In the days before every note and every performance by a pop or rock musician was instantly uploaded to YouTube or social media, there were three main ways to discover and experience a new artist: ...

Born: Aug. 1, 1932, Catawba; Died: Aug. 8, 1977, in a Hickory hospital of a heart attack after experiencing heat exhaustion in a race at Hickory Speedway. Family: Son Randy, twin daughters Rhonda and ...

Oval racer Tom Sneva is to IndyCar what Sir Roger Bannister is to middle-distance track. In 1977, at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sneva averaged a lap in excess of 200 mph, a barrier once ...

When the founders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway drew up the plans for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, The Indianapolis Star was there and we've covered every Indianapolis 500 since 1911.

Long before Danica Patrick captured race fans and headlines, there was Janet Guthrie. To longtime followers of the world of motorsports, Guthrie’s name is well known as the first woman to qualify for ...

Caledonia teenager Max Kahler may not have reeled in the Late Model season points title that he’s coveted at the Rockford Speedway this pandemic-shortened season, but he’s continued to check off other ...