Famed as a career Corvette driver, won three consecutive Pacific Coast championshis in ’63-65, won the Daytona 24-Hour GT Class in ’66, and set a GT track record at LeMans in ’67. Drove for Roger Penske at both Daytona and Sebring, developed, raced and won with Camaros in the Trans-Am Series and with Lola in […]
RRDC memberships are supposed to be for those who have worked to improve our sport by giving back in some way … they can also be for serious accomplishments behind the wheel … either way, John Cooper Fitch is exceedingly qualified … From his first SCCA amateur win at Thompson Speedway in Connecticut in 1949 […]
George Frey raced a Porsche Speedster from 1958 to 1974, resulting in podium finishes more often than not. This was during the golden years when driving the car to the races and maintaining your own car was being replaced by factory sponsorship. He road raced primarily in the Northeast division, where the Porsche-Meisters – Bruce […]
Gave up weekends behind the wheel for 40 years in the Tower as Chief Steward for various series/races including 12 Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Daytona, SCCA Runoffs, IMSA Firehawk, SCCA Trans-Am, SCCA Playboy Endurance Series and World Challenge, SCCA Truck Series, Formula Ford 2000, and HSR. Awarded Craig Hinton Trophy for contributions to […]
Chris Economaki, America’s best-known motor racing journalist and TV broadcaster, passed away Sept. 27, 2012 at the age of 91. Chris was the best friend of every up-and-coming driver in every form of motorsports could have – a man who had seen it all happen. No driver in any series, no publicist, no sanctioning body […]
At the age of 13, Vic’s father took him to see the first post-war British Grand Prix at Silverstone. He decided then and there he would become a race car driver, starting with a Mini-Cooper in 1961 and rallying in a DKW the following year …Five years later, he was doing both for the Porsche […]
A 1950s SCCA competitor in Jaguar XK120, Art had a varied and extensive background. During the ’50s, he and his partner, OCee Ritch, had a public relations and advertising company that represented the MG Mitten Company, Devin Enterprises and Gough Industries among other car-related organizations. He partnered Bill Devin and campaigned the first Devin SS. […]
One of IMSA’s all-time champions. Ex-U. S. Marines captain had his first taste of racing on motorcycles (and won a championship) while stationed at Okinawa in 1959. Began road racing in SCCA competition in 1964 with a BMW 700, Now has 46 IMSA wins on his lengthy resume; 25 in Kelly American Challenge series, 11 […]
Gil was the 2000 and 2001 CART Champ Car Champion and the winner of the 2003 Indianapolis 500. He finished the 1991 British F3 Championship season in third, behind Rubens Barrichello and David Coulthard, then won the 1992 British F3 Championship -scoring seven wins. He tested for the Footwork Arrows F1. In the U.S., he […]
After graduating from Broome Tech School, Sherm worked at Gordon Morris’s garage, Oneonta, NY. 1956 – Started his 8 season history racing MGAs. 45 races, 9-1st, 5-2nd, 4-3rd place finishes. 1956 – Won the Collier Cup race in his MGA. Most remembered for his factory team MGA Twin Cam #30 nighttime run, in heavy rain, […]
RRDC Member since 1958. Began racing in 1948 with MG-TC. 3rd in British Empire Trophy Race. Won 10 straight SCCA National races, 9 SCCA CenDiv championships, 1963 SCCA National Champion in G Modified .. 1967 Runoffs champion in Formula B. 1969 GT class winner at 12 Hours of Sebring. 1970 GT class winner at 24 […]
Chris is a race car driver and grandson of Errett Lobban Cord, the founder of the Cord Corporation which also ran Cord Automobile. In 1987, Chris won the IMSA Camel GT Driver’s Championship…was invited to the International Race of Champions in 1988. During this time his best finish was sixth place, at Watkins Glen International. […]
1981 winner of RRDC Mark Donohue Award. 1978 winner of SCCA President’s Cup. Began racing in 1973 at age 43 with Formula Vee. 1978 and 1981 Runoffs champion in F/Vee. Long-time IMSA Camel GTO, GTP and Lights driver. Active in SCCA Florida Region as race official. Passed away in 2020 at age 89.
Tom is a five-time SCCA National Champion – winning twice in open-wheel cars and three times in GT machines … also finished second in Formula Ford and third in S-2000 at the SCCA runoffs … Tom won the North American Pro Formula Ford Championship, was runner-up in the World Super Vee Championship, finished third in […]
From ’81 managed various aspects of American Honda, including Parts, Motorcycle, Facilities and R&D divisions. Established in ’93 and directed for almost 20 years Honda Performance Development, including its IndyCar and Acura sports car programs. His Acura program resulted in 123 wins, six manufacturer championships (including two ALMS championships with Highcroft Racing), and eight driver […]
The most-respected leader in the history of road racing in America – headed both SCCA and IMSA. Saw his first race at Watkins Glen in 1950 while a student of Industrial Design at Syracuse University . Began to illustrate race cars and sold them through the R. Gordon book store in New York City. Worked […]
Bob Boig was a four-time SCCA National Champion and a four-time runner-up, winning the President’s Cup in 1990. He raced a Fiat X-19, a Triumph Spitire and a GT6 along with a Mazda Miata. Boig was proprietor of Boig Motorsports, LLC, specializing in competition parts for a variety of small-displacement race cars and was a […]
Began racing on an Indian motorcycle. Moved up to a Morgan Plus 4 and then a Corvette. Got his big break when Carroll Shelby asked him to drive one of his Cobras…Bob responded with a class win in his first race. Won the 1964 LeMans GT class co-driving with Dan Gurney. In 1965 he co-drove […]
John is a long-time SCCA official. Served as a very popular Chief Steward of the Pro Formula Atlantic Series. Bornholdt was the 1975 recipient of the SCCA’s highest honor, the Woolf Barnato Award. In 1995 he received the SCCA’s prestigious Dave Morrell Award recognizing an active Chief Steward who exhibited outstanding performance and dedication to […]
Sir Jack Brabham is the first driver in history to be knighted for his services to motorsport… the triple world champion is the only Formula One driver to have won a world title in a car of his own construction…the BT19…which he drove to victory in 1966. The following year the Brabham team won its […]
Michael Argetsinger grew up with motor racing in Watkins Glen as a member of the family that founded there in 1948 working all areas of race organization from mowing grass and painting buildings to being active in circuit management. After launching his own racing career on dirt in ’65, he ventured to Europe and worked […]
Beginning in the early 1970s, Argetsinger launched a 47-year career as a professional road racing driver until his health failed in the fall of 2019. He was a member of the Road Racing Drivers Club and had successes on the world’s major courses, initially in Europe and then in the U.S. and South America. Argetsinger […]
Pioneer driver in top fuel drag racing. Developed first full bodied dragster using a magnesium skin and GMC nitro powered engine. Worked with mentor Ed Donovan. Later worked with Pete Clark, Rex May’s Indy mechanic. Then for Jim Hall at Shelby Sports Cars in the ’50s. Jim’s first crew chief. Team member of Lance Reventlow’s […]
Charlie Barns passed away in Dec. 2017 in Dallas, Tex. He was 85. Began racing in 1959 with Alfa Romeo. Charlie distinguished himself in the early 1960s in small modifieds. He won the 1964 G-Modified SCCA National Championship in a Merlyn Mk6 at the Riverside ARRC. The following year, he ran both GM and FM […]
One of America’s premier production car racers. Starting in Porsche 911s, Aase was a winner not only in the Sports Car Club of America’s National Championship arena, but also in the International Motorsports Association’s tough Camel GTU category. In the 1980’s Aase was hired by Dan Gurney’s All American Racers for AAR’s Toyota IMSA GTU […]
Tony A-to-Z has to lead off our RRDC biographies….he began his racing career as a winner in a Volvo 544 at Marlboro, Md. … Before he retired from professional racing, he had notched two class wins in the Rolex 24 At Daytona (1969, ’79); a class win in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in […]
Warren graduated from Cornell University, was a captain in the US Army, and then worked for Roger Penske’s racing team as a mechanic and fluids specialist. He then became a stockbroker, but he absolutely hated it, and left his job very soon. In 1968 he formed Agor Racing Enterprises and went on to become a […]
Veteran open-wheel racer who won dual 1978 championships with the SCCA VW Golf Cup for Super Vees, and the USAC Mini-Indy series for the same cars , Switched to CART in 1979-84, finished second in the 1991 PPG Championship and 11th at Indianapolis 500 . Returned to road racing in 1985 and won the IMSA […]
Started racing in 1962 with Fiat Abarth Zagato. Raced in Runoffs for 20 years . Raced Porsches and Camaros in IMSA Endurance series . Member of SCCA Board of Governors for eight years and President of Road Racing Drivers Club for six years. Ammen was the 1980 recipient of the prestigious SCCA Woolf Barnato Award.
Only RRDC member who successfully made the leap from a solid road racing background to win on NASCAR ovals, stopping along the way to excel in both CART and NHRA drag racing. Picked up his first NASCAR Cup victory at Daytona’s Pepsi 400 in 1997, then added a 1999 Martinsville win. Began racing go karts […]
Gaston enjoyed a long and distinguished career – winning races in some of the most exotic machines in the golden era of sports car racing…The Maserati Tipo 61…Ferrari Modial…Ferrari 500 TR…Corvette C1…Alfa Romeo TZ2. In 1966 he teamed with fellow RRDC member Horst Kwech to win the Trans-Am Championship.
