The American Le Mans Series has announced that it will create a series of races for historic IMSA GTP cars to...
The American Le Mans Series has announced that HSR will organize three Historic IMSA GTP races to be held in...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V8 of 5.0 liters displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics between the governing body,...
Al Holbert Clay Regazzoni 3 Brian Redman wins the F5000 race at Pocono, Pennsylvania, in a Lola T330. Jody Scheckter...
Champ Car racing is in the middle of an ongoing drama, which can be best described as character building. Starting...
In this guide we are going to cover the popular single-seater series of Formula B, Formula Atlantic and Formula Two. From 1964 to 1978, these racing categories and the flat-bottomed formula cars manufactured to compete in them served as a stepping stone to the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing, be...
The resume is impressive—college graduate in physics, aeronautical research engineer, licensed pilot and instructor, NASA Astronaut candidate, but there is...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
In this guide we are going to cover the popular single-seater series of Formula B, Formula Atlantic and Formula Two. From 1964 to 1978, these racing categories and the flat-bottomed Formula cars manufactured to compete in them served as a stepping-stone to the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing, be it...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
While many racecar drivers have earned the title of “living legend,” there are very, very few that can also lay...
Eldon Rasmussen Eldon Rasmussen was the second Canadian (after Billy Foster) to race in the Indianapolis 500 in the modern era. Eldon and Billy were supermodified drivers who had competed in the Canadian American Modified Racing Association or CAMRA series, which promoted races in western Canada and the western United...
Well-known American historic racer Duncan Dayton has announced that he and his team, Highcroft Racing, have purchased an ex-Dyson Racing...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
This month’s featured Web site showcases the race photography of Larry Neuzel. Organized by race series and year, this site displays an interesting selection of race and pitlane photography from the Can-Am (1971–1974), F5000 (1973–1976), the Indy 500 (1971–1974), as well as current shots from the ALMS. One of the...
Masten Gregory Bob WollekPhoto: Porsche 2 Jackie Ickx and David Hobbs drive a Gulf Ford GT40 to victory in the...
Andre Ribeiro Len Sutton 1 Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at...
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Like any good race-nut, over the years I’ve tried to chip away at my list of the “great automotive wonders...
Nino Vaccarella Ronnie Peterson 1 Ronnie Peterson wins the French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard in a John Player Special...
For the last 20 years or so of his life, Rodger Ward and I were friends. Even though I had met him only once during the fabulous fifties when he drove a customer’s Devin SS when I was the Devin distributor. We became close friends when I asked him to...
1957 Kurtis Kraft 500G2 The author gets up to speed on the banking of England’s Rockingham Speedway. Photo: Mike Jiggle...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Bobby Allison Bill Kraus 1 Stefan Bellof dies from injuries sustained in the crash of his Porsche 956 during the World Endurance Championship race at Spa, Belgium. The Martini LC2 of Bob Wolleck, Mauro Baldi, and Ricardo Patrese is awarded the win after the race is stopped (1985). 2 Bill...
1957 Climax-powered Jomar 1957 Climax-powered Jomar. Photo: Harold Pace You know the story. Start with a svelte English chassis, add...
Antonio Brivio Mario Andretti 1 A.J. Foyt wins the USAC Championship race on the dirt track at Sacramento, California (1967)....
Gaston Chevrolet Ricardo Rodriguez 1 Ricardo Rodriguez dies on the way to the hospital after crashing his Lotus during practice for the nonchampionship Mexican Grand Prix (1962). 2 The Mercury Division of the Ford Motor Company holds a press conference in Carmel, California, to announce the formation of the Bud...
How amusing, I often smile, that a breed of racer I associate with conservatism generally speeds around to the left....
Rodger Ward Vincenzo Florio 1 Colin Chapman and Michael Allen form the Lotus Engineering Company (1952). 2 The First South...
West Coast photographer John Wilson started shooting pictures of racing in the 1960s at various racetracks in California. As such, he built up a sizable archive of shots that cover the Can-Am, Trans-Am, USAC, F1(Long Beach), NASCAR, SCCA club, NHRA and the SCCA’s F5000 series. This month’s Web site features...
