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We Asked Kenny Schrader!

Contrary to popular belief, Ken Schrader’s racing career did not begin during the sport’s board-track era. However, it has been more than 50 years since the native of Fenton, Mo, began competing — and winning — at local tracks near his hometown.

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Speedy, Determined Johnny Thomson

The adage “still water runs deep” personifies the original “Flying Scott,” Johnny Thomson.

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Scoring Races Has Changed

Unlike stick-and-ball sports where only two teams compete against one another, dozens of drivers participating in the same auto race requires tracking each car over hundreds of laps.

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Parnelli Jones & The Turbine

In more than a century of Indianapolis 500 history, few cars have produced the controversy that Andy Granatelli’s turbines did.

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The Best Of URC’s Best

If you hailed from the Mid-Atlantic states — really, anywhere but central Pennsylvania — and you became a fan of sprint car racing, the chances are it came from watching the 360 winged cars of the United Racing Club.

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Parsons: Racer & Broadcaster

On a Friday afternoon in the summer of 1963, Benny Parsons was working at his father Harold’s Pure Oil gas station that also served as the family taxi business in Detroit.

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Bouchard’s Talladega ‘Steal’

As modified champion Ron Bouchard finished his breakfast on the morning of Aug. 2, 1981, he had a feeling it was going to be a great day.

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A.J. Watson’s First Indy Car

A.J. Watson’s Indianapolis cars are iconic pieces of racing machinery. Acclaimed as works of art, they possess a classic beauty in form and function that remains fresh seven decades after Watson built his first one.

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IndyCar’s Rick Mears & NHRA’s Doug Herbert To Be Honored

IndyCar Champion Rick Mears and NHRA Top Fuel sensation Doug Herbert will be honored with the dedication of North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame, Walk of Fame sidewalk plaques on Oct. 4.

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Taming The Southern 500

On Sept. 4, 1950, a mammoth overflow crowd of 25,000 fans passed through the gates of the newly constructed Darlington (S.C.) Raceway to witness the inaugural Southern 500.