Articles
An Unofficial History of the CART-IRL Split
Since the mid 90's, Indy-Champ car racing has attracted a lot of attention on the issue of a philosophical and business split between two sides... read more >>
The Lost Rear Engined Sprint Cars
In the mid-1960's, a phenomenon known as the"rear-engined revolution" occured at the Indianapolis 500 in which the rear-engined monocoque formula car layout replaced the front-engined tube frame roadsters. By the early 70's, some rear-engined sprint cars were attempted... read more >>
USAC-IRL at Dover Delaware
On August 24, 1969 USAC held their one and only race for Champ cars at the high-banked (24 degrees) one mile oval at Dover Delaware. Bobby Unser's qualifying speed of 155.259 mph remained the track record for 29 years... read more >>
The First Pocono 500
The inaugural Schaefer 500 at Pocono was significant in many ways. It was the first time the USAC National Championship Trail had raced in the Northeast on such a large superspeedway (2.5 miles). Up until then, Champ/Indy car races had been held in this area... read more >>
Nazareth Speedway History
Nazareth Speedway was an auto racing facility located in Northampton County, PA. about 50 miles north of Philadelphia. It was actually a pair of adjacent racetracks - the smaller half mile track built in 1920, and a larger 1 1/8" mile track built in 1966... read more >>
Trenton Speedway
Track size: 1.5 mile kidney-shaped oval. Width: 65' on turns, 55' on straights, 80' wide apron read more >>
Indy Turbos 1975
An article from HOT ROD magazine, May 1975, which chronicles the Turbo engines of the time. (Please Note: this is a PDF which may require downloading time on dialup connections)... read more >>