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The 2012 European Grand Prix at the forgotten, abandoned Valencia Street Circuit. Image via Planet F1 Formula One, by its...
Auto Union Type C Car: Auto Union Type C / Engine: 45 deg V16 / Maker: Auto Union / Bore X Stroke: 75 X 85 mm / Year: 1936 – 1937 / Capacity: 6,006 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 520 bhp at 5,000 rpm / Wheelbase: 114.5 inches...
We seem to hear more and more these days about the sorry state of the media. I’d say I have...
Jim Hall, creator of the legendary Chaparrals and the man who gave Gil de Ferran his first Indycar drive, was...
While many racecar drivers have earned the title of “living legend,” there are very, very few that can also lay claim to the title of “pioneer.” Janet Guthrie is one such driver. From a decade of building and racing sports cars in the SCCA, Guthrie catapulted onto the sports sections...
Augie Pabst is one of the practitioners of the skillful art of road racing from the early days of North...
The 1967 Can-Am race at Road America signaled the start of an era that would become known as “The Bruce...
Grand Prix & Race Films Motorsport has become the subject of some iconic movies and TV shows. The significant reason for so much attention by the film industry is the fierce rivalries, high octane excitement, unique skill, and the unpredictable action of Formula One. The Hollywood film industry has embraced...
1935 German Grand Prix – The Maestro and the Pechvogel By Douglas S. Brown The proud aristocratic German felt that...
Jack Brabham Francois Cevert 2 Frank Griswold drives an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 to victory in the Junior Prix, the...
Relive the best moments from the 1977 United States Grand Prix West held at Long Beach, California. The race was won by Mario Andretti who became the only American to win a Formula One race on his home country....
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2011 will be held August 19-21 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The list of race...
PRELIMINARIES The 2023 Daytona 24 hours was the 61st year of the event. It was once again a watershed year,...
1938 Hungarian Grand Prix – Nuvolari Gets His Revenge By Dennis David In 1936 other cars known as die Silberpfeile or Silver Arrows raced in Hungary, that time on a 3.1 mille course within the Budapest Public Gardens. In the previous year the cars from Mercedes-Benz dominated the Grand Prix...
1902 Circuit des Ardennes – The Great Races By By Charles Jarrott Ten Years of Motors and Motoring It is...
Sam Hanks may have been a quiet man who preferred to keep to himself, but at the wheel of a...
The late news—very late—that U.S. open-wheel racing’s long uncivil war has finally staggered to its hemorrhagic conclusion, fell with less than seismic impact in the motor sports world at large. As someone emailed in to SpeedTV’s “Wind Tunnel,” the only reason for many fans to bother talking about IRL’s muffled...
Watch Jules Gounon (a French professional driver) manhandle the 750 horsepower Greenwood Corvette at the Classic 24 at Daytona in...
The tight streets of Monaco hosted round six of the 1977 Formula One season. The race was won by Jody...
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a road circuit near Nimes, France (1947). 3 Jody Scheckter drives a Trojan T101 to victory in the L&M Continental F5000 race at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio (1973). Become a Member...
Derek Bell initially made a name for himself, racing in open-wheeled cars including Formula 2 and Formula 1. However, it...
The iconic Ti22 Mk II Can-Am car returns to the track at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach April 7, 2017 in the Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) Can-Am Challenge race. The original Peter Bryant-designed car was successfully raced in the Can-Am by Jackie Oliver and was one of...
Catching the spirit of Can-Am is one of the goals of the new Unlimited Racing Championship (URC) that will feature...
Hermann Lang Bernd Rosemeyer 2 Louis de Palma drives a Benz to victory in the Vanderbilt Cup race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
I’ll confess, upfront, that I’m really not a NASCAR fan. But that fact didn’t deaden the shock, when I learned that veteran NASCAR driver Richard “Dick” Trickle died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound the other day. Other than being familiar with his name, I didn’t really know much about him...
1969 Porsche 917K In 1969 it was make-or-break time for Porsche. After over a decade of dominating small-bore racing, the...
Edited and Reviewed by Rex McAfee Mercedes Benz to Victory Circle The No. 79 WeatherTech Racing/Proton Competition Mercedes-AMG GT3 team...
Vaso Bill Vukovich Sr. John Cobb 1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA sports car race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, (1974). 2 Land Speed Record setter John Cobb is born in Esher, Surrey, England (1899). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
