Kjell Qvale passed away this weekend in San Francisco at the age of 94. “Mr. Q” was a pioneer for...
Driver Profiles
Profiles of past and present automotive personalities. The drivers who risked their lives in the early days to the engineers who creatively changed the world of automobiles, this is a celebration of the people who played a major role in the world we love.
Baconin Borzacchini Biography Baconin Francesco Domenico Borzacchini, born in Terni, Italy on September 29, 1898 was named by his parents...
Interview and photos (unless noted) by Dennis Gray Martin Swig is a San Francisco Bay Area-based vintage racer, car collector and founder of the California Mille vintage car rally. A graduate of Stanford University, Swig was a multi-franchise new car dealer in San Francisco for 40 years. In addition to...
Interview by Will Silk and photos courtesy of Forgotten Fiberglass Chuck Tatum was what you could say “at the right...
Sir Jack Brabham AO, OBE, triple Formula 1 World Champion, has died at the age of 88. Sir Jack passed...
Phil Hill Biography Overshadowed by his fellow Americans Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt it was Phil Hill who became America’s first World Champion after the death of the popular German driver Wolfgang von Trips. Born in Florida his family would soon move to Santa Monica, California. Hill soon immersed himself...
Nigel Mansell Biography Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE was born the 8th of August 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England. His...
William K. Vanderbilt Biography He was born in 1878, the great grandson of multimillionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt. Known by his friends...
Alan Mann, who died on March 21, 2012 at the age of 75, was a highly successful motor racing team owner who played a key role in the Ford Motor Company’s worldwide Total Performance programme of the 1960s. Alan Mann Racing, based in Byfleet, UK won numerous major championships including...
Jackie Stewart Biography Jackie Stewart’s early involvement with cars was in the family business, Dumbuck Garage, in Dumbarton, Scotland, where he...
In a letter dated March 1970, Ferry Porsche congratulated Steve McQueen and his co-driver Peter Revson on their impressive performance at the 12 Hours...
Rudolf Caracciola Biography Rudolf Caracciola was born in the town of Remagen, Germany on January 30, 1901 the son of parents whose family it was said originally came from Italy. When still a trainee at the Fafnir-Automobilwerke in Aachen, he started in the 1922 Avus race in Berlin and finished...
Ferdinand Piëch died on 25 August 2019 at the age of 82. Born in Vienna on April 17, 1937, Piëch...
Bernd Rosemeyer Biography On the Frankfurt-Darmstadt autobahn, just beyond the Langen-Morfelden crossing and set back amongst the trees stands a...
Guy Moll Biography He appeared on the starting grid quite suddenly as if dropped from the sky, this young man from French speaking Africa. His name was Guy Moll, but little else was known of him. The son of a French father and Spanish mother who had emigrated to Algeria,...
René Dreyfus Biography The story begins in 1914 when René was nine years old. The middle of three children he...
Richie Ginther Biography Those readers familiar with the Grand Prix History website know that central to this site is the...
Ex-F1 driver François Cevert was a name Sports Car Digest was not too familiar with until recently when we stumbled across a three-part YouTube video documentary on the Frenchman. The videos are an interesting look at this talented driver that was taken from us just as he really started to...
By Art Evans | Photos as credited On the morning of April 18, 2012, I received a call that Andy...
Mark Donohue Jr. Biography Mark Donohue Jr. trademark was his versatility. He raced and won in sports cars, Indy Cars,...
American racing great Lloyd Ruby passed away Monday, March 23rd at the age of 81 in his hometown of Wichita Falls, Texas. Ruby raced in the USAC Championship Car series in the 1958 – 1977 seasons, with 177 career starts, including every Indianapolis 500 race from 1960 – 1977. He won 7 times and finished...
Sir Stirling Moss is an exceptional motor racing talent. Born September 17, 1929, Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss OBE is still...
Alain Prost Biography But for a twist of fate Alain Prost might have become a professional footballer instead of a...
Notable American Grand Prix Drivers Michael Andretti The son of a racing legend, Michael Andretti was the Indy Car Champion in 1991 and making quite a name for himself. Having listened to his father’s recollections of his Formula One career the younger Andretti attempted to follow in his dad’s footsteps....
By Art Evans When you say “Moss” to motorsports aficionados, the name, “Stirling,” or “Sir Stirling” comes to mind. But...
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of racing driver Bernd Rosemeyer, who was born on October 14, 1909...
Enzo Anselmo Ferrari, the son of Alfredo and Adalgisa, was born in Modena, Italy on 18 February 1898. As a child, he showed an unbridled passion for cars and as an adult he went on to become not only a car manufacturer but also a representative of the Italian spirit....
Ralph DePalma Biography Before the world knew of the Andretti brothers there was another American of Italian immigrant parents by...
Jochen Rindt Biography Rindt was born in Germany in 1942 of Austrian and German parentage. His parents died under Allied...
Camille Jenatzy Biography Jenatzy’s family, originally from Hungary had settled in Schaerbeek, Belgium where where his father Constant established Jenatzy – Pneumatic, the first rubber factory in Belgium. In 1865 a son, Camille was born in Brussels. While studying for his civil engineering degree the young Jenatzy entered and won...
