1970 24 Hours of Daytona – Opening Round of the World Sportscar Championship By Louis Galanos | Photos as credited...
1970 Alfa Romeo GTAm Autodelta built around 40 examples of the GTAm (Alleggerita Maggiorata – “lightened enlarged”), with 1750 and...
The 1970 Canadian-American Challenge Cup season was the fifth season of the Can-Am auto racing series. The season began only a few days after the death of defending champion Bruce McLaren. McLaren had been testing the new M8D for his Can-Am team when he was killed. The team would continue...
Enzo Ferrari probably didn’t care much for his 365 GT 2+2. He didn’t care much for any of his road...
Photo: Pete Austin At the Goodwood Festival of Speed just a few months ago a Mercedes Benz W196, once driven...
The Iso Grifo automobile emerged from the visionary collaboration between engineer Giotto Bizzarrini and entrepreneur Renzo Rivolta. Its inception in 1963 marked the establishment of Iso Automobili S.p.A., laying the foundation for a remarkable automotive legacy. Giotto Bizzarrini, renowned for his work with Ferrari, played a pivotal role in its...
Background Lamborghini’s Miura S, an iconic masterpiece of automotive design, was conceived by Marcello Gandini of Bertone. Gandini’s genius is...
I have driven numerous racing cars over my 30 years and many eras of motor sport. I drove in several...
My greatest racecar would have to be a choice between my first F5000 car, the 1969 McLaren, or, the 1970 McLaren Can-Am car. The first Formula 5000 car I raced was the McLaren M10A with the big rear wing. Bruce McLaren and I got the car working very well, it...
Nearly a decade after it had stunned the world with the original 300 SL, Mercedes-Benz faced the daunting task of...
The Mid-Ohio Grand Prix, Mid-Ohio, September 27, 1970 John Eiteljorge with his Brabham BT21F (#74) leads the field to the...
The Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo; May 10, 1970 After the start and up St. Devote hill to Casino Square. Jackie Stewart in Ken Tyrrell’s March 701 is already in the lead from pole, followed by Chris Amon’s works March. However, neither car would make it to the finish that...
1970 Monaco Grand Prix – The Stuff of Champions By Dennis David The unsuccessful attempt to produce a competitive four-wheel...
A special class of 1970 Muscle Cars will celebrate the pinnacle of Detroit’s fast and loud Muscle Car era at...
There is an entire world of exotic vintage Japanese racing machinery that is rarely, if ever, written about or discussed in The West. I’m principally talking about cars built exclusively for the Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) and more explicitly low-production automobiles that were built, and sometimes homologated, with a keen...
The Nürburgring 1000 km Race; May 31, 1970. Airborne! A Dechent-team Porsche 908/2 driven by Rudi Lins and Willy Kauhsen...
The 908/03 used the know-how from the super lightweight 909 Bergspyder. The 3-litre 908/03 was just 4″/10 cm longer than...
Just a few years into the life of the 911, Porsche was already looking ahead. In their minds, to have a sports car that would remain cutting edge into the foreseeable future, it should be mid-engined. VW had the same thing on their minds—Porsche wanted to replace the entry level...
By Leigh Dorrington World Rally Champion Sebastian Ogier’s victory in the 2014 Monte Carlo Rally in a Volkswagen Polo R...
A Race To Remember – Recollections of 1970 12 Hours of Sebring By Louis Galanos In 1970 my fiancé and...
By 1969 Formula Vee had become the most popular racing class on the planet. The cars were relatively economical to run and the competition was intense due to the single-spec nature of the formula. At the time, Volkswagen of America was posting record sales with the Beetle and was poised...
The 1000 km of Spa-Francorchamps; Spa-Francorchamps, May 9, 1971. The Ferrari 312PB driven by Jackie Ickx and Clay Regazzoni rounds La...
1971 24 Hours of Daytona – The End of an Era Story and photos by Louis Galanos Few fans of...
“Izzat a 300ZX?” It’s a question Mike Glore often hears when he takes his Alfa Romeo Giulia Junior Z to a show. Yes, it has a “Z” on the side behind the front wheel, but that “Z” stands for Zagato, as in the long-time Italian coachbuilder of some spectacular cars....
In hindsight, I’m sure Alfa Romeo is very happy that Expo ’67 was based in Montreal. If the exposition was...
The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 made its first appearance to an enthusiastic world at the Paris Auto Salon in 1968. It...
The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Berlinetta is a milestone in the legacy of Enzo Ferrari’s quest for sports car GT perfection. Debuting at the Paris Auto Show in 1968, this masterpiece was informally christened “Daytona” after Ferrari’s 1-2-3 finish in the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona race. Underneath its sculpted...
The prototype for the Lamborghini Countach, designated LP500, was first shown to the public at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show....
I have been asked, a number of times, which branch of motor sport I enjoyed the most: driving, management, or...
What a question! It’s all so difficult because I’ve driven many varied cars across several eras of racing. Technology and development have played a part during my years of racing too; racecars have become better as time goes on. I started racing with a Lotus Seven at Goodwood, which was...
