Bobby Unser died Sunday, May 2, 2021, of natural causes at his home in Albuquerque, N.M., his wife Lisa reported. He was 87. RRDC President Bobby Rahal commented on Unser’s passing: “We at the RRDC are saddened by the death of a national hero and icon, and one of our longtime members. Bobby Unser was […]
Al Unser, the second of four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 four times, passed away Dec. 9, 2021, 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 including […]
Hugh Plumb has been a professional sportscar driver for over past two decades. He has competed in endurance racing series including the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, American Le Mans Series, IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge, Grand Am Series, Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge and World Challenge America. Hugh has several dozen professional race wins and podium finishes. […]
Has competed in karts, sports cars, and outboard racing boats. Raced karts 1975-81; Sports Renault in ‘80s, numerous poles and wins; 1988 Central Division Sports Renault Champion and 1988 and ’89 Chicago Region Driver of the Year; 1989 Runoffs Champion in SR; 1991 and ‘92 Runoffs Champion in Shelby Can Am and SCCA Shelby Can […]
Has an extensive racing background in both sports cars and midgets. Won the SCCA Rookie of the year in first Runoffs attempt in 1976, then won two Runoffs Championships in the years that followed, including 42 National wins. When funds ran out, crewed on RRDC member Joe Huffaker’s team and participated in six of their […]
Made his Trans-Am full-time debut in 2014 at age 16. Won six of 10 races and the TA3 American Muscle class championship and began a streak of six-consecutive championships, repeating TA3AM in 2015 (8 wins); and TA4 in 2016 (9). Moved to the lead TA category in 2017, winning the first of three straight titles. […]
USRRC Champion GT-3 1998; Won SRPII Class 24-Hours of Daytona 2002; raced in ALMS for PPG/BMW; raced in CART Championship Series 1990-95; author of more than two dozen instructional books on racing; highly sought-after Driving Coach; contributor to the RRDC’s Safe is Fast program.
Started racing career with local Porsche Club of America in a highly modified 914/4 Porsche. Eventually joined SCCA and became regional champ in D Production. In 1980 raced a Porsche 914/4 2.0-liter in IMSA. At Sears Point, was the first to win an overall race in a 4-cylinder Porsche 914. In 1982 his sponsor bought […]
De Phillippi started his motorsport career at the local kart track in 1998 at age 5 and never looked back. He is the SKUSA SuperNationals record holder with four titles and is the only driver to date to win two classes overall in the same weekend. After his ten-year karting career, he made the transition […]
The 1982 Belgian Formula Ford 1600 Junior Champion; 1984 Benelux Formula Ford 1600 Champion and placed second in both the European and Belgian Formula Ford 1600 Championships; won a French Formula 3 Championship race at Croix-en-Ternois and finished third in the championship behind Jean Alesi and Eric Bernard; finished second in the 1988 Belgian ProCar […]
Howie Liebengood, Jr., was a talented racer from the Washington, DC, area, cutting his teeth in Spec Racer Ford in the late 1980s, graduating to Shelby Can-Am, USF2000 and Formula Atlantic. In 2000, Liebengood won the Motorola Cup ST championship, his co-driver Andy Lally missed one race and finished runner-up. He followed his late father […]
“Went to my first race at Watkins Glen in 1956 and never stopped. Started racing in 1964 and am still racing today. Along the way I won the 1973 IMSA Camel GT TU driving championship with a few nice wins. I returned back to vintage racing in 2013 and have won 5 SVRA group 1 […]
Craig started racing in 1986 in a G Production Datsun Roadster and has been involved in the motorsport community since that time. His primary focus has always been SCCA Production Car racing and he has achieved SCCA Runoffs pole positions in EP, FP, and HP with wins in FP in 1994 (MG Midget) and EP […]
“My racing journey started on motorcycles. Riding on the USA national team in the International Six Day Enduro in West Germany in 1989 I earned an F.I.A. Gold Medal. The next year at the ISDE in Sweden I finished with a Bronze Medal, the only American to finish 2 ISDE’s on an 80cc bike. “Started […]
Bob Henderson earned his SCCA competition license in 1963, actively competing through the Watkins Glen Sprints in 2018. Rallying and autocrossing from 1958, Henderson’s competition career spans 60 years. A lifetime member of the SCCA, his crowning achievement was launching the Showroom Stock category while a member of the Board of Governors in 1971. His […]
Professional open-wheel racer, 1980-85. Debuted in ’79, competing in Skip Barber Series and winning Southeast Division Regional Formula Atlantic Championship. Won four national races and the SCCA Formula Atlantic National Championship in ’81. Co-drove with Danny Sullivan in ’82 Daytona 24 in a GTP-Rondeau. Competed in Tasman Series (Australia and New Zealand) in ’83 and […]
Bobby Brown’s racing experience has spanned over 30 years of high-speed exhilarating competition and continues today. His passion began at an early age with go-karts in Flint, Michigan and grew with him resulting in a racing career spanning multiple professional racing series and classes. Bobby’s passion for racing, fueled by his skills as a driver, […]
I started racing in England in 1965 with a Formula 3 Lotus 22; raced that summer. From ‘68 thru ’70, owned a Beech 5C and Zink Formula Vs racing with SCCA and IMSA all over the south with many good finishes. In the early ‘70s, I raced a Porsche in mostly FIA, IMSA and SCCA. […]
Started a lifelong obsession with cars racing Quarter Midgets at age 5 ½ , then to Karts. At 16 armed with a driver’s license started Autocrossing, winning the national championship in the AMod, (unlimited) category Ran one season in oval track mini-stock, winning 2 races; mid ‘70s to early ‘80s raced many […]
Mike was the 1978 Mark Donohue Award winner in a borrowed ADF MKII FF. Having written off his ADF in early week practice, he flew in a replacement from Automotive Development in CA; but it was not ready in time to qualify. Under the guidance of coach/crew chief Mike Hull, Mokler started last in the […]
This promising young racer moved in late 2014 with his family from Connecticut (where he’d enjoyed a successful career in karting) to Mooresville, NC – a premier racing center – when Neal was just 13. He won his first three races in the Skip Barber Winter Series and finished second in the championship, later that […]
Tracy was known as one of the hardest chargers in American open-wheel racing for some 20 years. He scored 31 Champ Car victories, driving for top teams: Penske, Newman/Haas, Team Green and Forsythe, winning the Champ Car World Series title in 2003, his first season with Player’s Forsythe. His versatility showed as he logged four […]
Karl Thomson is a successful racer and describes himself as a “a serial entrepreneur” who has built businesses in a variety of sectors over the past 25 years. He founded Compass 360 Brand Architects in 1994, building it into one of Canada’s most respected boutique branding firms, and in 2003 launched C360R (originally known as […]
Sweedler started racing in 2007 and since 2012 often has been paired with Townsend Bell driving a variety of cars for Alex Job Racing that year including a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and a Lotus Evora GT. In ’13, Job fielded a Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 for them. Following the ALMS/Grand-Am merger, the duo has […]
Shadowen has been a regular participant in the SCCA National Runoffs since 2006. From ’08 through ’11, he finished second, fourth, first and second. His GT Light victory in a Honda CRXsi in 2010 at Road America where he nipped five-time national champion Jim Dentici by 0.211sec earned him the RRDC Mark Donohue Award.
After a successful background in karting and the Skip Barber Racing School, Sellers moved on to USF2000 and was selected with A.J. Allmendinger as a Team USA Scholarship recipient in 2001. Sellers finished second in the New Zealand Grand Prix and only narrowly missed out on the Talley’s New Zealand International Formula Ford Championship when […]
An endurance racing specialist and now a vintage racer, Schrom competed in the USRRC, ALMS and Grand-Am (1998-2004). In 48 races, notched 11 podiums including five victories. Overall winner 2003 Rolex 24 @ Daytona. GT Class winner 2002 Rolex 24. Placed second in the Porsche Carrera Cup behind Kevin Buckler in 2002. Competed at Le […]
Jesse Prather is a three-time consecutive SCCA National Champion (2006, ’07 and ’08). His drive in ’06 earned him the RRDC Mark Donohue Award when he nipped seven-time National Champion Steve Sargis by less than a second at Heartland Park Topeka to claim the F Production title. Until 2009, Jesse worked with his father Kent […]
John Maffucci was Jim Downing’s full time co-driver in 1982 when the pair won the IMSA GTU championship and for the three IMSA Camel Light championships in 1985, ’86 and ‘87. Maffucci had three GTU wins and 10 Camel Light wins to his credit as well as many high finishing positions. As a life-long racer […]
From 2010 through ’13, Fandozzi had a nice streak going at the SCCA National Champion Runoffs at Road America finishing second, first, first and second over the four years. His flag-to-flag Touring 3 win in 2011 earned him the RRDC Mark Donohue Award. He successfully defended his title in 2012.
Eric began his racing career in 1994 racing around the North East. Since then he has won more than 30 professional races, claimed 17 poles and been involved in five championship-winning seasons, including most recently the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship alongside Dane Cameron. He was 1999 SCCA A Sedan National Champion. He has raced […]
A small sedan specialist, Coykendall made six trips to the SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Road Atlanta in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. His 1979 B Sedan Championship victory by 1.4 seconds over defending and five-time BS champion Dave Frellsen earned him the RRDC Mark Donohue Award. Coykendall’s first appearance at the Runoffs was […]
Began career in karting before graduating from the Jim Russell Racing School and winning the Formula Russell Championship in 2005; moved on to the USF2000 Championship in 2006, finishing second to J.R. Hildebrand; also won a TeamUSA Scholarship prize, entering him in the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy in England, which he won; won the […]
Born in England, started racing in 1962 at the age of 18 in a BMC Mini. Driving career has spanned 22 years. Started his professional career in 1964 driving for the works Mini Cooper Team, then went on to drive for Ford, BMW, Abarth, Porsche and Jaguar. Won the British Saloon Car Championship in 1966, […]
The retired professional racer is a driver training expert and businessman. Competed in F1 from 1997-07. Two-time Le Mans 24 winner. Most recently under contract to race for Toyota factory team in WEC. Is linked to F1 as consultant, expert for TV and media, Williams F1 Team’s driver coach, member of FIA Institute safety group, […]
Arguably the most successful third-generation racer of all time (so far), has carved an impressive career since he started racing Sprint cars at age 11. Transition to road racing at 18 was immediately successful, winning the Super Vee championship in his first full season, 1981, and the Can-Am title one year later. His progress after […]
The 27-year-old son of team owner Wayne Taylor tied for third place with his brother Jordan in the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship before winning the title in 2017. Was second in the 2015 and 2014 TUDOR series in a Corvette Prototype. Raced in FIA WEC in 2013 and ‘14, in V8 Supercars In 2013, and […]
The 24-year-old younger son of team owner Wayne Taylor tied in third place with his brother Ricky in the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races in the Corvette DP. The pair won the 2017 title outright. Finished fifth in the 2014 and 2015 championships. In 2013, his first full season in DP-class competition, co-drove with Max […]
The 2015 and ’16 Trans-Am champion, the first female to win a title in the 49-year history of the series. Has worked her way up to the championship with her family-centered team. Was a podium finisher at the 2010 SCCA Runoffs in GT1, and then turned to Trans-Am. Has competed in all Trans-Am races for […]
Indy 500 champion in 2016 and Indy Rookie of the Year, finished 11th in series with Andretti Herta Motorsport. From 2009-‘14 was the test or official reserve driver for BMW/Sauber, Team Lotus, Caterham and Marussia F1 teams. Born in Nevada City, Calif., moved to Europe at 17 after winning the Formula BMW Championship and qualifying […]
