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| Editor-in-Chief | Laurence Foster |
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| Former editors | John Zimmerman |
| Categories | Motor sport |
| Frequency | 8 time per year |
| Founder | Paul F. Pfanner |
| Founded | 1992 |
| First issue | May 1992; 32 years ago (1992-05) |
| Company | Racer Media & Marketing Inc. |
| Country | US |
| Based in | Irvine, California |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 1066-6060 |
Racer (stylizedRACER), is an Americanmotorsports magazine based inIrvine, California. Owned by Racer Media & Marketing, it is published six times a year. and has a news and commentary website, Racer.com along with The RACER Channel on YouTube.
The magazine has feature articles relating to most of the world's major auto racing series, includingNASCAR,Formula One, theIndyCar Series, theWeatherTech SportsCar Championship,NHRA Drag Racing, and theWorld Rally Championship, as well as local racing categories and feeder series.[1] The magazine includes extensive photography of race vehicles.[2] In addition to the magazine, Racer also has a custom publishing division, that has producedSportsCar magazine for theSports Car Club of America.[3]
In June 2019, Racer Media & Marketing has acquiredVintage Motorsport magazine.[4]
The magazine debuted with the May 1992, issue with the cover story about the "engine war" in theCART, and the cover photo was a head-on shot ofEmerson Fittipaldi’sPenske-Chevrolet Indycar by Michael C. Brown.[5] The magazine was launched by Paul F. Pfanner, and originally published by Racer Communications, Inc. which was a sister company of Pfanner Communications, Inc. that publishedSportsCar magazine for theSports Car Club of America andChamp Car magazine. Racer's founding Publisher was Bill Sparks and the founding Editor was John Zimmermann.[6][7] Jeff Zwart was also a co-founder.[3] It was listed as one of the "12 best magazines in America" by M.I.N. Magazine in 1999.[8] The company and the title was later purchased by London-based Haymarket Publishing (nowHaymarket Media Group) in early 2001.[9] The magazine was sold back to its founders in 2012[10] and is now run by Racer Media & Marketing Inc. Laurence Foster remained in the position of Editor-in-Chief.[3] Sparks serves as the Publisher and company COO.[11] The main investors of the magazine also returned to the publication, includingChris Dyson andRob Dyson.[2]
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