Slammin’ Sammy Swindell is Not Done Yet

Back in August we reported championship-winning racer Sammy Swindell’s announcement that he was retiring from winged sprint car racing, and would henceforth be racing only in the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals every January in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At the time...

AAA, LeMans, USAC, and the Tragic Year of 1955

Sixty years ago, when the calendar flipped to begin 1955, the American Automobile Association began its 54th season as the major sanctioning body for auto racing in the United States.  AAA ran racing with an iron hand and drivers with aspirations of competing at the...