November 10, 2025

Recently Marco Andretti announced his retirement from auto racing to focus on just his family.

He had a few shinning moments in his Indy Car career that were mostly at the Indy 500 where he got close a few times to winning but never got it done.

He won 2 Indy Car races in his career from 2006 to 2025 and competed in just about every form of racing. That includes Star Mazda, Indy Car Pro Series, Nascar, Formula E, International V8 Supercars, ARCA, Craftsman Truck Series, A1 Grand Prix, Infiniti Pro Series, Star Mazda, the American LeMans Series and won the Camping World SRX Championship in 2022.

His grandfather, Mario Andretti, and his father, Michael Andretti, were always coaching him and Mario could always be found in his pit area trying to help. 

Marco didn't have the race craft of his father or grandfather, but he tried.

Enjoy retirement Marco with the family.

Here are a few photos of him from through the years.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

September 15, 2025

Here is part 2 of the Indy Car race at the Milwaukee Mile on August 23rd and 24th 2025.

Saturday was hot and humid with Alex Palou taking the pole position and Sunday was a cool jacket weather day.  Christian Rasmussen getting his first win in Indy Car was the excitement of that day. 

Alex Palou finished second with Scott McLaughlin in third. Nolan Siegel spun right in front of me and was the first car out of the race on lap one.

Indy NXT had a great race with Salvador de Alba taking the win and his Andretti Global teammates Dennis Hauger second with Lochie Hughes third.

The driver to keep an eye on is Myles Rowe.  He got the win in the final Indy NXT race in Nashville a week later.

The main grandstand sold out which was great to see and hear as they were very loud and into the race.

Marshall Pruett, Dario Franchitti and Will Buxton had a little meeting with the media on the 10th anniversary of Justin Wilson's passing. Marshall told us that a documentary is in the works and can't wait to see it as Justin was a great racer and friend. Miss him.

Enjoy the photos and thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Race day at the Mile saw Alex Palou on the pole but Christian Rasmussen got his first win!

Qualifying day at the Milwaukee Mile for the Snap-On Milwaukee 250 race.

September 1, 2025

On August 24th we had the Indy Cars and Indy NXT at the Milwaukee Mile for the Snap-On 250 race.

This blog is just part 1 with qualifying and practice photos. Part 2 will have the race photos.

Big crowd and of course Alex Palou got the pole position, but he did not get the win. Christian Rasmussen got his first win in a wild race with a ton of passing.

Enjoy a look at the guys and the big crowd with a sold out grandstand on Sunday.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

May 19, 2025

One of the best auto racers to ever drive an open wheel race car was Jacques Villeneuve who was born to race.

His father Gilles Villeneuve past away when Jacques was very young in 1982 driving for Ferrari.  That took the racing bug out of Jacques for just a little while.

By 1994 he was driving a CART Forsythe/Team Kool Green Indy Car.  In 1995 he was driving for Team Kool Green and won the Indy Car Series Championship and the Indy 500!

1996 he moved to F1 and won the F1 Championship in 1997 for Team Williams.

Seemed like he could win in anything and tried NASCAR, Sports Cars and more.

Born in Canada but moved to Monaco when he was 7 and was raised in a Swiss boarding school until the racing bug took over at 17.

I had the pleasure to watch him drive in the Indy Lights and then the 1994 and 1995 seasons in an Indy Car.

Enjoy a few years of some great memories of a great racer and beautiful race car.

Thanks,

Rich

December 16, 2024

Since June of 2023 our lives have here been a bit messy here with surgeries and non medical fun for my wife and me. A big Monday and Tuesday here this week but I hope and pray that we are on the right path now.

December 29th last year was really a bad day as all of us lost a great race car driver at just 56 and I think about him a lot. Gil de Ferran was a special racer and a prankster. Gil passed away last year of a heart attack on the Concours Race Track in Opa-locka.  Very sad day and he was having fun with his son that day at the track.

I did not know him very well but had some fun with him at the Milwaukee Mile and Road America.

So I feel the need to look and remember our friend as it's so close to a year that he has been gone.

Gil gave Team Penske it's 100th win and consecutive CART championships in 2000 and 2001.

The Milwaukee Mile put my photo of Gil in the Media Center at the Milwaukee Mile. It's also in one of the suites in the grandstand. It's a picture of Gil sitiing in his car giving a thumbs up. The photo was from 2001 and I've cherished it for a long time in my race room here.

In 2000 Team Penske almost had Gil de Ferran and future superstar Greg Moore who we lost in 1999 as teammates. Who knows what could have happened with Greg Moore and Gil together. Gil would have mentored Greg for sure but without Greg we got Helio Castroneves and Gil mentored Helio very well into the Spiderman!

Enjoy some photos of Gil through the years.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

December 2, 2024

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

We went out so no cooking and no dishes to do. It was very nice.

This blog is a continuation of the last blog on the Indy Racing League at the Milwaukee Mile on July 24, 2005 when Sam Hornish won. Dario Franchitti was second and Tom Scheckter placed third.

Take a look at some more photos of the folks and enjoy.

My bladder cancer BCG infusion #5 is tomorrow and then another one the following Monday and hopefully they did their job.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann

Enjoy some of the Indy Racing League at the Milwaukee Mile in 2005. Crazy times during the split of Champ Car and the IRL.

November 18, 2024

Been some tough weeks around here lately with my bladder cancer BCG infusion therapy going on now. BCG is a vaccine for tuberculosis that they learned kills cancer cells. Just had the third of six infusions last Friday.

It's a once a week deal and the first week was bad. Second week I developed a urinary tract infection and ended up in the hospital overnight getting big gun antibiotics that worked!

Third week and third infusion and I feel good!  Weird, but happy and lets see what the next three hold and hopefully the infusions work... Now I can get back to being retired with my wonderful wife and doctor here. Could not have done this without her!

This is a Part 1 of the Indy Racing League at the Milwaukee Mile in 2005 for the ABC Supply Company 225 race. Part 2 in a couple weeks will have more photos and history of the race.  In between my cancer treatments I'll get'er done!

The race in 2005 was won by Sam Hornish Jr., Dario Franchitti was second and Tomas Scheckter in P3.

The IRL came to town here and this was during the Indy Car split. Because of that we had Champ Car and the IRL at the Milwaukee Mile in the same summer with different dates. Great, but expensive for fans and busy for this photographer.

How good is your Indy Car knowledge because there are two cars in here that are Champ Cars! Must have been the beginning of the first roll of film that was left over from Champ Car.

Enjoy Part 1 and be well.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann