From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Barney Oldfield Nanni Galli Clay Regazzoni Gunar Nilsson Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Regular readers of this column will know that I delight in the obscure, so imagine my joy when at the...
My racing goes back to before the war when I was driving mainly Maseratis. In 1937, I did quite a...
As you’ll see elsewhere in this month’s issue, 37 sophisticated Group C and GTP machines took part in a historic support race for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. This gathering was interesting for several reasons, not the least of which being that it may have provided an answer...
With the prospect of landing a man on the moon, the American public was captivated by all things “jet-powered” in...
If you were a music fan during the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, you’ll remember the hit songs “Hang Down...
Clever people, the organisers of the Le Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans. The annual 24-hour race at Le Mans has been with us since 1923, when the Chenard et Walcker “Sport” of Andre Lagache and Rene Leonard completed 2,209 kilometers at an average speed of 92.06kph over the 24-hour period. Of...
Organizers of the 10th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance have announced that their 2005 event will feature the cars of...
They are back, and with a vengeance. Thirty-seven years after Pedro Rodriguez won the 1967 South African Grand Prix in...
The 2nd annual Quail Motorsports gathering, held on August 13, quickly proved itself to be one of the “must do” events of the very busy Monterey Historics weekend. Organized as a very exclusive concours, at Carmel Valley’s Quail Lodge, “The Quail” brought together a stunning collection of 125 historic sports...
The Automobile Club de l’Ouest and Peter Auto joined forces to create the second Le Mans Classic held over the...
The 31st Rolex Monterey Historic Races were again the feature event at a very busy weekend in Northern California, where...
With six collector car auctions taking place over the course of this year’s Monterey Historics weekend (August 12–15), there was a virtual orgy of collector car buying on the Monterey Peninsula, resulting in over $50 million worth of automobiles changing hands over the course of just four days. Christie’s The...
Though often overlooked by many historians, the history of Australian road racing is rich with a long and varied selection...
November 2004 Indy Cars of the 1940s Introduction by Karl Ludvigsen The 1940s are the under-reported years of motor racing,...
Le Mans, France June 23–25, 2004 Neil Hadfield had a serious accident in his C-Type Jaguar from which he is now recovering. Photo: Keith Booker 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....
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania July 9–17, 2004 The 1959 Lotus 18 FJ of Marcus Jones. Photo: Louiseann & Walter Pietrowicz Become a...
Grattan, Michigan August 20–22, 2004 The 1966 Cortina Lotus of Don Heth leads the 1965 Austin Healey Sprite of Ken...
Monterey, CA August 13–15, 2004 The 1963 Ferrari 250 LMB of Lou Sellyei. Photo: Jim Williams 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...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Tazio Nuvolari Whitney Straight 5 Roy Thomas, designer of Titan formula racers, dies of complications from lung cancer (2001). 6 Joe Nikrent drives a Buick to victory in the Los Angeles-to-Phoenix race. Nikrent covers the 480 miles in 19 hours and 13 minutes for an average speed of 24.98 mph...
Frank Williams of Williams Grand Prix Engineering had long coveted the idea of having Ayrton Senna drive one of his Formula...
At the moment, Michael Schumacher is setting records, that will never be beaten. How can I be so sure? The...
In 1963, three Willment-run cars were taken to South Africa for the South African season—a Lotus Cortina, a Ford Galaxie and the Cobra GT I am running at the Goodwood Revival in 2004! There were several drivers and we used to just switch drivers and switch races. I drew the...
I have to confess that it almost slipped by me! After the Monterey Historics and a slug of summer events,...
Australian racer Warwick Brown has had a racing career marked by extreme highs and lows. His career highlights are marked...
Graham Hill, in the Ron Tauranac–designed Brabham BT36 Formula Two car, leads John Cannon’s March 712 around North Tower Corner during the 1971 Crystal Palace F2 International. Photo: Peter Collins Right, let’s get the name figured out straight away: Ralt stands for Ronald Austin Lewis Tauranac. Who’s he? Well, actually,...
