whose name has become a byword for speed in his adopted homeland of the United States. The Pennsylvania resident won Indycar titles in 1965, 1966 and 1969 and also scooped an Indy 500 win, before switching full-time to F1 and winning the 1978 World Championship with Colin ...
‘Graded drivers’ – in essence and summary, drivers who had scored points twice in the Top Six of a Grand Prix in the previous two years, and the World, F2, Indy, and Can Am Champs of the previous year – were ineligible for Euro F2 championship points. In 1970 Rindt won at Thruxt...
He scored seven wins and 13 pole positions on the way to the title, but faced with the prospect of Senna becoming his Williams team-mate, and all the bitterness and politics that would entail, he chose to retire for good. Prost's extra year in F1 gave him his fourth title that means...
Vowles caused a “shock to myself” when he visited the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the first time as a racing driver, rather than a strategist, managing to get within eight-tenths of the event pole-sitter and showing clear progression in the fierce...
Fisher was the first woman to claim a pole position in a major American open-wheel race and had nine starts in the Indianapolis 500—the most for a woman in the race. Fisher was born into an Ohioan family with a background in racing; she began competing at the age of five when her ...
A NASCAR race week has arrived after two-plus months of quiet. The Clash is Sunday at Bowman Gray Stadium, and we have some info on that and more. Read more Daytona 500 coming up fast. Here's what to know, even if you know nothing about racing 27-01-2025 19...
Patrick, who has been stock car racing since her youth, won the Indy Japan 300 in 2008, becoming the first and only woman to win an IndyCar Series race. In 2009, Patrick placed third in the Indianapolis 500 and marked the highest finish by a female driver in that race. She's ...