Members
A complete list of RRDC members.
ROB DYSON TO CHAIR INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY MUSEUM PLUS SOME MEMBER CAR COLLECTIONS
ROB DYSON TO CHAIR INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY MUSEUM Rob Dyson has been named chairman of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, having served on the Museum board for 10 years. He succeeds Tony George who had been board chair for 35 years. George will remain involved as Chairman Emeritus. [motorsport.com front page image] Dyson’s personal Indy […]
HOWIE LIEBENGOOD, A U.S. CAPITOL POLICE VETERAN, DIES SATURDAY
Howie Liebengood, Jr., a 15-year veteran of the U.S. Capitol Police, died Saturday in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrectionist attack on the Capitol building. He was off duty Saturday. Officer Liebengood was a member of the 2018 RRDC membership class. He raced extensively prior to joining the USCP in 2005, winning the 2000 […]
SAD LOSSES AT THE END OF 2020 – OSCAR, JPJ, ALDO
OSCAR KOVOLESKI 1932-2020 On Dec 28, we lost one of the great characters in motor racing – Oscar Kovoleski. An RRDC member for 50 years, Oscar had been in an assisted living facility in Scranton, PA, for a couple of years. He was 88. “Oscar Koveleski was a treasure,” said RRDC President Bobby Rahal. “His […]
RRDC AT THE RUNOFFS + MEMBER NEWS
STRONG SHOWING FOR RRDC MEMBERS AT THE SCCA RUNOFFS Despite a truncated 2020 SCCA National racing program, a herd of Club Racers answered the call for the National Championship Runoffs at Road America, Oct. 5-11 – 577 in all. Andrew Aquilante led a Phoenix Racing assault on the podium scoring a hard fought victory from […]
MEMBER NEWS: JOHN FERGUS TO SCCA HoF; BERDIE MARTIN PASSES; SAM POSEY PAINTINGS ON EXHIBIT; SPECIAL OFFER ON JOHN PAUL JR. BIOGRAPHY AND LATEST HEALTH REPORT
JOHN FERGUS SELECTED FOR THE SCCA HALL OF FAME RRDC VP and Treasurer John Fergus is one of five comprising the 2021 Class of the Sports Car Club of America Hall of Fame. John’s official induction will occur during a virtual ceremony Jan. 23, 2021 – the opening day of the 2021 SCCA Virtual Convention. […]
RACING SAFETY SEMINAR PLUS BILL WUESTHOFF’S NEW BOOK
“RACING GOES SAFER” WEBINAR SET FOR MONDAY, NOV. 30 The “Racing Goes Safer” motorsport safety foundation, EPARTRADE and Racer Magazine are teaming up to present a safety webinar during the Online Race Industry Week, November 30 – December 4. “A Crash Course in the History of IndyCar Racing Safety” is the title of the webinar […]
FRIENDS REMEMBER JIM PACE AND GENE FELTON
JIM PACE (1961-2020) remembered by his friend and business partner Byron DeFoor On July 25, 2020, I stood on the front straight at Road America in Wisconsin and witnessed the most terrifying crash that I had seen in many years. Jim Pace flipped over driving a historic Shadow Can-Am race car, and thousands of people […]
TEAM USA SCHOLARSHIP AT BRANDS HATCH FOR 49TH FORMULA FORD FESTIVAL
TEAM USA SCHOLARSHIP AT BRANDS HATCH FOR 49TH FORMULA FORD FESTIVAL BRANDS HATCH, DAY 1: Podium for Lee, Fourth and Fastest Race Lap for Aron WEST KINGSDOWN, England, Oct. 24 – Team USA Scholarship drivers Jackson Lee (below) and Bryce Aron were faced with some changeable conditions on the opening day of the 49th Formula […]
TEAM USA SCHOLARSHIP AT BRRC NATIONAL FF CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAM USA SCHOLARSHIP GETS FEET WET AT SILVERSTONE SILVERSTONE, ENGLAND, Oct. 10 – After two weeks of mandatory COVID-19 quarantine, Team USA Scholarship drivers Bryce Aron and Jackson Lee gained some valuable experience today in both wet and dry conditions during the final two rounds of the BRSCC Avon Tyres National Formula Ford 1600 Championship […]
TEAM USA SCHOLARSHIP KICKS OFF 30TH YEAR
THREE TEAM USA SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS FOR 30TH YEAR The Team USA Scholarship reaches an important milestone in 2020, celebrating 30 years since Jimmy Vasser was confirmed as the inaugural scholarship recipient in 1990. Despite the global pandemic, three young American racers nonetheless have been chosen to compete in England later this Fall – Bryce Aron, […]