Ricky Craven is a former professional NASCAR driver, and an ESPN broadcaster who is an analyst for NASCAR races. Among Cravens many accomplishments he has been the champion of the Busch North Series, won Unity Raceway, Busch North Series, Winston Cup Series, and Busch Series Rookie of the Year, and won Busch North Series Most Popular Driver two years in... read full bio
When the checkered flag fell at the final race of the 2005 season, many believed veteran driver Ricky Rudd had competed in his final NEXTEL Cup Series race. While Rudd took a year away from NASCARs hectic 36-race schedule, he never lost the desire to participate at the highest level of stock car racing. As the 2006 season came to... read full bio
Growing up in Olive Branch, Mississippi, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got his start racing karts when he was only six years old. From that point up until the time he moved into sprint car racing in 2003, he grabbed 47 wins and 90 podium finishes. He began his career driving 360 cubic inches winged spring cars and, while doing so, he... read full bio
Riley Herbst got his start at the tender age of 5 when he began racing go karts. From there, it was a quick progression into more serious machines: legends, Speed Trucks, and then eventually, Super Late Models. Riley raced them at the Irwindale Speedway weekly, winning the Speed Truck’s championship. Riley finally made his NASCAR debut in 2016 with the... read full bio
Robby Gordon is an American racecar driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, owning his #7 Toyota Camry, and also competes part-time in the Nationwide Series driving the #55 Toyota Camry. He has also raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Champ Car, the IRL, Trans-Am, IMSA, IROC and Dakar Rally. Gordon is regarded as one... read full bio
Romain Grosjean is a Swiss-French racer who drives for Andretti Autosport in the NTT IndyCar Series. In his previous nine complete Formula One seasons, Grosjean raced for a variety of teams and won 10 podiums, all with Lotus. At his maiden try, Grosjean won the French Formula Renault championship and enrolled in the Renault young driver program. He won the drivers' title... read full bio
Ross Chastain, who was up on his family's farm in Alva, Florida, grew up cultivating watermelons when he wasn't completing laps at nearby short tracks. Chastain now drives the No. 1 Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series full-time. Chastain has been the busiest driver in NASCAR for the past three seasons after making 200 starts in the top... read full bio
Despite winning at least one race for the 16th straight season and finishing in the top 10 yet again, Rusty Wallace ended the 2001 season frustrated. After he won at California Speedway in April, Wallace never mounted a serious challenge for the championship and ended up in seventh place for the second straight year. He had eight top-five... read full bio
Rutledge Wood, a well-known auto racing analyst and TV show host, was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on April 22, 1980. Wood has had a huge influence on the business thanks to his amiable demeanor and comprehensive knowledge of the automobile sector. Wood rose to prominence as one of Adam Ferrara, Tanner Foust, and the other hosts of History's Top Gear. On... read full bio
Ryan Michael Blaney is an American stock car racing driver who was born on December 31, 1993. He participates in the NASCAR Cup Series on a regular basis, piloting the No. 12 Ford Mustang for Team Penske. He is the grandson of Lou Blaney, a legend on modified dirt tracks, and the son of former NASCAR racer Dave Blaney. Son... read full bio
Ryan Preece started his racing career back in 2007, when he was just a teenager. It was very apparent that he had a gift in the arena of motorsports. In that same year, Ryan got 32nd in the NEMA championship. In 2008, he took to the podium with his very first third place win at Monadnock. Ryan went on to... read full bio
Samuel Hornish is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships. He currently drives the #77Mobil 1/Auto Club Dodge Charger for Penske Racing in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series.... read full bio
Sam Posey is one of the greats of American motor racing. Over 20 years, his career included drives in just about every single major category and event: from sportscars, Can-Am, Trans-Am, ICM, Formula A, USAC Indy Cars, IMSA and Formula 5000, to the Sebring 12hrs, Daytona 24hrs, Le Mans 24hrs, Indy 500 and even the Bathurst 1000. However, his career... read full bio
Scott Goodyear is a former race car driver from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. Goodyear ran the IRL and Champ Car series during his career from 1987, winning the Michigan 500 in 1992 and 1994. He is also notable for almost winning the Indianapolis 500 on three different occasions. He retired from racing following a crash in the 2001 Indianapolis 500 and... read full bio
Sergio "Checo" Pérez, a professional race car driver from Mexico who races for Red Bull Racing in Formula 1. Additionally, he has driven for Racing Point, McLaren, Force India and Sauber. As the elder brother of a stock car and NASCAR racing driver named Antonio, Pérez, who was born in Mexico, grew up surrounded by sports and racing. Pérez started driving go-karts at the... read full bio
Shirley Muldowney, also known professionally as Cha Cha" Muldowney and the "First Lady of Drag Racing", is a pioneer in professional auto racing. She was the first woman to receive a license from the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) to drive a top fuel dragster. She won the NHRA Top Fuel championship in 1977, 1980 and 1982, becoming the first... read full bio
Sterling Marlin is a former professional stock car racing driver. He has competed in the NASCAR Spring Cup Series and won the Daytona 500 two years in a row. Racing runs in his blood as his father was Coo Coo Marlin, and his son Steadman Marlin has also raced for NASCAR. Some of his other accomplishments include winning the Winston... read full bio
Terry Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who occasionally drives in the Sprint Cup Series when called upon and is a two-time NASCAR Winston Cup and IROC champion. He currently drives and co-owns the #10 Gander Mountain Chevrolet for Stavola Labonte Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on... read full bio
Tiff Needell has been a staple at business events ever since Top Gear beaming his face into over five million households in the mid-1990s. Tiff engages with audiences of all sizes, whether she's speaking at a private event at the Ritz or entertaining hundreds of people at the British Grand Prix. Tiff uses his more than thirty years of racing expertise... read full bio
Veteran racer Tommy Kendall has competed in the SCCA, NASCAR, and IMSA. Additionally, he has participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, most notably as a factory driver for Dodge's brief SRT Viper GT program. Being one of the few American drivers to have competed in Australia's renowned Bathurst 1000 touring car race, he has the unusual expertise of... read full bio
