It’s been 30 years since Ayrton Senna lost his life at Imola’s San Marino Grand Prix, May 1, 1994.Naturally, given such a milestone, Ayrton graces the cover of RACER No. 328, our annual Heroes Issue.The Brazilian’s Formula 1 career stands among the all-time greatest, but accomplishments aside, he had a...

Renault has lagged behind Mercedes since the inception of Formula 1's hybrid-turbo power unit era. Question is, how and when can it close the gap for its teams – customer and factory alike – to get on terms with the Silver Arrows?Formula 1 was depending heavily upon Renault's power unit...

Today, it's normal to see women winning in NHRA drag racing. In the hairy-chested 1970s, Shirley Muldowney battled prejudice and adversity to become a true Top Fuel legend. Nobody had it harder than Shirley Muldowney did, and nobody ever will.Not just a winner, but a champion, and not just a...

Gil de Ferran, two-time IndyCar champion and 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner, serves as Editor-At-Large for RACER magazine, for which he writes a regular column offering his views on a range of motorsports topics. This is what he wrote for our latest magazine – The Heroes III Issue – which takes...