Jalopnik: indianapolis

Pictures of Entire 1952 Indianapolis 500 Starting Grid Found

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:40:00 EDT

As much as we like open wheel racing and modern car designs, there's something far more awesome about vintage racing cars. This is undoubtedly the opinion of one Jim Rogacki, an engineer from Buffalo, who, while digging around for vintage car parts, managed to run into an amateur Indianapolis 500 historian. After shooting the breeze for a while, Jim convinced the man to let him scan his fantastic collection of photos for all 33 cars in the 1952 starting grid. We swiped a couple, but go take a look at the very neat complete collection and the story behind it over at Jalopy Journal.

MotoGP Coming to Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Mike Spinelli — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:17:29 EDT

Think back to August, 1909. You just caught a clown act at the Hippodrome, went for a boysenberry phosphate at Spunk's Unguents and Ointments and nearly got flattened by a runaway fish cart. Meanwhile, in Indianapolis, a motorcycle race just became the first motorized event at the new speedway. Ninety-nine years later, the MotoGP will stop at the brickyard, commemorating the original event, in 2008. The exploits of Nicky Hayden, Casey Stoner, Valentino Rossi, et al will replace the US Grand Prix, sunk when Bernie Ecclestone put Tony George's walnuts in a vice and started cracking. IMS track president Joie Chitwood made the announcement yesterday, that the MotoGP will be held on the speedway's 2.66-mile road course, which will be modified with extra turns for the two-wheelers. [via Autosport.com]

USGP to Fans: Drop Dead (Possibly)

Davey G. Johnson — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 12:04:08 EDT

If you're one of the three-to-five Americans who still care about the United States Grand Prix after last year's tire debacle, here's one more reason not to: if for some reason the event doesn't go on as scheduled, you're out your ticket money, Ponce de Leon. That's right, no friendly Michelin refunding your scrill, no contrite Bernie E. on his knees beggin' forgiveness (or whatever else he does down there). Zilch. Then again, we'd love to see the angry fans storm the track at the Brickyard to the tune of "Wild in the Streets" by the Circle Jerks. Heck, even Tony George might enjoy that.

US Grand Prix 2006 Won't Allow for Future Refunds [WISH 8]

50 Years of Car and Driver

Davey G. Johnson — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:13:15 EDT

Along with Hustler, Time, early Details, Kerrang!, Mad and Gearhead, Car and Driver stands as one of the magazines that not only influenced our worldview, but our writing as well. Goring sacred cows is fun, but the fact remains that C/D is #1 for a reason. The writing is consisently top-notch, they give credit where credit's due and make fun with little-to-no mercy when it's warranted. Plus, sometimes they do really, really dumb shit. It's all here in this oft-hilarious historical timeline of the mag, penned by the redoubtable John Phillips. Oh, and their 50th Anniversary shindig is this weekend in Indy. Fans of autocross, Larry Webster and Mark Farner are totally in luck.

Looking Back at the First Fifty Years [Car and Driver]