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 […]
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 […]
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.
