While not common for ordinary cars, steering wheels used for racing and performance cars normally have one or more colored stripes on top. This basically acts as a marker noting the steering wheel ...

Stripe designs varied from car to car, but most of them were decked out with two parallel blue stripes running down the center of a white body. And yes, they did serve a practical purpose in this ...

The first use of the steering-wheel stripe is often attributed to American race car driver Mark Donohue. An inductee of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, Donahue was known for his ...