One of the most widely-traveled and respected motor racing journalists in the business, Gordon’s byline has appeared in well-known magazines from America’s Road & Track to England’s Autosport …starting with a 1987 book with Emerson Fittipaldi on “The Art of Motor Racing,” Gordon has since authored biographies on Rick Mears, Bobby Rahal, Mario Andretti, Greg […]
Pierre was three-time karting champion (1989-91) in his native Brazil before moving to “tin-tops” and winning the 1992 and 95 Brazilian Touring Car titles. His U.S. debut was with IMSA in 1996. The following year, Peter joined Peter Cunningham’s RealTime Racing team and has since won five more touring car championships. He was World Challenge […]
Began racing in 1966 with a Lotus Super 7, and proudly claims he has never owned a race car. Won 87 SCCA Nationals between 1966-78. Major IMSA Camel GT series career with 19 wins in 127 starts, including 2 at Daytona, 3 in the 12 Hours of Sebring, 4 times at Riverside and Road America. […]
Steveis a former driver in theIndy Racing League. He raced in the 1998-2000 seasons with 13 career starts, including three at theIndianapolis 500. His best career finish was in his first race, a third place at the1998 Indianapolis 500, where he was named Rookie of the Year. US Formula Ford 2000 Champion 1996. Steve now […]
Rick’s first professional wins came in 1979 in IMSA Goodrich Radial Challenge 6-hour at Talladega in an AMC Concord, followed by GTU win at Road America in a Mazda RX-7. Won a Camel GTU class race at Pocono in 1981. First major win was 1983 Rolex 24 at Daytona’s GTO class in Mazda RX-7. Also […]
Following two SCCA Runoffs titles in the 1978-79 Showroom Stock B class with SAAB cars, Don graduated to endurance racing in the professional IMSA Firehawk and SCCA Escort series, learned his analytical mind had master strategist capabilities, and became one of the most successful drivers to ever compete in either series … has won a […]
A member of the SCCA’s Philadelphia Region SCCA 1950, Oscar drove a 1948 MG-TC to his first SCCA Regional race win at Bone Stadium in September 1951. The following August he finished third on the Thompson (Conn) road course … He’s competed in hillclimbs, on public roads, airports, and real race tracks both small and […]
The most successful endurance racer ever, Kristensen as been an Audi factory driver since 2000. Has raced the R8, R10 TDI, R15 TDI and now the R18 sports cars, as well as six versions of the A4 DTM car. Only driver to win the 24 Hours of LeMans nine times, six of which were consecutive […]
Shortly after his birth in Vienna, Austria, in ‘37 Kwech’s mother emigrated to Australia where he grew up. In the fifties, he began sports car racing with an Austin-Healey 100/4 for Leaton Motors. Kwech showed his mechanical engineering talent early building a custom sports car, the RM Spyder, with a Holden engine, which he later […]
Became one of the Pacific Northwest’s top open-wheel specialists after winning the 1966 Runoffs title in G Sports-Racing .. 1971 champion of the Formula Continental series (now Toyota Atlantic series). His five wins scored more points than any driver in the 1973 Players Pacific series for Atlantic cars, but the rules allowed only Canadian drivers […]
Andy is a three-time Rolex GT Champion and two-time GT class winner of the 24-Hours of Daytona…most recently 2009.. .Has rolled up 19 Rolex GT class victories. Results also include a second in class at the Petit LeMans, a second at Sebring and third in class at LeMans. Made his NASCAR debut in the Nationwide […]
Like so many top drivers of the latter part of the 20th Century, Darren began his racing career in go karts, encouraged by his father Peter Law, who, in the late 1960s, was a fabricator for Mark Donohue’s Penske Racing cars. At age 14 he was already the IKF Junior national champion in Karts … […]
Bob was CART’s Rookie of the Year in 1981. He finished 9th in points for Fletcher Racing Team …finishing fourth at Watkins Glen and Mexico. Lazier also competed in the 1981 Indianapolis 500 -starting 13th and finishing 19th. after a blown engine caused him to retire…. competed in many forms of motorsport in the 1970s […]
Raced in CART for seven years with three top-10 finishes. Then, in ’96, won his first Champ Car race…the Indianapolis 500…beginning a nine-year association with Hemelgarn Racing. After winning Indy, scored seven more victories, plus an additional eight podium finishes. Was IndyCar champion in ’00 and runner-up for the title the following year. Has scored […]
Jaques ran in U.S. Formula Ford competition from 1989 to 1997 and also drove part-time in Indy Lights in 1997. In 2001 he drove for four different teams including TeamXtreme and Sam Schmidt Motorsports, he got his best chance with Team Menard, replacing Greg Ray. He won his second start for the team at Chicagoland […]
A second-generation racer and second-generation champion, Butch has driven and won in a variety of cars from off-road trucks to NASCAR Busch North to Busch Grand National to Winston Cup. Made his strongest mark in IMSA, SCCA and Grand-Am pro racing. World Sports Car champion in 1997 and 1998 with 10 wins in Dyson Racing […]
Bob won his first of five SCCA Division championships in 1965 driving a Lotus Elan … a decade later he became one of Datsun’s primary racers in the U.S. with four Division titles in B Sedan and C Production between 1975-77 … turned to IMSA’s pro series with a Nissan 240SX and won the 1989 […]
Although Jensen started racing in 1964 with a TR-3, and 45 years later is still driving a thunderous GT-1 class car in SCCA Nationals, his big love is vintage car racing … For the past 10 years he has been Competition Director for the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association, where he races a 1969 Camaro and […]
Jobe took his B Production Corvette to the SCCA National Championship Runoffs four consecutive years in the early 1970s. He finished fourth in 1971 and was running fourth the following year, when he retired. In 1973, Jobe was dominant, winning from the pole. He returned to the top step on the podium in 1974, his […]
Won ’80 British Formula 3 championship and two European Formula 2 championship races before making ’83 Formula 1 debut. Made 79 Grand Prix starts, recording 12 podium finishes. Debuted in ’92 CART IndyCar and was Rookie of the Year. Won ’97 Le Mans 24.
Amos carved two small niches in racing history when he won his Touring Under class in the first-ever IMSA GT race, 1971 at Virginia International Raceway, and two years prior raced in the first Talledega 500 … VIR was the first of 17 race wins for Team Highball in American Motors and Mazda cars in […]
Rising through the ranks as an instructor at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving at Sears Point to pay the racing bills, Parker was a champion in IMSA’s Renault Cup series and won an SCCA Club Racing national title. … He won an IMSA record 54 races in the Renault Cup, Firestone Firehawk, […]
Winner of the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a Porsche….also placed second to Buddy Lazier in the 1996 Indianapolis 500, and won the 1990 24 Hours of Daytona driving a Jaguar XJR-12. In 1983 he finished 3rd in the British Formula Three Championship behind Ayrton Senna and Martin Brundle. In 1986 he drove […]
Raced from age 12 in Mexican Formula Junior, Formula 2 and Sports Prototypes from ’88 through95, then transitioned to IRL and CART beginning in ’96. Drove for Team Scania/Simon, Herdez/Bettenhausen and Team Rahal, among others, including Indy 500. Finished third in CART Championship in ’03 for Rahal. Many starts in NASCAR Nationwide Series and Craftsman […]
Tony won the 2004 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series Championship driving Andretti Green Racing’s 7-Eleven sponsored car – winning three times. That season he completed 3,305 laps, making him the first IndyCar Series driver to complete every possible lap in a season. He also led 889 laps in thirteen separate races to establish an IndyCar […]
Vowing to never be beaten by equipment, R. W. “Kas” Kastner literally not only wrote the books on how to win races and championships with Triumph race cars, but ran the Triumph Competition Department as its manager from 1960 to 1972 … before that he raced a Triumph TR-3 to an SCCA California Sports Car […]
GRAND-AM Rolex GT Champion in ’09 with FarnbacherLoles and in ’11 with Brumos Racing. Winner ’10 Sebring 12-Hour GT3 with Alex Job Racing. In ’10, Keen was second in GT2 (12th o/a) at Le Mans, then won Nurburgring in a FarnbacherLoles Ferrari 430. 2012 ALMS GTC class runner-up.
Charlie first became visible in IMSA Camel GT racing, sharing the 1972 GT class win at Daytona … he raced a Lola T222-Chevy in the 1972 SCCA Can-Am series, then made a quantum leap to one of the ex-Penske Porsche 917/10K cars…paired with George Follmer…for team owner Bobby Rinzler … Charlie had the honor of […]
One of the Trans-Am’s greatest drivers. Tommy began his racing career driving a Mazda RX-7 in IMSA GTU competition _winning the 1986 and 1987 championships….also won the 1986 Firehawk Championship. He went on to dominate the SCCA Trans-Am Series in the 1990s, scoring four Series Championships. His greatest year came in 1997, when he won […]
Larry earned his competition license in 1964 from the Long Island Sports Car Assn … His first race car was a Triumph TR-4 for SCCA Club Racing events … In 1987 he not only turned semi-pro while racing in IMSA’s Firestone Firehawk Endurance Championship series, but he became an event sponsor as well, backing the […]
Strong Porsche runner in early days of IMSA’s Camel GT series. Scored his first GTU class win at Summit Point in 1971. Switched to Porsche 911 in 1972 and won Mid-Ohio plus twice at Daytona. Wins in 1973 at Pocono, Mid-Ohio and Lime Rock. Won again at Lime Rock in 1974, then not again until […]
Charlie raced karts from age 9. He moved to Formula Dodge in ’02; then won races in U.S. and British Formula Ford and F3 through ’05. He won an F3 race in ’06 and logged three podiums finishes. The following year he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and was forced to abandon his racing […]
Any driver with a win in the 12 Hours of Sebring can rightfully be proud of his career; John’s win came in 1987 in the Camel Lights class, followed by another win a few weeks later at West Palm Beach … He was also on the podium in the 1987 and 1988 Camel GT races […]
Won ’04 SCCA Formula Russell championship, second in ’05 Pacific F2000 championship and Team USA Scholarship winner. Is the ’06 U.S F2000 National champion and ’09 Indy Lights champion. Tested Formula 1 for Force India team, contested two IndyCar races in ’10, setting fastest lap of race at Infineon Raceway. As a rookie in ’11 […]
Started in karting, then finished third in the ’03 Bridgestone Academy F2000 Series. Was ’04 Rookie of the Year in Formula BMW USA with four poles and three wins. Moved to Star Mazda then ChampCar Atlantic Series and Firestone Indy Lights, finishing second with three wins in ’10. Rookie of the Year in IZOD IndyCar […]
Rob began racing in 1995 with a Mazda RX-3. He was the Washington DC Region’s Paul Norair Cup Driver of the year in 1997 … in 1998, won the Kimberly Cup, the SCCA’s most-prestigious award for amateur drivers, which he honored the following year by capturing the Touring 2 National Championship at the Runoffs in […]
Before he became the widely-recognized Formula 1 color commentator for SPEED TV, David was a successful racer in his native England and throughout Europe, but achieved his greatest successes once he focused on American racing … Started with the SCCA’s Formula 5000 series in 1969, won 13 races in a four year span, and became […]
