And no sport is more family-oriented than car racing. Here’s why. From Road & Track Courtesy of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Archives Bill Ford—great-grandson of Henry and executive chair of Ford Motor Company—recalls a time in 1968 when his dad, William Clay Ford Sr., drove the Indy 500 pace car, a Ford Torino convertible packing a 428 Cobra Jet. “I was there all week with my father as he was doing the practice laps,” Ford says. “I’ll never forget, the chute at Indy was very

Le Mans champion Robert Kubica has seen more triumph and tragedy than any other driver working today. His greatest victory is the one you would least expect. From Road & Track Jason Holley The last lap at Le Mans 2025. Filthy, beaten cars roared down the Mulsanne straight one final time, the leading hypercars having traveled almost three-quarters as many miles in 24 hours as a Formula 1 car will race all season. At the wheel of the No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P, Robert Kubica

A Vietnamese refugee's journey from a boy who loved cars to a star auto engineer From AARP A collection of Ford Mustangs, brought to Vietnam for an exhibition for U.S. soldiers. Courtesy Anghel Restorations. As darkness fell, Hau Thai-Tang could hear the gunfire. “Every night the sound got closer and closer to our home”—terrifying for anyone, but hard to imagine for an 8-year-old boy. “That’s what my brother and I grew up with,” Hau says. “When we would go visit our relatives