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First visit to Unser Racing Museum on its final lap was worthwhile
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMay 27—I'm not a car guy, OK? For me, a car is a car is a car. The internal combustion engine is as much a mystery to me as the secrets of life itself. Auto racing? You jest. I never exceed ...
'The most treacherous track ever': The 20th century legacy of the Langhorne Speedway
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoI’ve written four books about American submarine captains who pushed the limits. Prior to that, I pushed a few limits myself making 54 dives into subterranean springs of Florida and Georgia ...
Former IndyCar racer and CART chief steward Wally Dallenbach dies at 87
NBC Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 weeks agoSpeedway, IN - 1979: Wally Dallenbach competing in the 1979 Indianapolis 500 / 63rd 500 Mile...
NM Sports Hall of Fame plans reception for this year's inductees
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo Sports· 9 months agoAug. 17—The Albuquerque Sports Hall of Fame held its inaugural banquet on March 5, 1974, honoring original inductees Roy Johnson, Bobby Unser and F.M. "Tony" Wilson. In 2005, the Hall of Fame ...
Indy 500 'Quilt Lady' dies: She gave winning drivers hand-stitched blankets since 1976
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo Sports· 5 months agoINDIANAPOLIS -- Jeanetta Holder, perfectly enough, was born on an Indianapolis 500 race day in May...
'That guy from Milwaukee I don't like?' Impossible comparisons, great characters and other thoughts...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSo many details have faded into oblivion, and connecting a name to a date to a set of circumstances...
‘A race we would all like to forget’: 50 years later, 1973 Indy 500 is grim, haunting memory
NBC Sports via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoINDIANAPOLIS – The 1973 Indy 500 was one that even the winner has tried to avoid recalling. “I can...
Unser Museum leaving Albuquerque for much larger Museum of American Speed in Nebraska
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMay 19—Albuquerque's Unser Racing Museum is closing its doors, its trove of memorabilia to be transferred to the Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed in Lincoln, Nebraska. The announcement ...
From 'Kodak Girl' to the mob, Rochester woman's remarkable life story could become streaming series
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTeenage model. Mob wife. Getaway driver for organized crime. Stunt driver for Hollywood. East...