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...

Photo: IMSGermantown, WI -- The 25th annual Millers at Milwaukee--Vintage Indy Car Event, sponsored by the Harry Miller Club, is July 12-13 at the famed Milwaukee Mile racetrack.To mark the event’s silver anniversary, Johnny Rutherford -- three-time Indianapolis 500 champion, 1980 Driver of the Year, USAC sprint car champion and...

Belardi Auto Racing announced today that second generation open-wheel driver Chad Boat will make his Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires debut at Iowa Speedway on Sunday, July 9. Additionally, Boat will compete in the No. 84 Dallara IL-15 at Gateway Motorsports Park on Saturday, August 26 with the team....

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...