Category Archives: Club News

A FOND FAREWELL TO SCOTT PRUETT

[Editor: Scott Pruett sent the following thank you letter to friends and colleagues who offered kind words in a video tribute to one of America’s great all-around race drivers on the occasion of his final race.] My last race is now in the history books, the Rolex Daytona 24hrs. In a perfect world it would […]

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ERIC PRILL 2017 MARK DONOHUE AWARD WINNER

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 3, 2018) – Eric Prill, of Topeka, Kan., was presented the RRDC Mark Donohue Award at the annual RRDC members’ dinner at Daytona International Speedway on Jan. 24. The dinner preceded the running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, the season opener of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Prill, who serves as the Vice […]

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DANIEL SEXTON GURNEY, 1931-2018

RRDC PRESIDENT BOBBY RAHAL ON THE DEATH OF DAN GURNEY “It is with the deepest sadness and regret that we have to say goodbye to one of the most magnificent people to have represented our sport on this earth. He was not only an outrageously talented race-car driver, influential businessman, team owner and car constructor, […]

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TEAM USA SCHOLARSHIP IN ENGLAND

Aaron Jeansonne, 19, from Sulphur, La., and Jonathan Kotyk, 23, from Atlantic Beach, Fla., have been in England for more than 10 days leading up to their overseas car racing debuts as the 2017 representatives of Team USA Scholarship. The pair are the latest in a long line of talented young American race car drivers […]

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BRUCE LEVEN – 1938-2017

The RRDC and the motorsports community as a whole lost one of its most interesting members last week with the passing of Bruce Leven. He was born in Chicago on June 12, 1938, and two years later moved with his family to Seattle. In 1964 the ambitious entrepreneur bought Bayside Disposal as a one-truck, one-employee […]

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MARIO ANDRETTI, LAUDED BY PEERS, RECEIVES IMRRC’S ARGETSINGER AWARD

CORNING, N.Y. (Sept. 1, 2017) – International racing stars, captains of the motorsports industry, local dignitaries and race fans gathered to honor an American racing icon at the Corning (N.Y.) Museum of Glass on Thursday. Mario Andretti, motorsports’ greatest ambassador, was presented with the Cameron R. Argetsinger Award for Outstanding Contributions to Motorsports by the […]

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NEW SIF VIDEO: LANDING A SPONSOR – A CASE HISTORY + SKIP BARBER STATEMENT

These days, finding sponsorship is the key to every racing effort. Believe me, I’ve been at this for quite a while now, and it isn’t easy. In our latest video, we present an interesting case history – how Charlie Kimball turned the negativity of being diagnosed with Diabetes into a positive and earned sponsorship of his IndyCar program. There’s a lot to […]

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NEW SiF ASK A PRO PLUS MEMBER NEWS – VIR HISTORY BOOK, NEW VEHICLES FROM AAR, INNOCENT ABROAD, TEAM HIGHBALL REUNION

Newest IndyCar recruit and ex-F1 driver Esteban Gutiérrez is the latest online driving instructor for SAFEisFAST.com. The 25-year-old driver in IndyCar for Dale Coyne Racing having previously enjoyed stints with Sauber, Ferrari and Haas in F1. Gutiérrez has also competed in Formula E, racing for Techeetah during the 2016/17 season. After rising through the karting ranks […]

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NEW SiF VIDEO: QUALIFYING

Today, overtaking in all forms of racing has become more difficult that ever – and that has made the ability to qualify well one of the real keys to winning. But how do the fast guys lay down a flyer when it really counts? To find out, we asked some of the fastest guys from […]

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MEMBER NEWS – PENSKE AND REDMAN IN MOTORSPORT HALL OF FAME + BRABHAM DOWN UNDER

MotorSport Magazine’s 2017 Hall of Fame class includes a pair of RRDC members – Roger Penske and Brian Redman. Here are the accompanying citations: U.S. racing: Roger Penske The Captain’s eponymous racing team is an American institution with victories in every major four-wheel category, including F1. He and Mark Donohue formed a formidable partnership in the […]

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