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The Indianapolis 500 is a race that stands alone, outside the pantheon of championship-directed open-wheel racing in America — and it's one of the most coveted events for a sanctioning body to organize. In 1996, the Indy car realm had blown to

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Sanctioning bodies don't just set the rules for a race series — they also determine the culture and ideologies of the series they represent. In post-war America, the two biggest sanctioning bodies of sports car racing were the SCCA and the AAA

Cheryl Glass: The Incredible Life and Mysterious Death Of America's First Black Woman Racer

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Cheryl Glass is a name that every motorsport fan should have known. For years, any time she showed up to a race track, she was the first Black woman to have competed there. She carved a path of broken records through the Washington state area

Mario Andretti On The Triumphs And Tragedies Of His Formula 1 World Championship

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Mario Andretti is, without a doubt, the finest motorsport legend that America has ever produced — but his 1978 Formula 1 World Championship was won under tragic circumstances: His teammate, Ronnie Peterson, was killed at the Italian Grand Prix.

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In 1961, Formula 1 crowned its first-ever American World Driver Champion. Californian Phil Hill — a driver whose ulcer-ridden body should have prevented him from racing at the top levels of motorsport — never quite seemed like the prototypical

Death at Watkins Glen: How One Forgotten Crash Changed Motorsport Forever

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The 1952 Watkins Glen Grand Prix should have been yet another leap toward solidifying road racing's popularity in the United States — but instead, the death of one seven-year-old-boy in a crash brought American motorsport to its knees. This is

The African Grand Prix Fixing Scandal That NEVER Happened

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In 1933, FIVE racers got together to fix the Tripoli Grand Prix, an African race run with a lottery system that would award three lucky fans with millions of dollars if their driver won the race. Those drivers selected one man to win the race a

An F1 Champion's Kidnapping Transformed Cuban History

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With five World Driver Championships to his name, Juan Manuel Fangio is an icon of Formula 1 and motorsport as a whole — but in 1958, he also turned the tides of global politics. Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship had ravaged Cuba, but in 1958, t

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Deadly Passions, Terrible Joys Trailer

Nov 27th, 2023 1m 3s

From race fixing attempts to kidnappings, the backbone of motorsport is built on scandal, intrigue, danger, and deception.Rev your engines and dive into the heart-pounding world of motorsport with Elizabeth Blackstock's captivating new podcas

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