A Vintage Racer With an Unfair Advantage

The 1971 AMC Penske Javelin that Mark Donohue drove to victory in the ‘71 Trans-Am series will be auctioned off at Russo and Steele’s Monterey sale next month.
The car has been restored to concours-level condition by MAECO Motorsport of Northridge, California, and won awards in its class at the Amelia Island Concours in 2008. The […]

The song was the one

It’s hard to believe, but Mark Donohue, potentially the greatest American racing driver ever, has been gone for 35 years now. He died shortly after crashing in practice for the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix, in a Formula 1 car owned by his mentor, Roger Penske. As Penske star Helio Castroneves tries to become a four-time […]