ESPN looks through the 75-year history of the British Grand Prix in all its guises at Aintree, Brands Hatch and Silverstone.

Before he beat the world’s best on track, Dan Gurney was just a kid street-racing his flathead Ford through the backroads of Riverside, California.

The Gurney Flap invented by Dan Gurney in the 1970s doesn’t look like much, but it changed racing for the rest of history.

At the Wood Brothers Racing Museum, nestled in the Virginia mountain hamlet of Stuart where NASCAR’s longest-running team was founded, two photos tell twin narratives that encapsulate 75 years.

The five cars on display at the Petersen will include the 1974 Formula 5000 Dan Gurney All-American Racers Eagle 755, winner of the 1975 Long Beach pole position with Vern Schuppan at the wheel, which ...

The 1974 Formula 5000 Dan Gurney All-American Racers Eagle 755, winner of the 1975 Long Beach pole position with Vern Schuppan at the wheel.

American racing legend Dan Gurney was among that rare breed of drivers who also had an instinctive grasp of engineering. After four years competing in F1, during which he secured Porsche’s first ...

He overcame dozens of obstacles and objections, including cries of “crazy idea” and “never will happen,” to establish the first Grand Prix of Long Beach in 1975.

Gurney was as much a European race car driver as an American. So in 1961 he entered a slightly modified but still technically stock 1961 Chevy Impala with a mighty 409 big block in the British ...

In the 1980s, Toyota wanted to step up its performance in motorsports, so it introduced the 503E engine. It was a big success and appeared in several cars.

Because of Porsche's legendary history at Le Mans and other famous races, particular race car models occasionally sell for millions of dollars.

Hard-charging and hard-bitten, Parnelli Jones electrified the Indy crowds and became the first driver to break 150 mph before winning the Indy 500 in 1963.