With his victory in the 2024 Indianapolis 500, Newgarden became the sixth driver to win back-to-back races. The others were Wilbur Shaw (1939-1940), Mauri Rose (1947-1948), Bill Vukovich (1953-1954), Al Unser, Sr. (1970-1971) and Helio Castroneves (2001-2002).
Mauri Rose’s consecutive victories were driving Lou Moore’s Blue Crown Spark Plug Special. ...
The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum (ACD Museum) in Auburn, Indiana, focuses on preserving the history of the Auburn, Cord, and Duesenberg automobiles. They came to prominence during the Roaring Twenties as luxury automobiles. This is a terrific museum and is well worth the trip to Auburn, located in the ...
NASCAR driver Kyle Larson has a dream. To drive in the Indianapolis 500, fly to Charlotte, and pilot his Hendrick Motorsports No 5 Chevrolet in the Charlotte 600 on Sunday, May 26.
Larson cut his teeth in go-karting at age seven. He graduated to open-wheel racing as a teenager where ...
Janet Guthrie was the first woman to drive in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500. The year was 1977.
Her vocation was as an engineer but her passion was automobile racing. She developed her driving skills participating in road races with the Sports Car Club of America. On ...
One of the traditions of the Indianapolis 500 is the pace car leading the field of 33 through the pace lap. It began at the very first Indianapolis 500 in 1911 when Carl Fisher drove his white Stoddard-Dayton with his initials in bold letters on the radiator grill.
Having the ...