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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...

Gaston Chevrolet won the 1920 Indy 500 in a Frontenac. Gaston died in November 1920 in a racing accident at the Beverly Hills (CA) Speedway board track. Billy Arnold won the 1930 Indy 500 with front wheel drive Miller power. Miller dominated Indy in the 1920's and early 1930's, but went...

Dick Mann was a flat tracker at heart, but also highly capable as a road racer. He won the Daytona 200 back-to-back in 1970 and 1971, both years on bikes that were not supposed to have a prayer of a chance in that grueling race. His 1970 mount, a Honda CB750 four cylinder, carried number 2 so...

Mario Andretti 1978 F1 champion... Mario introduced the concept of tire stagger to Colin Chapman. On my short list of motor racing GOAT's. And a Hollywood casting department could not possibly come up with a better look for a GOAT. Rick Mears and his 1988 Indy 500 winner. He also won the...

Kelly Petillo's win in the 1935 Indy 500 was the 1st time an Offenhauser engine captured the 500. There would be many more... Rodger Ward won the Indy 500 in 1959 and 1962 driving for Bob Wilke's Leader Card team, sort of like the Team Penske of that era. Chassis by the legendary A.J. Watson...

I love the diversity of the photos in this thread. @Dwayne posting hydroplanes and those crazy offset super modifieds are highlights for me. Thank you, Dwayne. And thank you to all for the amazing array of racing photos. @Greg your perspective on David Pearson is spot on. I refuse to even...

Helio 2021 Indy 500 (his 4th win) Mark Martin

Marshal Teague Cotton Owens David Pearson (driver) Cotton Owens (owner) Buddy Baker (driver) Cotton Owens (owner) 1965... Cale's first Cup win 1962 Roger Penske "Zerex Special" Mark Donohue, AMC for Trans Am, Porsche for Can Am (Team Penske) 2024 Darlington, Brad K driver and...

2020 Daytona 500, the night we all prayed for Driver #6... Three days later, prayers answered...

I remember dirt modifieds from the early 1970's. Some of them were really beautiful... didn't look very different from pavement mods, in fact. And pavement mods today remain good looking cars. But dirt cars have evolved dramatically... form follows function, as I said above. But they are not...

No, not that I'm aware of. Although, my family history on my father's side is pretty murky and filled with holes, so anything's possible, LOL. My mother's side has been researched pretty well, and of course we have different surnames on her side.

Barry Sheene was such a rock star in England in the 1970's that grand prix motorcycle road racing became as mainstream as F1 is today. At Silverstone in 1979, Sheene and Kenny Roberts fought what is probably the greatest mano-a-mano battle in the history of gasoline. Roberts won. And I was...

Bill Holland won the 1949 Indy 500, and finished P2 in 1947, '48, and '50. His teammate (Mauri Rose) won in 1947 and '48. Offenhauser engine, Deidt chassis. "Blue Crown Spark Plug Special" Alan Kulwicki's Underbird... "Polish Victory Lap" Adam Plessinger, Team Yamaha then KTM... Dave...