By Bob Marlow | January 1, 2026 Those We Lost 2025 Kenneth Brenn, the owner of the Midget racer with which Rodger Ward won a “Formula Libre” race at Lime Rock Park, besting a Formula One-winning Maserati and a host of other cars. Brenn was a nationally-known and...
Those We Lost 2024 Fred Mackerodt, an automotive writer, photographer, editor and publicist. After stints at Look, Hi-Performance CARS and as a contributor to Supercycle and others, Mackerodt founded his own New York-based public relations agency, handling media...
Those We Lost 2023 Ken Block, a 23-time winner in the U.S. domestic rallying and a six-time victor in Global Rallycross, and perhaps best known for his Gymkhana series of web videos highlighting his exceptional car control. Block, 55, died in a snowmobile accident in...
Today we honor those who greatly influenced the automotive industry that we lost in 2022. Kevin Kalkhoven, winning car owner for the 2013 Indianapolis 500 and a key figure in the CART/Champ Car series in the early 2000s. A venture capitalist of considerable wealth,...
We watched Al Unser, Jr., in his Indy 500 debut. We watched him win his first, and his second Indy 500s. We watched him give a thumbs up to Emerson Fittipaldi when they crashed while battling for Indianapolis victory. We heard him as he said, “You just don’t know...
