Alex Zanardi ends Rio campaign with double gold
Zanardi gets 2nd gold in Rio Alex Zanardi completed his second Paralympics campaign by bagging another gold medal in Rio de Janeiro. The former IndyCar champion, who lost both his … Read More
Category: CART
The incredible story of ex-F1 and CART driver amputee Alex Zanardi that inspired Last leg’s Alex Brooker’s moving speech
Host of England Channel Four's Last Leg Alex Brooker brought much of the nation to tears with an incredibly moving speech about a Paralympics athlete. Italian cyclist Alex Zanardi had … Read More
Alex Zanardi talks about F1, CART and the Paralympics
Alex Zanardi knows the topic is going to come up in any interview he gives. The accident writes Mark Tisshaw of AutoCar. It's probably one of the first things that … Read More
Remembering Krosnoff on 20th anniversary of his death
Jeff Krosnoff The 2016 Honda Indy Toronto marks the 20th anniversary of driver Jeff Krosnoff's death in a crash during the race, which also claimed the life of track marshal … Read More
David “Salt” Walther dead at 65
David "Salt" Walther David "Salt" Walther, the Dayton race car driver whose career – and life – saw some memorable peaks and many terrible lows, has died at age 65. … Read More
Carl Haas: 1930-2016 (Update)
UPDATE The following are quotes and a Video Tribute from INDYCAR drivers and officials on Haas: MARIO ANDRETTI (driver for Newman/Haas Racing from 1983-1994, 1984 Indy car champion, 18 race … Read More
2nd Annual CART Reunion planned (2nd Update)
UPDATE In the update yesterday talking about the CART reunion, the part about Credentialed media was a typo and it should read CREDENTIALED MEMBERS of the CART series. 06/03/16 Paul … Read More
Record 117 entries for Indy 500
The 1984 Indy 500 run in the CART era had a record 117 entries, that was before Tony George took his hammer to the sport. Now every year the IndyCar … Read More
Jaindl buys Nazareth Speedway
1996 and 1997 CART IndyCar crowds at Nazareth until Tony George's hammer took hold and destroyed it all Developer David Jaindl has bought the former Nazareth Speedway in Lower Nazareth … Read More
Video: 1992 Indianapolis 500
When IndyCars were real race cars. Note the huge crowd at Indy, with 100% full grandstands and grandstands in the infield that are long gone now. What was so wrong … Read More
2016 CART Reunion announced
If you missed the fantastic CART reunion last year, you will have a chance to mingle and catch up with everyone this year. The 2nd reunion will be held October … Read More
New Foyt, Andretti, Petty Book Coming Out
Andretti and Foyt honored at Daytona in July 2007 Motorsports publisher Coastal 181 announced the release of "FOYT, ANDRETTI, PETTY: America's Racing Trinity," by award-winning author Bones Bourcier, on Wednesday. … Read More
AR1 at CART Reunion (Update 2)
UPDATE #2 Billy and the Bear (long story) Saturday was a beautiful, sunny autumn day here in Indianapolis. Attendees for the CART reunion were given discount admissions to the Indianapolis … Read More
Paul Newman honored with forever stamp
Paul Newman Stamp Paul Newman — actor, philanthropist and Shaker Heights (Cleveland, OH) native — was honored with a U.S. Postal Service forever stamp yesterday at Playhouse Square in Cleveland. … Read More
Big CART Reunion Planned
CART was the most successful period in IndyCar history A big CART reunion is planned for Indianapolis on October 9th and 10th, 2015. I would really hope that you might … Read More
Rahal says IndyCar has to find a way ‘to make the world interested
Under CART in 2000 (and every year for that matter) this was the crowd at Fontana. Below is the crowd now after Tony George's vision destroyed CART No other series … Read More
Time for the creation of CART-II
After watching the greatest race in the history of IndyCar Racing at Fontana Saturday, with less than 5,000 people in attendance, it's clear the Hulman-George family is running the sport … Read More
Video: The sound and speed of IndyCars when the sport was big (2nd Update)
UPDATE #2 The largest attendance for an IndyCar race at Fontana was in 1999 under the CART banner when over 100,000 showed up. 2000 was still good, and in fact … Read More
Five members of Unser family drive together for first time at Brickyard
Unser Clan History abounded at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway over the four-day Sportscar Vintage Racing Association's Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational, with a century's worth of classic race cars turning laps … Read More
The Untold Story of Randy Lanier, Indy 500 Star and Drug Smuggler
Randy Lanier in 1986 – CART IndyCar driver On October 15, 2014 60-year old Randy Lanier stepped out of the Coleman federal penitentiary in rural Florida, a stranger to the … Read More
Video: Nigel Mansell’s first CART IndyCar test
When IndyCars were real race cars and when the sport was booming before Tony George split it and destroyed it. Back then the sport was able to attract current F1 … Read More