In my era, the greatest car was definitely that Lancia Fulvia…the HF. I remember driving one and thinking, “Oh goodness,...
Tim Schenken I came from the Brabham team in 1971 into the Surtees team for 1972 to partner Mike Hailwood....
He was elusive. Confined to a wheelchair, but more difficult to pin down than most people with the full use of their legs. But I had heard so many good things about this Swiss gentleman that I was determined to find him and invite him to the Monterey vintage car...
As I sit down to write this month’s column, Halloween quickly approaches. The stores are jammed to the gunnels with...
While many racecar drivers have earned the title of “living legend,” there are very, very few that can also lay...
Want to get out on the track but can’t find the historic racing car you really want? This month our man in Australia, Patrick Quinn, reports on a growing number of Aussie enthusiasts who are building historic racing cars that never were. Cars that typify those care-free amateur days of...
1972 Surtees TS9B The relationship between money and success in an F1 team has always been a subject of interest...
Founded by David Murray in the ’50s, the famed Ecurie Ecosse race team scored two famous wins at Le Mans...
History was both made and remembered over the Labor Day holiday when a Porsche Carrera GT production car driven by racecar driver David Donohue and NBC television The Tonight Show host Jay Leno set a series of closed-course speed records at Talladega Superspeedway, where David’s father, Mark Donohue, set a...
The MG Vintage Racers (MGVR) have recently announced that in celebration of MGVR’s 25th anniversary next year, they will be...
On January 26, 1906, Fred Marriott shocked the burgeoning automotive world when he drove the steam-powered Stanley Rocket Racer to...
The Goodwood Revival is thought by many to be the largest historic race meeting in the world and the only sporting event held entirely to a period theme, recalling, with great attention to detail, the glory days of the circuit that saw action between 1948–1966. Taking place over the weekend...
WilliamsF1 has recently announced that a hand-picked selection of more than 20 of the WilliamsF1’s Reserve Collection of Formula One...
On September 24, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, opened a new retrospective exhibit honoring the automotive and...
The Masters Series, organizers of the Grand Prix Masters Historic Formula One races, and of the World Sportscar Masters events for 1960s and 1970s Le Mans-type cars, has recently announced that it has acquired the two major historic race series presently managed by Carol Spagg’s Gentleman Drivers’ organization, with immediate...
Tonino Ascari, the 63-year-old son of 1952–1953 Formula One World Champion Alberto, stunned the Italian motor racing community on September...
Few individuals could better be thought of to embody the spirit of the American sportsman than Briggs Swift Cunningham. Born...
Chichester, England September 16–18 Sir Stirling Moss’s driving style was as smooth as ever in this Ferrari 250 SWB. 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. Our membership removes...
Watkins Glen, New York September 8–11, 2005 The 1975 Chevrolet Monza of Garry Lefever leads a pack of Group 10...
Racing transcends venue. I’ve done my time at grungy old bullrings, squalid street courses, insipid parking lots, sterile speedways, a...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although there was a basic set of rules, the cars had to be two-seaters with bodywork covering the wheels, have doors, a windscreen, brake lights and various safety requirements. However, there...
Garrie Cooper Keke Rosberg 1 American Motors Corporation hires Craig Breedlove to set long-distance high-speed records with an AMX (1967)....
Practice—the Peco Trophy Race; Brands Hatch, August 5, 1962. John Surtees practicing at Brands Hatch in the Bowmaker Ferrari 250GTO for...
This Fangio stained glass window is one of my earlier pieces. I did this artwork to commemorate Fangio being the featured “person” at the 1991 Monterey Historics. Tom Wheatcroft, of the Donington Collection, purchased the window at The Historics and it now resides at his museum in England. The window...
I had just been discharged from the Army and was pursuing my education with the help of the GI Bill....
In terms of greatest racecars of all time, clearly, Mercedes had some extremely innovative cars like the one Moss drove in the Mille Miglia [300SLR–Ed]. Then Jim Hall came along with some of the first winged cars and, of course, Colin Chapman first developed the underbody down force cars—that was...
One of the things that comes up is a little record I am very proud of that there are only...
The word had gone out, I was told for the thousandth time, but I felt no better. What if the...
Not only did I enjoy reading Art Evans’ column this month on his first race as a competitor (click here to read), but I have to say that it triggered a trip down memory lane for me, as well. One of the many things that Art’s column reinforced for me...
