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Looking Back Dec. 18: From The Archives
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Looking Back Dec. 18: From The Archives

Looking Back Dec. 18: From The Archives

With an eye toward the future, officials representing the Indy Racing League unveiled the Road to Indy driver development ladder program during the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show.
Looking Back Dec. 4: From The Archives
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Looking Back Dec. 4: From The Archives

Looking Back Dec. 4: From The Archives

For the first time in more than 25 years, NASCAR did not crown its Sprint Cup champion at the iconic Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.
Umbrella Mike Boyle
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Umbrella Mike Boyle

Umbrella Mike Boyle

Long before Roger Penske, Mike Boyle set the bar for those Penske-like racing attributes of professional appearance, preparedness, pristine facilities and seemingly unlimited resources
Glory Days: Strategy Wins It For Wheldon
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Glory Days: Strategy Wins It For Wheldon

Glory Days: Strategy Wins It For Wheldon

Dan Wheldon and team owner Michael Andretti had a sly look on their faces after winning Saturday night’s IRL SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond Int’l Raceway
Looking Back Nov. 27: From The Archives
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Looking Back Nov. 27: From The Archives

Looking Back Nov. 27: From The Archives

News: The city of Sao Paulo will stage the opening round of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season.
Glory Days: Haudenschild Scores Ohio Speedweek Win
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Glory Days: Haudenschild Scores Ohio Speedweek Win

Glory Days: Haudenschild Scores Ohio Speedweek Win

It’s hard to believe, but Jac Haudenschild had never won an Ohio Speedweek feature until Saturday night at Eldora Speedway
Looking Back Nov. 20: From The Archives
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Looking Back Nov. 20: From The Archives

Looking Back Nov. 20: From The Archives

Move over Jeff Gordon. There is another four-time champion in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as Jimmie Johnson made history by claiming his fourth-straight series championship with a fifth-place finish in Sunday’s Ford 400 at  Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Glory Days: Terry Is Too Tough To Tame
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Glory Days: Terry Is Too Tough To Tame

Glory Days: Terry Is Too Tough To Tame

How fitting that the last Southern 500 on Labor Day weekend at Darlington Raceway was won by Terry Labonte, one of the oldest drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series
Looking Back Nov. 13: From The Archives
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Looking Back Nov. 13: From The Archives

Looking Back Nov. 13: From The Archives

In a nod to our 90 years of history, each week SPEED SPORT will look back at the top stories from 15, 30 and 60 years ago as told in the pages of National Speed Sport News.
Looking Back Nov. 6: From The Archives
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Looking Back Nov. 6: From The Archives

Looking Back Nov. 6: From The Archives

Calling it one of the “biggest days in IndyCar Series history,” IZOD was unveiled as the sponsor of the IRL IndyCar Series amid considerable fanfare at Indianapolis Motor Speedway