USAC Magazine Cover Sept 1970

 

The United States Auto Club Magazine Cover

from September 1970.

 

Previewing the Inaugural California 500 at the Ontario Motor Speedway.

 

 

Can you name all of the Indycar drivers sketched

who would be racing there?

(answers in tomorrow's post)

 

Indycar Season Countdown 60 Days

60
 That's the number of days till the GP of St. Pete,
the Indycar season opener!
 

That's also the number of Indycar starts Mike Conway has in his Indycar career.
 

Mike Conway celebrating his win at the first race in the Dual in Detroit in 2013.

Mike will get lots more starts driving the road and street courses
for Ed Carpenter Racing in 2014.

Indycar Season Countdown 61 Days!

61 days till Indycars come back with racing action
in the GP of St. Pete 
for the first race of the 2014 Indycar season!

 1961
 AJ Foyt won his second Indycar Championship and his first Indianapolis 500
 

A.J Foyt

 

 

Photos from the 1961 USAC Yearbook

 



IndyCar Season Countdown 62 Days

62 more days till the Indycar season starts!

 

In 1962 Parnelli Jones broke the record of 150 MPH
at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

 



Parnelli Jones with car owner J.C. Agajanian and crew after breaking the 150 mile per hour barrier during qualifying at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1962.

Sage Karam in Rolex 24 at Daytona

 

We hope our hometown driver Sage Karam does great in his first Rolex 24 at Daytona!

Sage Karam will be racing with

Chip Ganassi Racing

with

 Scott Pruett

 Jamie McMurray

and

 Memo Rojas

 

 He will also be cheered on by us throughout the whole race!

 

Here's an article about Sage, 'Test Of Endurance' , that came in our local paper.

 

A little background:

Sage Karam won the Indy Lights championship with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

in 2013.  Hopefully this ride in Daytona helps him to get a ride for the 2014 season

 

 

Go Sage!!