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In September 1948, Rollie Free was at a Land Speed Record meet at Bonneville Salt Flats with a new Vincent HRD (V-2 air-cooled, 998 cc). He was looking for 150 mph, but several runs topped out at 148 and change. That was enough for an official record for a normally aspirated and non-streamlined...

Finally... we are there. It is Sunday. It is raceday. On a bank check, the official and legal amount is the amount written in words. The amount written in numerals is not official. The photo below is officially a real zero...

I wonder if Fox's new graphics are intended to be more legible to people viewing on a phone-sized screen? Just a guess. I haven't tried 'em out on a phone.

I'm soooo over Jimmie's many-years-long farewell tour. Long term, his legacy will recover from the tarnish inflicted by the last 8-10 years, but it will take a long time to happen. JMO as a fan of JJ's accomplishments in his prime.

FWIW, I agree with @jaqua19.1 and @Charlie Spencer here. Cleetus, Travis Pastrana, and Hallie Deegan too for that matter, make Nascar look like a carnival promoter. The big build up for a guy that likes racecars towing trailers, or a guy that jumps out of an airplane without a parachute... these...

Kenny Roberts nipped Barry Sheene at Silverstone 1979 on the way to his second world championship (of three). A legendary race. In the 1970s, the AMA Grand National championship included both flat track dirt and paved road racing. Kenny Roberts' dirt tracker was typical of the genre... air...

In 1964, A.J. Foyt captured his second Indy 500 in this Offy-powered Watson roadster. It was the last front-engined winner of the race. Laguna Seca 2008. Casey Stoner (1, Ducati) defended his line aggressively through the Corkscrew against Valentino Rossi (46, Yamaha). But not aggressively...

Charlie, KK, everyone... don't feed the troll. If Observer wants to participate here, he'll figure out how to do it. But so far... this ain't it.

This opinion-stated-as-fact reminds me of the old saying... "One man's trash is another man's treasure." My opinion is that Leigh Diffey is absolute trash as a racing play-by-play announcer. Any kind, and every kind of race... my opinion is the same. I've seen him butcher the call in Nascar...

Most of my pictures of Kenny "The King" Roberts seem to have the #1 number plate, reserved for the defending series champion, but his career number was #2. Yamaha four cylinder, two stroke, 500 cc, factory prototype grand prix bike. Yowza. B Kez 2012 Homestead championship finale. It's Miller...

Ferrari 312PB co-drivers Mario Andretti & Jacky Ickx, Daytona 1972. Wilbur Shaw won the 1939 Indy 500 in the #2 Maserati. The following year, he won again in the same car, carrying #1. Al Unser, Sr. won four Borg-Warner trophies. Two of Big Al's winning cars were entered as #2, 1970 and...

Ralph DePalma dominated the 1912 Indy 500 in the #2 Mercedes, taking the lead on lap 3 and holding it for 195 straight laps. However, on lap 198, the Mercedes engine "done blowed up" with a broken rod. DePalma and his riding mechanic pushed the car to the pits and retired from the race. Three...

Max Biaggi... forever a nearly man... At the 2017 Indy 500, Scott Dixon crashed on the 52nd lap and went airborne. As Dixon hurtled toward the inside catchfence, Helio Castroneves dove onto the inner apron to avoid a spinning car. Helio passed directly under Dixon's flying #9 car, and emerged...

Mauri Rose won the Indy 500 back-to-back in 1947 & '48 in the same car... Deidt chassis with Offenhauser motor. Owned by the IMS Museum, which asked Al Unser, Jr. to turn some exhibition laps. Junior Johnson Rodger Ward's second Indy 500 victory was in 1962. Like his first win in 1959, he...

The Unser family won the Indy 500 nine times. Bobby Unser got three; his brother Al ("Big Al") won four; and Al Jr. ("Little Al") added two more. In 1968, Bobby won in Bob Wilke's #3 Rislone/Leader Cards Special. Eagle chassis, Offy motor... Bobby's third win was 1981 in Roger Penske's Norton...