Friday evening before the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix, over dinner in a quiet countryside hotel, Mark Donohue told us about...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
John Fitch Tony Adamowicz 2 Tony Adamowicz, racer and founding vice president of the Polish Racing Drivers Association, is born (1941). 4 Six-time IMSA Camel GT champion and two-time SCCA Trans-Am champion Peter Gregg is born in New York City (1940). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
Unbelievable as it may seem, the Ferrari 250 GTO was designed by Sergio Scaglietti in just over two weeks. Il...
Parnelli Jones By 1973, we had a great Indy car team and had won 53 Indy car races. As a result, Firestone, who was a major sponsor for us, wanted us to enter Formula One with Mario Andretti as our driver. So we went over to England and hired Maurice...
The call came late on a Saturday, “I’ve signed us up for a 4-Hour enduro—you in?” Yikes, four hours. As...
To have a successful career as a racer and then parlay that into a successful career as a team owner...
The resume is impressive—college graduate in physics, aeronautical research engineer, licensed pilot and instructor, NASA Astronaut candidate, but there is more. Now add SCCA sports car competition, the Daytona 24 Hour and Sebring 12 Hour sports car races, IMSA-Firehawk Series, and North Atlantic Road Racing Champion. No, we’re not finished...
On March 2, Louis Unser passed away at the age of 72. Unser was the older brother of Bobby and...
On April 7, the 1952/’53 Clairmonte Special Formula 2 car was sold at H&H Classic Car Auctions’ Buxton sale for £12,000. Considered by many to be a rare “barn find,” the Clairmonte Special is historically significant in that it is credited as being the first car completely designed and built...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed will take place between June 25–27, and the Revival Meeting will be held on September...
The International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen is welcoming two highly distinctive and historic racecars to the Center...
The Assi Club has announced the dates for the 10th Anniversary of Le Mitiche Sport A Bassano which will be June, 2004. To celebrate what many historic car enthusiasts consider to be the “best historic touring event anywhere,” the British-based Benjafields Racing Club is sending a team of vintage Bentleys...
The regal-sounding Baron Nick Shrigley-Feigl has built a two-seater F5000 car based on the Lola T192. Some 6000 man hours...
Five legendary names from the Indianapolis 500 will assume their place among racing legends May 21 at the 2004 Auto...
Lovers of the fantastic “Group C” period will be thrilled to hear that Group C/GTP Racing, the club running these cars in Europe, has teamed up with Motor Racing Legends to run a race on the Saturday morning of the main race at Le Mans in June 2004. The race...
Ever wanted to know where you can race in Angola, or what the course at Charade looks like turn by...
June 2004 Vanwall—Green for Glory By Ed McDonough When most enthusiasts of ’50s British motorsport, think about the consummate Grand...
Amelia Island, Florida March 14, 2004 An impressive array of Indy racing history was a crowd favorite. Photo: Hal Crocker 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,...
Sebring, Florida March 4–7 2004 Jim Oppenheimer’s 1990 Intrepid GTP. Photo: Tom & Linda Kendall Become a Member & Get...
Montlhéry, France March 13, 2004 A Gordini T16 s/n 31. Photo: Thierry Lesparre Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
Pete Lyons Fifty years—let’s set the old timescope at that fulsome number today. It’s been a long time since 1954, yet it’s still within reach of mind—of mine, anyway. For me, photographs of that age have eerie dual powers—they depict a world so distant as to seem alien, yet often...
The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of international...
Bruce McLaren Jean Alesi 1 Rudolph Caracciola, driving a Fanfir, finishes 4th in his first auto race at Avus, in...
Although better known for his successes in open-wheeled racers, Mario Andretti won the 1972 12-hr Sebring race on March 25th in his Ferrari 312PB sports car (s/n 0882). Andretti partnered Jackie Ickx for the race in the no. 2 car shown here just leading the 312PB of Clay Regazzoni/Brian Redman...
My first good job after college was designing suspension bits for Traction-Master Co. Later in 1968, I became a small...
I’m currently in the process of filing a lawsuit against Honda and Toyota, but it also looks like I might have to add a few other manufacturers onto my list. I don’t necessarily want to exert my legal rights, but I feel that these corporations have gone too far and...
