In 2011, The Indianapolis Motor Speedway celebrated the 20th anniversary of Willy T. Ribbs’ breakthrough performance to become the first African-American to race at the Indy 500. I wrote a five-part feature to honor the historic event for FOX’s…
Originally posted in May, 2011. We left you after Part 1 of Willy T. Ribbs: One Of A Kind with Ribbs at an all-time low after failing to get through the Rookie Orientation Program for the 1985 Indy 500….
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Jeff Krosnoff: Stay Hungry, Part 1
Mar 9, 2025, 3:49 PM 0
Back in 2011, a lot of amazing people helped me to celebrated the life of Jeff Krosnoff, the American IndyCar driver who was killed at the Molson Indy Toronto race on July 14, 1996. That six-part legacy series originally…
Originally published Oct. 17, 2011. My iPhone lit up last Tuesday. Jet-lagged after a 23.5-hour door-to-door flight back from covering the Bathurst 1000 race in Australia, and in my usual morning stupor, I looked over and saw the name…
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Willy T Ribbs 30th Anniversary Indy 500 Sticker
May 13, 2021, 9:46 PM 0
We’re celebrating Willy T. Ribbs on the 30th anniversary of his historic performance at the Indianapolis 500 where he became the first African American driver to qualify for ‘The Greatest Spectacle In Racing.’ The large and durable 4-inch sticker,…
Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area and being part of the West Coast racing community meant trips to Portland International Raceway took place on a regular basis. I’m guessing I’ve been to PIR at least 30 times,…
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Second Wilson Children’s Fund Charity Efforts Conclude
Mar 24, 2018, 3:32 PM 0
Bidding has concluded with the second annual charity print fundraising efforts for the Wilson Children’s Fund, and through the auctions of autographed IndyCar and IMSA memorabilia, $42,975 was raised to benefit the daughters of the late race car driver…
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Catch Everything That Went Live This Week On The Marshall Pruett Podcast, 2/26-3/3
Mar 3, 2018, 12:33 PM 0
Three new episodes were posted this week on the Marshall Pruett Podcast, starting with: MP 267: A Conversation with Hurley Haywood With the publication of his autobiography, American racing legend Hurley Haywood has opened chapters of his life that…
With 2017 behind us, here’s a look at the 10 most popular episodes of the Marshall Pruett Podcast in descending order. My podcast, which got its start in May of 2016, broke 1,000,000 downloads in December–it was an amazing…
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MP 216: Who The Hell Are You, Juan Pablo Montoya?
Dec 1, 2017, 4:22 PM 0
Juan Pablo Montoya is the third victim in our series of 15 weekly episodes of Who The Hell Are You? on the Marshall Pruett Podcast. The IndyCar champion, double Indy 500 victor and seven-time Formula 1 race winner paints an absolutely clear picture of who he…