Ultimate Racing History (original) (raw)
UltimateRacingHistory.com
"The most insanely in-depth thing I've ever seen done by a single person..."--Brandon S., March 5, 2007
"...the holy grail of hard to find race results."--Historical Stock Car Racing Forum, April 5, 2007
"...a great way to waste time..."--20/20 Racing Page, November 26, 2007
This site is a continual work-in-progress. I intend to accomplish two things with this page. First, I would like to make available some of the more obscure information about the history of auto racing that is difficult, if not impossible, to find elsewhere. As an example, I am trying to compile as complete a history as is possible of USAC's stock car racing division that ran from 1956 through 1984. At present, I am in possession of complete results from 1971 through 1984, but only partial results before that. As of May 4, 2007, essentially all information I have on the series has been posted, although I will naturally continue to update that data as further information is uncovered.
Second, I would like to compile certain widely available information that is scattered across various sources and present it all in a single place. For example, it is rather easy to find A.J. Foyt's Indy Car career history. It is also easy to find his NASCAR history. It requires a lot of detective work to piece together his sports car racing history, as there is no way to search for the results of any individual driver. A similar situation occurs concerning his short-track career, with the added difficulty that these results, valuable as they are, are also often incomplete. Until this website came along, the details of his USAC Stock Car career history were not available anywhere online. (I'm actually still missing 10 of 148 dates.) One of my particular interests is to produce a complete, race-by-race history of A.J.'s career which covers all the divisions he competed in. (Work in progress, of course.)
As a preliminary effort to the entry of race results into the database, I am also attempting to compile a list of dates and winners for various racing series. See my research page for details.
Now Available: Gene A. Card, who has helped tremendously with obtaining the results of NASCAR's Grand American and Grand National East series, has recently authored a book on Pocono Raceway as part of Arcadia Publishing's Images of Sports series. A review will be posted soon.
Pocono Raceway, $19.99, Arcadia Publishing. Available at local retailers, online bookstores, or through Arcadia Publishing at www.arcadiapublishing.com or (888) 313-2665.
Browse the race results database.
On any of these pages, clicking on the date will take you to the results of that race. Clicking on a driver's name will take you to a list of races for that driver. Clicking on a track name will take you to a list of races at that track.
Last updated May 27, 2008