This is Fernando Hoyos’ depiction of the 1939 Plymouth raced by C. Hortal in the 2,751-mile-long Gran Premio Extraordinario between...
I’d raced the Cosworth-powered Ensign N174 at the 1974 USGP at Watkins Glen, it was my fourth time in the...
If he lasted long enough—that is, if he didn’t get killed in the process—canny observers thought this young South African could become a Formula One World Champion. Not even their crystal ball, though, could have predicted how: it was when driving a Ferrari 312T4 at Monza, the holiest of holies...
Born to a Paris butcher and his wife in April 1937, the late Jean-Pierre Beltoise had won the incredible number...
Photo: Art Evans Gildred & Friend Dear Casey, I very much enjoyed the article about Ted Gildred. I learned some things about my friend that I didn’t know. His experiences with Juan Fangio in Argentina reminded me of my own. I spent most of 1968 in South America shooting movies;...
Maybe I’ll change my mind by the end of the column, but as I tap out this opening sentence, I...
A.J. Foyt Pedro Rodriguez 2 Walter Sobraske, machinist for Miller, Schofield, Offenhauser and Meyer & Drake (later shop forman), born...
1964 Porsche 904 GTS Resplendent in its red and white Scuderia Filipinetti livery, 904 #079 looks lean and lithe and very much ahead of its time.Photo: Mike Jiggle When I first started going to races in the 1950s, I had the great good fortune to be able to tag along...
I drove the Birdcage Maserati for Lucky Casner’s Camoradi Team on three occasions in 1960, beginning with the 1,000 kilometers...
I stood back watching, as Monterey feted the Fangio marque. Fangio marque? Yes, Juan Manuel Fangio is the only person,...
I worked as the chief engineer at Lola (1969–1981) during one of their most productive and interesting periods. The number of fascinating incidents that happened during that period is endless. Not long after I joined Lola, at their factory in Slough, which must have been around 1970, we had a...
