My colleague Tim Considine cordially feels I was unfair in my recent column about Cooper’s development of mid-engined race cars....
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Bruce McLaren Umberto Maglioli 2 Bruce McLaren is killed in an accident while testing the McLaren M8D Can-Am racer at Goodwood, England (1970). 5 Umberto Maglioli, who gave Porsche its first overall Targa Florio win, is born in Biello, Italy (1928). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
A wonderfuly “human” being, Shaw pursued auto, powerboat and airplane racing for 35 years. He won Indy three times; convinced...
I wrote a book on the history of March, which came out in 1989 under the title, “Four Guys And...
The pundits, who supposedly know something about these things, say that in racing, rain is the great equalizer. But from...
John Zeitler – driver, engine builder, racecar designer and manufacturer – had a racing career spanning over 20 years, most...
Michael Andretti slides the all-conquering Ralt RT-5 Super Vee to victory at Riverside Raceway in 1981. Andretti was just one of dozens of drivers who used Super Vee as a launching pad for Indy car careers. Photo: Bob Tronolone In attempting to relate the history and importance of the Formula...
When the first “Birdcage” Maseratis burst onto the world racing stage in 1959, a number of people were shocked and...
A consortium of Southern California Devin racecar enthusiasts have banded together to purchase the entire automotive estate of famed car...
Henry “Smokey” Yunick, one of motorsport’s great innovators and most colorful personalities, recently passed away from leukemia. Starting in the ’50s, Yunick built a reputation as an original innovator and a master of developing horsepower. Yunick’s many achievements as a mechanic and a racecar preparer include winning the Indianapolis 500...
The Ford Motor Company has announced a two-day festival to celebrate its 100th anniversary in motorsport. The Oct. 13-14 event,...
This year’s Concorso Italiano, to be held Friday August 17, will feature the long partnership between Ferrari and the Pininfarina...
Many enthusiasts are aware of Ettore Bugatti’s marvelous sports cars and exemplary GP cars. However, not many people know that in the late 1930s, Bugatti planned on building record-braking airplanes, as well. Therein hangs a tale. Ettore Bugatti departed from his usual creation of advanced racecars and hired Louis de...
This month’s featured Web site is devoted to the long and rich history of the Sunbeam marque. Founded as early...
July 2001 Alberto Ascari By Karl Ludvigsen This book is yet another in the critically acclaimed series of books from...
Pocono, PA Apr. 21-22 The Turner of Ray Heppenstall. Photo: Louiseann & Walter Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our...
Buttonwillow, CA May 5-6 The 1915 Ford Model T of Gary Lucas. Photo: Susan Myers Become a Member & Get...
Road Atlanta, GA Apr. 26-29 The 1923 3-liter Blower Bentley of Bob Reed. Photo: Walt & Louiseann Pietrowicz Become a...
Dan Gurney once tried to show me how to wring the neck of a recalcitrant racecar to squeeze out that last tenth of a second, and I blew it. The lesson, I mean. Couldn’t take in a thing… except something important about Dan Gurney. You don’t get a lot of...
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2 Swede Savage dies from injuries suffered in a wreck 33 days earlier during the Indianapolis 500 (1973). Pedro Rodriguez...
Younger brother of Pedro, the fiery Mexican was his country’s motorcycle champion at age 15, graduated to sports cars at 16 and was a Ferrari F1 driver at 19. My favorite vignette of the Rodriguez brothers was the Targa Florio, in 1960 I think, between them, they’d rolled their 196...
It depends which Nelson you mean – and which Victory. In Portsmouth, there once was a station called Radio Victory,...
I always think I have to be cautious when I talk about “great cars” or “my best cars,” because the...
Ok, Ok… here’s the pitch. You’ve got this kinda mush-mouthed, body-builder guy who is a washed-up racecar driver, see? We’ll get a big name to play him like Sly Stallone – movie sells itself at this point, right? And his former owner – let’s say he’s wheelchair-bound like Frank Williams,...
In the last installment of our interview with Indy 500 Champion Rodger Ward, Casey Annis talks with Ward about his...
Works Sunbeam Rapier As a 1960 Sunbeam Rapier drifted through long fast bends on the top of the Downs above Goodwood House and the Goodwood circuit, the tail hanging out just as the car disappeared out of the sun and sped through the dappled light of the Sussex forest, one...
