1974 Matra M670B The name Matra became familiar to thousands of motor racing fans from the mid-1960s through the 1970s....
This painting depicts Graham Hill and the BRM 261, which he drove to victory in the 1964 U.S. Grand Prix...
When I were but a lad, my notion of a perfect Saturday was to walk down to the train station in our suburban village and ride the half hour into New York City, where I would spend hours upon hours wandering the marvel-strewn halls of the American Museum of Natural...
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series co-sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America and...
New race courses keep blinking onto our radar screens, which seems like a good thing until they turn up on...
Following my initial foray into motor racing, I soon found I needed money, money, and more money. There were many false dawns with many teams, including Lotus. I did the Temparada series with Emerson Fittipaldi; the promise was, if Emerson did well, he would end up with a lot of...
Losing a child is one of the harshest agonies of life, and even people who don’t personally know John and...
Once upon a time it was not unusual to find American constructors on Grand Prix entry lists… With February’s announcement...
If there is a single quality that best defines Marc Surer it must be determination. When you consider that he grew up in a country that banned racing when he was four years old, and then overcame a seemingly endless succession of debilitating accidents behind the wheel of competition cars...
For this special Porsche issue it was only right to interview the man who, in real terms, helped to put...
Vintage Racecar is saddened to report the death of Tony Maggs. His drive in a Tojeiro-Jaguar at the 1959 North...
Tony Marsh left nothing to chance during his long motor racing career. Indeed, he tried the whole gamut the sport...
Unquestionably, one of the most dominating racing cars was the Mercedes W196, particularly with drivers such as Fangio and Moss...
The son of eminent sculptor Jacob Epstein, Jackie was born in 1934 into an unorthodox family. The offspring of an extramarital affair, he was abandoned by his mother and cared for by Jacob’s wife. Following her death in an accident in 1949, Jackie was taken to the United States where...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
1967 Brabham BT24-Repco Sometimes all your birthdays and Christmases come at once. Shaking down the BT24 on Australia’s legendary Phillip...
At the tender age of 15, John Fenning started his racing career competing in small, 500-cc racecars, like many postwar enthusiasts in the UK. Eventually, Fenning worked his way up to factory rides with Lola and Lotus before a devastating road accident topped the trajectory of his driving career. However,...
Pete Lyons News that Formula One is so financially distressed… Wait! Let us savor this! Become a Member & Get...
John Michael “Mike” Hawthorn won the Formula One World Championship in 1958, and in doing so became the first British...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC, and quickly became known as the “unlimited” series. Although there was a basic set of rules, the cars only had to be two-seaters with bodywork covering the wheels, have doors, a windscreen, brake lights, and various safety requirements....
ex-Phil Hill 1963 ATS F1 The 1961 Formula One World Champion Phil Hill did not learn that most of the important...
1958 BRM P25 Chassis 258 It may come as a surprise to many people that Stirling Moss always regarded the BRM P25 front-engine car as one of the best cars he has ever driven. “Great car–bad team” was basically his view. More about that later, though it was especially interesting...
I first became aware of ERAs in 1945, and their special significance to British motor sport, together with their originator...
I was a student at the University of Grenoble, when I became very friendly with the children of the organizer...
The Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo, May 22, 1966. Jackie Stewart at the Loews Hairpin on his way to a big win in his BRM 61/2. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203) 968-2970...
It’s always difficult to look back and decide what was your greatest race, circuit, moment, or any other of those...
Moss at His Best When it was announced in 1958 that the capacity limit for Formula One would change from...
Having grown up the son of racer and team owner Reg Parnell, it’s little wonder that Tim Parnell has lived a life dominated by motorsport. Whether going to pre-war races with his father, racing himself in F2 or leading the BRM race organization, Tim Parnell has played an integral role...
