Members
A complete list of RRDC members.
GREG PICKETT AND PAUL PFANNER TO SCCA HALL OF FAME
Two RRDC members – Greg Pickett and Paul Pfanner – are among the five-member 2022 SCCA Hall of Fame Class which also includes Charlie Clark, Howard Duncan and Mark Weber. GREG PICKETT There is longevity, and then there’s Greg Pickett. No other driver can claim to have won a Trans Am Championship race in […]
BOB BONDURANT – 1933-2021
My life has been lived in two halves. The first was becoming a world champion race driver. The second was teaching the world to become champions. – Bob Bondurant Bob Bondurant, iconic racer and performance driving mogul, passed away Friday in Paradise Valley, AZ. He was 88 and survived by his wife Patricia. Racer.com traced […]
2nd ANNUAL RACE INDUSTRY WEBINAR ANNOUNCED; ED SWART’S NEW BOOK
2ND ANNUAL ONLINE RACE INDUSTRY WEEK ANNOUNCED EPARTRADE and RACER are providing 55 hours, over 5 days, of Live Technical and Business Webinars from leading Industry Suppliers and Race Industry Leaders from around the world. The live webinars will run from 7:00am to 6:00pm PST, November 29 through December 3, 2021. The full schedule will […]
ESTERSON VICTORIOUS IN SILVERSTONE WALTER HAYES TROPHY THRILLER
New York Teenager Becomes the Fourth Team USA Scholarship Driver to Scoop Top Honors since 2008 SILVERSTONE, England (Nov. 7, 2021) – Max Esterson produced a master class to seal victory in today’s 21st Annual Walter Hayes Trophy Grand Final at Silverstone, the home of the British Formula 1 Grand Prix. Esterson, 19, from New York, […]
DOUBLE PODIUM FINISH FOR TEAM USA SCHOLARSHIP IN FORMULA FORD FESTIVAL FINAL
BRANDS HATCH, England (Oct. 31, 2021) – The 50th Formula Ford Festival ended in sensational style this afternoon with a thrilling 20-lap Grand Final in which Team USA Scholarship drivers Max Esterson and Andre Castro finished second and third behind Englishman Jamie Sharp. It was the first time two Team USA drivers had finished on the […]
RAHAL’S TRUMAN INDY WINNER TO IMS MUSEUM; SAM POSEY ART EXHIBIT
Bobby Rahal personally delivered his 1986 Indianapolis 500-winning March 86C to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum October 22nd. Rahal gave his mentor and friend Jim Truman the victory in his final appearance at the Brickyard. Truman lost his long battle with cancer 11 days later.
YOUNG RRDC MEMBER KYLE KIRKWOOD WINS INDY LIGHTS CHAMPIONSHIP; REDMAN TO BE HONORED BY SIMEONE FOUNDATION
Twenty-two-year-old Kyle Kirkwood from Jupiter, Florida became the first driver to win titles in Indy Lights, the Indy Pro 2000 Championship and the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Road to Indy program. Along the way, he won thirty out of fifty races for an astounding 60% winning percentage. His ten wins in Indy Lights ties Greg […]
AL UNSER JR.’S CHECKERED PAST; A ROBIN MILLER RETROSPECTIVE
A CHECKERED PAST – AL UNSER JR. We’ve all heard of the hold that alcohol and drugs had taken on Al Unser, Jr.’s life – to the detriment of his career and family. It was inevitable that at some point he would publicly face these personal demons. That time has come. Unser sat down with […]
TEAM USA SCHOLARSHIP SHOOTOUT HOSTED BY POLECAT TRAINING CENTER
Six talented young American drivers will assemble this week at the new Polecat Training Center facility in Lynchburg, Tenn., as part of a continuing process to select two Team USA Scholarship winners for 2021. Following two days of assessments, which will include driving on the technical 2.1-mile road course aboard the Polecat Racing Academy’s well […]
JIM PACE TO BE HONORED; NEWEY ON VERSTAPPEN; PENSKE ON JENKINS
JIM PACE TO BE HONORED AT CHATTANOOGA The late Jim Pace will be honored Oct. 16 in pre-race ceremonies for the Chattanooga Motorcar Festival’s Pace Grand Prix at the Bend to be run on a two-mile street circuit he designed inside a bend in the Tennessee River in downtown Chattanooga. Pace was event chair and […]