Members
A complete list of RRDC members.
CHRIS CORD PASSES AT 82
Chris Cord, an investment banker who took up sports car racing as a hobby and closed his career in the center of Dan Gurney’s All American Racers factory Toyota GTO program, died on Thursday at the age of 82. Katrina Cord, his wife of 64 years, was with him when he passed at their home […]
ROGER BAILEY IS SUBJECT OF GORDON KIRBY’S LATEST BIOGRAPHY – “BOOST!”; DONOHUE AT PIKES PEAK; RECENT PASSAGES, DR. FREDERICK SIMEONE AND ALAIN de CADENET
Racemaker Press has announced that “Boost! Roger Bailey’s Extraordinary Motor Racing Career” – the latest biography from author Gordon Kirby – is now available at Racemaker.com. Perhaps nobody in the history of automobile racing enjoyed a career of wider reach and diversity than Roger Bailey. Over the course of 52 years, from 1959-2012, Bailey competed as […]
ROB WALTON BUYS THE BRONCOS; BILL AUBERLEN WINS BMW M LEGENDS INVITATIONAL
Rob Walton and the Walton-Penner Group have purchased the Denver Broncos for a reported $4.65 billion, a record for the sale of an American professional sports franchise, far surpassing the $2.4 billion paid for the New York Mets in 2020. Walton-Penner is headed up by Walton’s daughter Carrie Walton Penner and son-in-law Greg Penner. The […]
STROPUS NAMED GREENWICH CONCOURS GRAND MARSHAL
Hagerty has named the RRDC’s Judy Stropus as Grand Marshal for the 2022 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance, held at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park overlooking Greenwich Harbor on June 3-5, 2022. Judy Stropus’ talent, passion, precision and creativity have been a pivotal part of American and international motorsports for over half a century, she literally wrote the […]
ST. JAMES AND REDMAN ARE “GRAND” IN CHATTANOOGA
Lyn St. James – 1992 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, member of the ACCUS board on the FIA Women Motorsports Commission, RRDC member and most recently inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame – has been named Grand Marshal of the third annual Chattanooga Motorcar Festival, to be held this October 14-16 in the […]
HERSHEL McGRIFF SELECTED FOR NASCAR HALL OF FAME, GORDON MacKENZIE PASSES
Hershel McGriff will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame next January 20. McGriff joins Matt Kenseth and Kirk Shelmerdine in the 13th HoF class. McGriff met Bill France Sr. while competing in the Carrera Panamericana in 1950. McGriff won that inaugural Mexican Road Race while France and co-driver Curtis Turner crashed. France was […]
SAFEisFAST IS SEEKING A NEW PRESENTING PARTNER
The RRDC’s SAFE Is Fast program (safeisfast.com) needs your guidance and assistance. Please help us find our next Presenting Partner by reaching out to your friends in motor sports and introducing safeisfast.com by sharing our 2022 sponsorship pitch with them: https://bit.ly/sif-sponsor-deck. Over the last ten years, the RRDC’s Daytona and Long Beach banquets have featured films celebrating the club’s […]
OLVEY AND TRAMMELL IN 2023 MOTORSPORTS HALL OF FAME OF AMERICA CLASS
Long Beach, Calif. (April 9, 2022) – The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) announced its 2023 Induction Class during the Stand 21 Racing Goes Safer seminar at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. The Class of ’23 includes two honorary members of the RRDC – Drs. Stephen Olvey and Terry Trammell. The […]
RICK MEARS HONORED BY RRDC AT LONG BEACH
LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 8, 2022) – Four-time Indy 500 winner Rick Mears was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club in front of a capacity crowd at the April 7 RRDC Evening with Rick Mears Presented by Firestone. The audience included auto racing dignitaries, corporate executives and champion race-car drivers, and was held prior to the running of the […]
MARTY KAUFMAN, 1939-2022
Longtime race director and competition official Marty Kaufman passed away March 31 at his home in Parrish, Florida. Here is what Marshall Pruett wrote about Kaufman on RACER.COM: Cloaked in immense respect from those who competed under his command, the sight of Marty Kaufman at an American Le Mans Series or IMSA event brought a […]