One hundred and five years ago, on October 31, 1902, Wilbur Shaw was born in Shelbyville, Indiana . Today, few people know who he was, which is a shame, because he is one of the most important people in American racing and in the history of the Indianapolis Motor...
Ted Christopher and I first met in 1994, by which time he had already established himself as a championship-caliber racing driver, and I last spoke with him earlier this year. We were not friends, but we enjoyed a cordial relationship, he in his role as driver, and I...
In 2015, a gentleman by the name of Mike Trio watched “Rush,” the Ron Howard film about the rivalry between Formula One greats Niki Lauda and James Hunt. Not long thereafter, Mr. Trio, in his role as City Manager for the town of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, walked...
Following last year’s Vintage Indycar Celebration at Pocono, presented by the Classic Racing Times, we wrote about the cars driven by Parnelli Jones and Eddie Sachs in the 1963 Indy 500, cars which were reunited on the track last year and which reminded us of the...
It’s a campaign begun years ago, as automatic transmissions began to become standard equipment on new cars, replacing, um, standard transmissions. “Save the Manuals” is the rallying cry. But I don’t buy into it. My first car was a stick, and as I write, my latest...
