"He was my dad," he says. So John Paul Jr., internationally renowned racing driver, pleaded guilty to racketeering and passport fraud and was sentenced to five years; he would serve almost three.

(Editor’s note: Below is a story featuring Autoweek’s last interview with John Paul Jr. in December of 2018. The story is an insightful look at Paul’s battle with Huntington’s disease.

The beyond-infamous John Paul Sr. — and we make that distinction because this story is really about his star-crossed son, John Paul Jr. — lives on his yacht off the coast of Central America ...

Sebring 1982, when John Paul Jr. became the youngest driver to win the #Sebring12. The debut of the Indy Racing League in 1996 helped the persistent Paul revive his career and show the skill that ...

Six years after moving to this north Los Angeles suburb, former IndyCar driver John Paul Jr. remains ... At the advice of Al Unser Jr., Paul moved to open-wheel racing and in his fourth start ...

The fascinating story of John Paul Jr. ended on December 29 ... Paul Jr. was lured into drug trafficking with his racing driver father, the two of them often competing in the same car.

Six years after moving to this north Los Angeles suburb, former IndyCar driver John Paul Jr. remains ... At the advice of Al Unser Jr., Paul moved to open-wheel racing and in his fourth start ...

John Paul Jr. won his first IMSA start ... Carrying a growing reputation as one of America’s fastest young drivers, Paul moved to open-wheel racing in the CART series in 1983 and produced a ...

Question: Thanks for the John Paul Jr. story ... the former sports car driver who is responsible for transforming how racing is shown on television. Wrote Terry: "You just like the guy.

Tributes poured in from the racing community following the death of John Paul Jr., whose versatile career ... At 22, Paul was the youngest driver to claim the GTP championship in 1982.

If John Paul Jr. wanted to hide, he picked the unlikeliest ... shatter his self-esteem and threaten to end his promising career as a race driver. ”But the worst thing, the absolute worst, ...

From the Archive: We talked with the two-time Rolex 24 at Daytona winner about his complex life, including prison for marijuana smuggling with his father.