Not a formal award, the USAC Triple Crown is a fraternity of racers whose diversity of talent has allowed them to find victory on any type track, in any size car and against some of the most daunting competition in American open-wheel racing.
During his tragically brief life, Jochen Rindt’s rich talent, on-the-edge style and magnetic charisma captured the admiration of the media, fans and his peers alike.
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee Gordon Woolley’s first involvement with motorsports was rolling jalopies for 10 bucks a flip at the Suicide Bowl in Waco, Texas.
His mother was Barbara Hutton, the heiress to the F.W. Woolworth Co. department store fortune. His father was a count and, for a time, Cary Grant was his stepfather.
During an era when the chief mechanic was a fabricator, engine builder, designer, race strategist and team manager, Clint Brawner stood above the rest.
During an era considered one of the sport’s most dangerous, there were drivers whose star flashed brightly across racing’s consciousness, only to be darkened as they seemed on the verge of greatness.
He didn’t look like a hero race car driver. In fact, he more resembled the farmer he was and racing in a pair of coveralls enhanced that bucolic image.
