Paul Pfanner on people still arguing over who won The Split — and why the best version of IndCar is the one happening now.

Paul Pfanner surveys Sunday's 110th Indianapolis 500 — Felix Rosenqvist's 0.0233-second win for Meyer Shank Racing, the closest finish in race history — and argues that the Penske Entertainment era, reached its best day to date.

Paul Pfanner accepts the 2026 Russo-Marvel Founders Award and challenges the journalists who cover motorsports to build the future of their profession in an age of AI.

Paul Pfanner was at Michigan the day American open-wheel racing split itself in two in 1996 — Thirty years later, he returns to Indianapolis for the 110th Running with the story of what it took to go back - to the future.

As Paul Pfanner receives the SPMJ Russo-Marvel Founders Award, he offers a meditation on learning, proximity, and who journalists actually work for.

Paul Pfanner is the 2026 Russo-Marvel Founders Award recipient. He dedicates it to the late Jim Michaelian — and to the reporters and editors who held the standard in the sport he dedicated his life to .

For sixty years one organization has dominated sport and business with a consistency no one has fully explained. The results are visible to everyone. The source of the advantage is something most organizations walk right past.

Every era has a moment when the future stops being theoretical and starts moving. Leaders who think they're keeping pace may want to reconsider. Are you moving — or just reacting?