The resume is impressive—college graduate in physics, aeronautical research engineer, licensed pilot and instructor, NASA Astronaut candidate, but there is...
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- 12 Hours of Sebring
- 24 Hours of Daytona
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- 24 Hours of Spa
- Can-Am
- City to City
- Current Series
- American Grand Prix
- Daytona 24 Hours
- Ferrari Challenge
- Former Series
- American Challenge
- IMSA RS (Baby Grand Series)
- The American Le Mans Series (ALMS)
- USAC Road Racing Championship
- Formula 1
- Formula Drift
- Grand Prix
- GT World Challenge
- IMSA
- Mille Miglia
- Tourist Trophy
- Vanderbilt Cup
Series & Races
The late 1960s brought a host of changes to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The wave of “professionalism”...
The tight streets of Monaco hosted round six of the 1977 Formula One season. The race was won by Jody Scheckter followed by Niki Lauda after coming back from rib injuries which forced him out at the Spanish Grand Prix....
1938 German Grand Prix – A Briton’s Finest Hour By Cyril Posthumus 1939 Was the first year of the new...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Parnelli is not his real name. Rufus Jones’ middle name is Parnell. His mother named him after a Judge Parnell whom she admired. Jones’ friend, Billy Calder, added the “i” to his middle name to make a name change when Parnelli wanted to race while underage. I remember drivers in...
I’ll confess, upfront, that I’m really not a NASCAR fan. But that fact didn’t deaden the shock, when I learned...
Jochen Rindt Henri Pescarolo 2 Guy Moll wins the Monaco Grand Prix in an Alfa Romeo (1934). 3 Ronnie Peterson...
Before we begin, I’d like to take an opportunity to say that this season’s Formula 1 Grand Prix has been the best one in some time. Hamilton has been outright, the best of the best, for quite a few years now, but Verstappen’s victory this time around has created the...
Like any good race-nut, over the years I’ve tried to chip away at my list of the “great automotive wonders...
1933 Tripoli Grand Prix – The Race That Was Rigged By Alfred Neubauer from Speed was My Life It was...
Watch this onboard footage featuring Nelson Piquet (threee-time Formula One World Drivers’ champion) driving a Lotus 101 Judd around the Silverstone Circuit during the 1989 British Grand Prix....
Well, I don’t know that any of us saw that coming! If you watched the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix then...
The 1948 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1948 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: May 1-2, 1948 / Winner: Biondetti – Navoni...
Lorenzo Bandini Adrian NeweyPhoto: Pete Austin 3 Stanley Dickens and Kunimitsu Takahashi win the 1000-kilometer All Japan Sportscar Championship race at Suzuka in a Porsche 962. It is the 31st (of 35 races) and final win for the 956/962 in Japanese competition (1989). 4 Stirling Moss, driving an Aston Martin DBR2,...
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2011 will be held August 19-21 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The list of race...
The Riverside International Automotive Museum has announced that Parnelli Jones will be the Honored Guest at the third annual Legends...
The 1928 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1928 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: March 31-April 1, 1928 / Winner: Campari – Ramponi / Winning Speed: 52.58 mph / Starters: 83 / Finishers: 40 It is doubtful whether the “four musketeers” originally intended the race to be an annual event. However, rumour...
The 1934 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1934 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: April 8-9, 1934 / Winner: Varzi – Bignami...
The 2012 European Grand Prix at the forgotten, abandoned Valencia Street Circuit. Image via Planet F1 Formula One, by its...
Luigi Fagioli Dan GurneyPhoto: Roger Dixon 1 Mario Andretti and Bruce McLaren drive a Ford GT40 MkIV to victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race (1967). 2 Hermann Lang drives a Mercedes W154 to victory in the Grand Prix in Pau, France (1939). Become a Member & Get...
The 1957 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1957 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: May 12-13, 1957 / Winner: Taruffi / Winning...
The 2024 12 Hours of Sebring delivered a thrilling showcase of endurance racing at its finest. Hosted on the historic...
Team McLaren McLaren started the 1973 Formula One season with drivers Denny Hulme and Peter Revson piloting the soon to be obsolete M19 while they waited for the highly anticipated and developed M23. By the third round of the year Hulme was equipped with the first chassis and for the...
This year, it will be celebrated the 79th edition of the Belgian Grand Prix, one of the most traditional and...
Motor Racing History – The Big 12 Cylinders & The Arrival of Sponsorships, Advanced Safety and Aerodynamics Checkbook Racing The...
Motor Racing History – Formula One And A World Championship For Drivers In 1946, following World War II, only four races of Grand Prix calibre were held. Rules for a Grand Prix World Championship had been laid out before World War II, but it took several years afterward until 1947...
Motor Racing History – Mille Miglia Introduction When I talk about the Mille Miglia, I feel quite moved, for it...
1955 Syracuse Grand Prix – Sensation at Syracuse By Peter Lewis In October 1955, with nearly ten years of motor...
February 2018 Remembering Bob Photo: Bob Tronolone Dear Editor, Many thanks for bringing up the heartbreaking story on photographer Bob Tronolone in your December editorial. 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....
