Members
A complete list of RRDC members.
SCOTT ATHERTON IS 2021 RRDC PHIL HILL AWARD RECIPIENT
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 27, 2022) – Scott Atherton, former President of the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club with the 2021 Phil Hill Award. The 2019 award recipient, RRDC President Bobby Rahal, made the presentation at the annual RRDC members’ dinner on January 26 prior to the […]
NEW SAFEisFAST VIDEO: THE FASTEST (SAFEST) WAY THRU TRAFFIC; PARKING FOR RRDC DINNER WEDNESDAY
Fellow Racers, I’ll bet you that every Team Manager in this weekend’s Rolex 24-Hours at Daytona will tell their drivers the same thing before the race: “Go fast, but don’t wreck the car”. But how do you do that? In our latest video, a very elite group of champion endurance drivers (Patrick Long, Tommy Milner, Loic Duval, Nick […]
CHIP GANASSI AMELIA HONOREE; RRDC DAYTONA DINNER REMINDER; CUNNINGHAM AT SIMEONE
Hagerty announced this week that racing legend Chip Ganassi will serve as Honoree of The 27th Annual Amelia on March 3-6, 2022. Tickets for the 2022 event are available online now through the recently launched ameliaconclours.com website. Ganassi has touched every major form of North American motorsport plus the ultimate international road race, the 24 […]
REDMAN’S TARGA 66 SET; BOB BOIG PASSES
The 31st annual Targa 66 gathering for high-performance sports cars and race cars returns to Palm Beach (Fla.) International Raceway on February 11-13, 2022. Founder and host Brian Redman has extended an invitation to owners of modern high-performance road cars and racing cars of all ages to exercise their cars on the 10-turn, 2.2-mile state-of-the […]
RRDC ANNUAL DAYTONA DINNER; JEFF O’NEILL HONORED BY MMR
Thanks to the organizational skills of member Lisa Noble, the RRDC will hold its “annual” members’ dinner at the Daytona 500 Club in advance of the 60th Rolex 24 At Daytona. Although we missed having a dinner in 2020 because of the pandemic, we’re back this year in full sway, with awards and recognitions. The RRDC […]
T. E. McHALE PASSES AT 68
Thomas Eugene McHale, T.E. to all who knew him, died Monday, Dec. 21, from the ravages of colon cancer. He was 68. Marshall Pruett remembered him fondly as “our anchor – our center – in a loud and noisy paddock filled with wanton self-importance. “Honda’s longtime manager of motorsports communications, the personification of calm and […]
AL UNSER PASSES AWAY AT AGE 82; RAHAL REMEMBERS BOB BONDURANT
Al Unser, the second of four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 four times, passed away Thursday at his home in Chama, New Mexico, after a 17-year battle with liver cancer brought on by hemochromatosis, a hereditary blood disease resulting in excess iron in the body. Unser is memorialized in numerous publications with remembrances by […]
SAD NEWS: SIR FRANK WILLIAMS AND ART EVANS PASS; BOOKS FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST; ANNUAL DINNER REMINDER
SIR FRANK WILLIAMS, 1942-2021 Although not a member of the RRDC, Sir Frank Williams is known to most of our membership and fondly remembered by those who called him a friend. His is a remarkable story of perseverance and sheer determination where his wife Virginia kept his doctors pulling the plug on the machine that […]
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 […]