A Death Foretold

A Death ForetoldThe wrong car, the wrong track, and wretched luck conspired to kill two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon.

Three-time World Champion Ayrton Senna died in a freak accident at Imola, Italy, in 1994. Formula 1 rewrote its rule book, and no F1 drivers have been killed on the track since then.
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DeltaWing Gets a Second Chance to Fly

DeltaWing Gets a Second Chance to FlyAfter failing to break through at Indy, the radical racer heads to Le Mans.

A year after visionary DeltaWing race car designer Ben Bowlby was jilted at the altar by the Indy Racing League, he’s found an ardent — and unlikely — new suitor in the Automobile Club de l’Ouest [...]

DeltaWing Gets a Second Chance to Fly

DeltaWing Gets a Second Chance to FlyAfter failing to break through at Indy, the radical racer heads to Le Mans.

A year after visionary DeltaWing race car designer Ben Bowlby was jilted at the altar by the Indy Racing League, he’s found an ardent — and unlikely — new suitor in the Automobile Club de l’Ouest [...]

The American Way

The American WayThe Grand-Am series provides bang for the buck — which might be the solution to sports car racing’s perennial flameouts in the United States.
Sustainability. Over and over, that word cropped up in conversations with drivers, team owners, and series personnel at the Grand-Am races at Barber Motorsports Park near Birmingham, Alabama. The word [...]

Mario Andretti, Motorsport Legend

Mario Andretti, Motorsport LegendIs Mario Andretti the greatest race car driver of all time?
Is Mario Andretti the greatest race car driver of all time? That’s the view here. But if he’s not, you can be sure that he’s filling the mirrors of the guys in front of him. Nobody has done it better for longer, [...]