The Stratos is considered one of the most successful rally cars of all time. Watch it in action as it...
1970 Nomad-BRM Mk3 After the war years in the UK, a certain Churchillian spirit prevailed, which left many with an upbeat feeling, believing there was no goal too great, no mountain too high to attempt. It was just a question of self-belief and tenacity. Indeed, in typical inspirational mode, Sir...
Kirk F. White, consummate enthusiast and partner with Roger Penske when the pair entered a Ferrari 512S for Mark Donohue...
It was June 1970, and I was en route from Los Angeles to Paris, France… this was a dream come...
Tyrrell’s Project 34 six-wheel Formula One car was one of those refreshingly radical cars that used to come into Grand Prix racing in the 1970s and it still remains as the only six-wheeled car to won an F1 competition during the 1976 Swedish Grand Prix. Watch the video to see...
Inspired by the iconic Alpine A110 that won the 1973 Sanremo Rally, this new limited edition features a modern and...
In retrospect, the end of the 1973 Can-Am championship was the pinnacle of the series. Porsche’s turbocharged “Panzer” 917/30 had...
The author rides the iconically liveried Mirage up onto the curb while negotiating a left-hander at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin The Mirage story is, in some ways, a rather complex one, in that the Mirage was a rare example of a well-known racing car that had not been developed consistently year...
The Porsche 935 K3 was constructed by German tuner, Kremer Racing, in accordance with Group 5 regulations. Its notable achievement...
Checkout this intense battle between two Chevy Camaros as they battle for the Gordon Spice Trophy at Goodwood....
The 1970 Le Mans 24 hours is immortalized in the the Steve McQueen film Le Mans, with much of the...
Onboard footage of Niki Lauda in a Brabham BT46 during the 1978 Belgian Grand Prix....
Pete Lyons There is no great genius without a trace of madness,” declared the Roman philosopher Seneca, and can we have any doubt he was looking ahead 1.9 millennia to designers of Can-Am racecars? The wonderful old Canadian-American Challenge Cup series of 1966 through 1974 is justly famed for many...
Scheckter’s Laguna Seca win was his first of four in a row that established a points lead he never relinquished.Photo:...
Watch this footage of a Jägermeister Ford Zakspeed Capri, driven by Emile Breittmayer, taking a few qualifying laps around the...
Lola won the first Can-Am Championship in 1966 with John Surtees driving the T70-Chevrolet; however, from that point on the series evolved over the next four years into the “Bruce and Denny show” with McLaren dominant. In 1971, Lola fielded the T260-Chevrolet driven by none other than Jackie Stewart, and...
• The UK’s world famous Pre-war Aston Martin preparation and restoration specialists, Ecurie Bertelli of Olney, celebrated the completion of...
• Simpson Performance Products has expanded its line of racing safety products with the acquisition of HANS Performance Products, makers...
Actor and Racer Paul Newman is said to have gotten the racing bug during the filming of the 1969 Universal motion picture Winning. This painting portrays Newman as the fictional character Frank Capua, who in the movie wins the Indianapolis 500. Also depicted in the painting is the 1979 Le...
The 1971 season saw the arrival of the BRM P160. It won the Austrian and Italian Grands Prix in the...
Mecum’s recent auction in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, held July 31-Aug. 3 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, saw overall sales totals...
The Porsche 908/3 Spyder was basically conceived for tight twisty circuits that demanded high levels of maneuverability. See it in action as it traverses the twisty roads of the Bernina Pass and enjoy the sound of it flat-8 engine....
Have you seen a Porsche 917 in action? Perhaps more importantly, have you heard one? Feast your eyes and eyes...
Jacky Ickx reset the lap record for the Circuit de la Sarthe multiple times during his virtuoso night stints in...
January 2005 12 Hours of Sebring—1970 By Harry Hurst If you poll almost anyone familiar with the history of long-distance endurance racing and ask them what one of the most exciting, epic seasons of all time was, nine times out of ten the response will be 1970. The 1970 endurance...
Enjoy the raw flat-12 sound coming from a Ferrari 512 BB LM as it roars around Spa-Francorchamps!...
Watch this video as Nick Padmore details what it’s like to drive this JPS-liveried legend with a screaming DFV 3.0-litre...
Photo: Pete Austin Where do we start with the story of the March 761? In true Sound of Music fashion—at the very beginning. In the late 1960s, a band of four guys, Max Mosley (a barrister), Alan Rees (a former racing driver), Grahame Coaker (engineer and racing driver) and lastly,...
