Glory Days: Stewart Outruns Talented Hut Hundred Field

Tony Stewart outran a field of 30 midgets to win the 41st running of the Hut Hundred USAC midget race at Indiana’s Terre...

Glory Days: Kunzman Wins At Eldora, Beale Champ

Lee Kunzman and Dueane Carter shared victory ciercle in the twin 50-lap finale for USAC sprint cars on Oct. 21, 1973 at ...

The Transition — Midgets to Stock Cars 

During the late 1940s, midget auto racing, once the most popular form of motorsports in the United States, was in a steep...

The Woodstock Of Drag Racing

And to think it all started because back in the Eisenhower years, it wasn’t politically incorrect to wear fur coats...

Colorful & Eccentric Innovator Art Sparks

Auto racing has long attracted colorful, eccentric, quirky individuals. They seem drawn to the sport like steel shavings...

Glory Days: Wolfgang Tops Star-Studded Kings Royal

Doug Wolfgang started on the pole and led all 40 laps to win the seventh annual Kings Royal sprint car race at Ohio’s Eldora...

Glory Days: Fornoro Tops Star-Studded Hoosier Invitational

The second annual Hoosier Dome Invitational midget race saw Nick Fornoro Jr. turn in a dominant performance to claim the...

Mahoney’s Memories: Eldora 1978

Editor’s Note: In this monthly photo essay feature, National Sprint Car Hall of Fame photographer John Mahoney shares his...

GLORY DAYS: Faas Is Fast, But Darland Wins

Dave Darland led the final 12 laps of the 23rd annual Tony Hulman Classic at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track to claim...

Glory Days: Kauffman Tops Stellar Port Royal Field

A star-studded field of open-wheel racers visited Port Royal Speedway for a daytime 25-lap feature with Keith Kauffman taking...