If you plan to race in Baja’s Class 11, be prepared to meet Eric Solorzano and come away from your encounter with a tale or two, as this Playboy profile of the long-time racer illustrates. * Do you t...
1913 Peugeot L45 Grand Prix car, part of the Bothwell Collection. Photos courtesy Bonhams. For 60 years, Lindley Bothwell indulged his passion for buying and driving antique cars, amassing what was o...
Bill Puterbaugh, after qualifying for the 1975 Indianapolis 500. Photos courtesy Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 was a childhood dream of racer Bill Puterbaugh, whose...
Bill Puterbaugh, after qualifying for the 1975 Indianapolis 500. Photos courtesy Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 was a childhood dream of racer Bill Puterbaugh, whose...
1964 Lotus 34, chassis 2. Photos courtesy Bonhams, unless otherwise noted. It was driven in period by A.J. Foyt, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones and Jim Clark. With Jones driving, Lotus 34, chassis 2, ear...
Photo by DoctorIndy. While plenty of drivers have won the Indianapolis 500 multiple times over the century-plus history of the great American race, only five have managed to do so in consecutive year...
Photos by Dave Friedman, courtesy The Henry Ford. Among the first to arrive at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on race morning in 1964 was Firestone’s junior rep Humphrey “Humpy” Wheeler. One of his ...
2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Indy 500 pace car. Photos by Chris Owens, courtesy of IMS and Chevy Racing. Chevrolet has had an exclusive arrangement with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 2...
Photos by Dave Friedman, courtesy The Henry Ford. When the Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened for practice on May 1, 1964, four different tire brands had moved into Gasoline Alley in pursuit of one o...
A.J. Foyt, with the Bowes Seal Fast Special in 1961. Image courtesy IMS. A.J. Foyt was the first driver to win the Indianapolis 500 four times, earning victories in 1961, 1964, 1967 and 1977. Two of ...
Parnelli Jones and A.J. Foyt at the 1964 Indianapolis 500. Photo by Dave Friedman, courtesy The Henry Ford. Chapter Eight: Tire Wars Less evident to casual race fans than the changes being caused by ...
Offenhauser-powered Indy-raced 1965 Gerhardt for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The 1965 Gerhardt Indy chassis was almost a direct copy of the highly successful Lotus 29 Formula...
1935 Miller Ford V-8 Indy Car. Photos by Maggie Pinke, courtesy Mecum Auctions. In 1935, genius race car constructor Harry Miller entered into a deal with Preston Tucker and the Ford Motor Company to...
We probably should’ve run these closer to this year’s 100th running of the Indy 500, but today’s close enough. From Jim and Chester’s Garage come these two photos of a parking lot at the 1965 Indiana...
Parnelli Jones driving the Marmon Wasp in 2011. Photo by Jim Donnelly. When one of the Marmon Wasp’s tires blew on the brick surface of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at 90 miles per hour, Ray Harro...
Mario Andretti’s 1965 Brawner Hawk, recently restored by Ray Evernham, will be in the field. Photos courtesy IMS. Sure, the big news is the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, so much so that some...
2011 Dallara IndyCar, “The Stinger.” Photos courtesy of Window World. Project sponsor Window World calls the yellow and black 2011 Dallara IndyCar “The Stinger,” in honor of the similar-liveried Marm...
In the comments on our recent stories on ethanol, a couple of folks posited that ethanol is dangerous because it burns invisible. Not entirely true, though I believe they were confusing ethanol with ...
Most folks probably know David Greenless as the man behind The Old Motor, but he’s also an accomplished restorer and caretaker of pre-World War I thoroughbreds, including the 1915 Duesenberg race car...
The start of the race’s 64th running in 1980. Photos courtesy Indianapolis Motor Speedway. On May 29th, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will host the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, once consi...
A.J. Foyt, the 1961, ’64, ’67 and ’77 winner, at the 1977 Indy 500. Photos courtesy IMS. One of the absolutely best things about the Indianapolis 500 is the palpable sense of history that permeates t...
Paul Goldsmith at the 1958 Indianapolis 500. Photos courtesy IMS. They came from different eras but still amassed impressive records in the sport of auto racing. That’s why Paul Goldsmith and U.E. “P...
Roger Penske with the 50th Anniversary 2017 Camaro SS Pace Car. Photo courtesy Chevrolet. For a guy who all but holds the deed to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, given that his teams have won its si...
Donald Davidson. Photo courtesy IMS. Only one race track in the world has a full-time official historian, and it’s the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. That historian is Donald Davidson, a native Briton ...
Jim Travers at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2008. Photo by Jim Haines, courtesy IMS. He was one half of the most legendary mechanical combo in the postwar history of the Indianapolis 500. Jim T...