sr. and discuss how the younger Hamilton is recovering from injuries suffered in a hard sprint car crash in California, among other other topics captured during the PRI Show in Indianapolis.Safety pioneer Bill Simpson and Kenny Koldsbaek, who are developing the...

There have been some great comebacks in USAC racing history: Mel Kenyon from near-fatal burns in a 1965 IndyCar race at Langhorne, Pennsylvania, Lee Kunzman from a broken neck and burns in a 1970 sprint-car race in Odessa, Missouri, and Pancho Carter from crippling injuries during an IndyCar test crash...

USAC Racing pays tribute to two time Silver Crown champion and 60-time USAC National winner Dave Steele, who was killed Saturday night in a sprint car crash at Desoto Speedway in Bradenton, Florida. He was 42.

Above: Don "Pappy" Branson winning at the Sacramento Mile in 1965.Fifty years ago in a sprint car race at Ascot Park, a veteran hero and a future star perished in the same accident to bring the curtain down on one of USAC's darkest seasons.Don "Pappy" Branson, a 46-year-old master of...

Bryan Clauson, who will go down in USAC history as one of its most prolific performers, succumbed to injuries suffered in a devastating accident in Saturday night's Belleville Nationals midget race in Belleville, Kansas. He was 27.Clauson, who started ninth, had just taken the lead from Chad Boat and was...