Chris Cord, 1940-2022
He had the looks of a Hollywood movie star and the talent to reach the pinnacle of IMSA stardom in the 1980s. Chris Cord, an investment banker who took up sports car racing as a hobby and closed his...
View ArticleMassive Newman Haas collection up for bid at RM Sotheby's
One of the world’s largest collections of Indy cars is being presented for auction by RM Sotheby’s. The immaculate lot of vehicles owned by the late Carl Haas and his wife Bernadette is comprised of 40...
View ArticleVIDEO: Rolex Monterey Reunion Le Mans exhibition tour
RACER’s Marshall Pruett takes us on an extended tour of the Le Mans Celebration Hall at the 2022 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion where the upcoming 100th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans was...
View ArticleVIDEO: The one and only Intrepid GTP win on the streets of NOLA
The incredible Chevy Intrepid GTP won one IMSA race during its factory campaign with drivers Wayne Taylor and Tommy Kendall, and thanks to its insane downforce figures — something in the 10,000-pound...
View ArticleVIDEO: 1985 IMSA GTP at Road Atlanta
It was looking like another Porsche 962 onslaught until things got interesting at IMSA’s Road Atlanta 500km race, and thankfully, the 1985 IMSA GTP race turned into a fun one where two legends of...
View ArticleVIDEO: The Mazda 787 with a secret past
Mazda has an amazing collection of its former prototypes that raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the 1980s and 1990s, and as Mazda Motorsports director Mo Murray details, one of its most active...
View ArticleHMSA set for 20-car Long Beach historic F1 grid
The April 14-16 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach has everything from the NTT IndyCar Series to IMSA’s WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on tap for the three-day street race celebration, and thanks to...
View ArticleVideo: Colton Herta 1998 Reynard-Cosworth CART IndyCar visor cam
Ride with second-generation IndyCar star Colton Herta as he turns his first four laps in the 1998 Reynard 98i-Ford Cosworth his father Bryan drove to victory 25 years ago at Laguna Seca. Having...
View ArticleGil de Ferran 1967-2023
Gil de Ferran, the holder of IndyCar’s fastest qualifying average at 241.428mph, the two-time CART IndyCar Series champion, and winner of the 2003 Indianapolis 500, has died at the age of 56. De Ferran...
View ArticleGreat cars from IndyCar's past prepare to take to the streets of Long Beach
The oldest is an Eagle from 1966. It was built 30 minutes down the road in Santa Ana, one of the first race cars made by Dan Gurney’s All American Racers, who also co-founded the Long Beach Grand Prix....
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