Autor/-in: Rick Schaffer

Author and racing historian Rick Shaffer has followed the sport religiously for more than 60 years and his interest resulted in covering it as a journalist. He was a feature writer and columnist for Indy Car Racing Magazine and senior writer for Vintage Motorsport. He also served as publicist for two Indy-car teams and spent 10 years as a researcher and statistician for Versus TV Network and NBS Sports Network. Shaffer is the author of Autocourse Official History: CART: The First 20 Years, 1979-1998 and was co-author with Donald Davidson of Autocourse Official History of the Indianapolis 500. More recently, he authored 500 on (the Indy) 500: Tales, Facts and Figures on the Greatest Race in the World.