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 […]
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 […]
After an early stint in the U.S. Army where he was a nuclear weapons specialist, the Orlando native earned a bachelor’s degree in 1975 from the University of Central Florida. Later in California, Brockman was Road Test Editor for Motor Trend Magazine and worked as an actor and stuntman in Hollywood. There he became friends […]
Dennis Spencer had a life-long passion for racing – anything from motorcycles to LMP cars; from go karts to Formula Mazda. He also had a passion for racing only Mazda rotaries, and quickly became one of the top three engine designers and builders in the country. Starting as a track hand for Jim Downing, he […]
Bill Simpson was a pioneer in motorsports personal safety equipment with flame retardant uniforms, driver restraint systems, shoes, gloves and helmets, steadfastly advancing the technology over the years. Starting in drag racing as a driver before moving into SCCA and then USAC machinery, Simpson had 52 starts in Champ cars with 11 top-10 finishes. Recalling […]
Andrew John Scriven, 56, passed away Dec. 24, 2017, the result of injuries suffered in October in a driverless cars accident near his home in Denver, N.C., where he was working as Chief Designer for Onroak Motorsport (aka Crawford Racecars). UK-born ‘Scriv’ was an accomplished motorsport designer whose career spanned nearly four decades. His accident […]
For 18 seasons (1978-95) covered the beat for the Mansfield News Journal, including all events at Mid Ohio. Moved to contract work as a Pit Note Specialist in-market advance man for CART in 1996, then News Manager at CART from 1997-01, Communications Director for the Trans-Am Series 2002, and Manager of Motorsports Public Relations/Communications at […]
SCCA Formula Vee National champion ’70. Formula Super V National champion and President’s Cup recipient ’73. FSV runoffs pole ’71 & ’74. Second o/a in Pro Super V series to Bill Scott ’72, Bertil Roos ’73, and EFR ’74. Five Pro Super V poles and seven podiums in ’74. Purchased Zink Super V company ’71.
Hal Stetson, an early member of the RRDC, ran his first race at Thompson in July 1948, finishing third in an MG TC. He raced extensively in the northeast through 1958, driving an assortment of Crosley-engined racecars including the Stetson and PBS Specials plus Crosley Hotshots and Super Sports. He switched to an E Production […]
