IndyCar

Al Unser prepares to climb into his Chaparral 2K-Cosworth on the outside of the front row for the 1979 Indy 500 with team owner Jim Hall looking every inch a cowboy. Unser would start third in the first iteration…

Rick Mears, four-time Indy 500 winner, delves into a long look back at his career, tenure as a driver for Roger Penske, and a wide variety of other topics with the oval master ahead of the 100th running of the…

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 the…

Originally posted in May, 2011. We left you after Part 2 of Willy T. Ribbs: One Of A Kind with Ribbs having taken his first laps in the new Lola-Buick just two days ahead of the first of two weekends of…

Originally posted in May, 2011. We left you after Part 3 of Willy T. Ribbs: One Of A Kind with Ribbs ready to qualify for the Indy 500. With a new set of tires bolted onto the Walker Motorsport/Bill Cosby Lola-Buick,…

Marshall Pruett