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Flip-Flops & Halo Tops

The notion of a halo conjures images of angelic cherubs and enlightened bliss in nearly everyone…except, apparently, for Formula One...

Henry Ford and the Automotive Golden Jubilee

Henry Ford was truly one of a kind: egotistical yet compassionate; rich yet thrifty; genius yet ignorant. No man— industrialist,...

Milestones: This is the 100th anniversary of the year both my parents were born. That takes some taking in. I can remember when 10 years was way out on my horizon, but lately, a century is beginning to appear compressed enough to grasp in my own hands. Pete Lyons So,...

Visiting Barney

Automobiles first came to Los Angeles just over 100 years ago. Roughly 23 manufacturers eventually set up shop in the...

August in Racing History

Jerry Titus Frank Biela Photo: Stefan Warter 1 George Follmer drives a Ford-powered Lotus 70 to victory in the L&M...

October in Racing History

Wilbur Shaw Nanni Galli 2 Sportscar and F1 racer Nanni Galli is born in Bologna, Italy (1940). 4 Emerson Fittipaldi drives a Lotus 72 to his first F1 victory in the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, New York. Jochen Rindt posthumously wins the World Driving title (1970). Become...

June in Racing History

Vic Elford Lucien Bianchi 1 Derek Bell, Hans Stuck and Al Holbert drive a Porsche 962 to victory in the...

October in Racing History

Barney Oldfield Nanni Galli Clay Regazzoni Gunar Nilsson Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...

Barney Oldfield drives the ÒGolden SubÓ to four land speed records (1917).

August in Racing History

Jackie Oliver Nigel Mansell 1 Dutch F1 privateer Carol de Beaufort is fatally injured in a crash during practice for the German Grand Prix (1964). 1 Niki Lauda crashes his Ferrari on the second lap of the German Grand Prix and suffers serious burns that nearly kill him. Six weeks...