The Driver
Chip Ganassi just passed Roger Penske for the most championships in IndyCar history. Paul Pfanner on the racer behind the record, and why he is nowhere near done.
RACER, I Will Miss You
Paul Pfanner on reading the news posted to X by RACER Editor David Malsher-Lopez, and other news outlets that issue 341 will be the magazine's last in print, and on the people, readers, and advertisers who built it.
Indychella Didn't Ask Permission
Fifty-one years on the same streets. Paul Pfanner on what Indychella actually revealed — and why the sport that didn't build that audience now has one chance to deserve it.
The Company You Keep
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 .
Now. 34-Years Ago.
On the anniversary of RACER's launch at the Long Beach Grand Prix in 1992, Paul Pfanner reflection on what it costs to build something that lasts — and what it teaches you.
The Hardest Thing a Leader Can Do
Paul Pfanner watched Jim Michaelian tend the Long Beach Grand Prix for fifty-one years — and never once make himself the story. When Michaelian died at 83, he had already done the hardest thing a leader can do.
Everything Matters
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.
