There are few things more nauseating in life than injustice, and while there are far more important iniquities in the world that have greater bearing on people’s lives than anything inside our motorsports bubble, there are too many times when the matrix goes awry, the picture is distorted and drivers,...

IndyCar stars Wally Dallenbach and Danny Sullivan (pictured above at Indy in 1988) are the 2022 inductees into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame, and will be feted at the 2022 Induction Ceremony and Indianapolis 500 Oldtimers Dinner hosted by the IMA Museum and Indy 500 Oldtimers on Thursday,...

Daytona Beach, FL – The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America announced Thursday (Feb. 27) that it will induct Wally Dallenbach Sr. -- considered the best chief steward in the history of American racing -- to its ranks.Photo: IMS“Wally Dallenbach was an outstanding driver,” said MSHFA President George Levy. “But...

Wally Dallenbach, an Indy 500 veteran turned race official who brought safety to the forefront of open-wheel racing and two of the biggest men in motorsports, literally and figuratively, Tiny Lund and Ivan “Ironman” Stewart, head the 2020 Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.In one of the largest classes in...

Legendary road racers Ron Fellows, Geoff Brabham, and Wally Dallenbach are the latest entries in Sportscar Vintage Racing Association’s (SVRA) first-ever Vintage Race of Champions (VROC) Charity Pro-Am at Road Atlanta on March 29 and 30. Other VROC Series races are planned for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in August, and...

On the eve of this year’s Indianapolis 500, Racemaker Press released its latest book ‘Wally Dallenbach: Steward of the Sport’. Written by journalist and author Gordon Kirby, Dallenbach’s biography is another in Racemaker’s long series of books on American Championship and Indy car racing.During his tenure as Chief Steward of...

Bill Finley was one of the last, great chief mechanics at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway because he could do it all – weld, fabricate, build engines, assemble gearboxes and repair anything.The L.A. native came to IMS in the early '60s with Jimmy Daywalt before starting his own team in 1966...

We've had guys that drove Indy cars, lawyers, team managers, business types, guys who drove racecars but not Indy cars, mechanics and guys that never drove a racecar in competition. Today we can add former motorsports executive to that list.IndyCar's revolving door in Race Control leaves me shaking my old...

Mario Andretti didn't dwell on danger during his Indy car career but he once admitted it always gave him peace of mind when he saw Dave Hollander and Lon Bromley sitting in their safety trucks at the track.Hollander, one of the cornerstones of CART's unparalleled safety team for 25 years,...

Five All American Racers Eagle Indy cars will be offered for sale at two upcoming auctions in Monterey, including one of the 1972 cars that helped transform the sport and made Eagles the customer chassis to have.1972 AAR Eagle, chassis 7219, was driven by Wally Dallenbach, Graham McRae Bill Simpson...