1976 Cheetah Mk6 AF2 Fifteen years is a long time in the automotive world, and I suspect that within the...
Last month we presented the first half of European Editor Mike Jiggle’s interview with engine wizard John Judd, and the...
Gaston Chevrolet L. Motschenbacher 1 Final Can-Am race for Chaparral. Vic Elford starts on the pole in the 2J at Riverside, California, but his race ends after five laps, with engine failure. Denny Hulme drives a Team McLaren M8D-Chevrolet to the win (1970). 2 Craig Breedlove sets a new Land...
Australians Rod Wade, aged 71, and Austen Ritchie, 38, have set a new World Record for driving a pre-war car...
Photo: Getty Images Tony Gaze street and corner were christened at Melbourne’s Albert Park during this year’s Australian Grand Prix...
1981 Ralt RT3. Photo: Peter Collins If you were racing a Formula Three car between late 1979 to the end of 1984 there really was only one car to choose—the Ralt RT3. Designed by Ron Tauranac, the Ralt RT3 was a class apart. From its first appearance in 1979 to its...
De Palma, his riding mechanic alongside, guides his factory Vauxhall over the 37.631-km Circuit de Lyon during the 1914 French...
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a...
While boasting more than 40 entrants, the 1953 Australian Grand Prix looked to be a three-man race: Whiteford, Jones and Davison. The smart money, however, was on Stan Jones, in the 4.3-liter Maybach, as he had convincingly defeated the Talbot-Lago of Doug Whiteford just six weeks before. Lex Davison certainly...
Maybe I’ll change my mind by the end of the column, but as I tap out this opening sentence, I...
A quartet of Minis leads the field away from the start of the touring car scratch race for the H.M.V....
With a dad like Stan Jones it was hardly surprising that Alan became a motor racing nut when he was still a kid. Stan won the 1954 New Zealand International Grand Prix, four 1955 Victorian Trophies at Fisherman’s Bend, Melbourne, became the 1958 Australian Gold Star Champion and won the...
On behalf of Australia’s Victorian Historic Racing Register (VHRR), well-known vintage racer Peter Giddings is seeking four cars and drivers...
A pair of Bruce McLaren Festival weekends will highlight the seventh season of the MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup...
A hardy group owning 32 cars made the sojourn to Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia, for the running of the 2009 support races at the Australian Grand Prix. With a support staff of at least 150, this was the largest grid of F5000s ever assembled anywhere in the world, ever!...
From an Austin A30 sedan to the wheel of a Formula One car is quite a journey. When growing up, Australian driver Tim Schenken had a burning passion to be a Formula One driver. It was this passion that proved successful with 34 Grand Prix starts and has kept him...
Though often overlooked by many historians, the history of Australian road racing is rich with a long and varied selection...
