It was irresistible and I just had to have it. Back in 1976, my friend Keith had learnt the whereabouts...
Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, UK February 24-26, 2017 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Only four names come to mind when one recalls which drivers have driven their self-constructed cars in World Championship Grands Prix. Jack Brabham, Dan Gurney and Bruce McLaren, of course, and they won with them too, but the other was a lesser-known man hailing from the southern tip of Africa....
Imagine you are a designer in late 1952. One day you are sitting, staring out of the window, when your...
The Standard Motor Company is one of the largest motor companies that so few have ever heard of. It grew...
Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, UK February 26-28, 2016 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. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on partner...
Photo: Pete Austin As a wayward young schoolboy, John Judd found it difficult to find employment in the engineering businesses...
We continue our interview with John Grant, now Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club. In Part One we learned...
On June 14, as part of the celebrations for the re-launch of Coventry Transport Museum following an impressive £9 million transformation project, the museum is planning to break the Guinness World Records for both the Largest Parade of Classic Cars and the Largest Parade of Jaguar Cars. The museum aims...
Coventry Transport Museum, Coventry, UK June 22, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Aficionados of the Riley marque, particularly devotees of the Riley Specials raced prior to World War II, will find a good deal of information here about the cars from the company that began trading as the Bonnick Cycle Company of Coventry, England, in the late 19th century. The site is...
Vintage Racecar’s European team will be out in full force at the 10th Race Retro, at Stoneleigh Park, near Coventry,...
Frankly, I was surprised at how easily it drove after some previous experiences I had with other open-wheelers. Owner Ed Holly and I are about the same size and shape, and once my bum was in the seat of his Brabham BT6 I felt perfectly at home. No names of...
Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, UK February 24–26, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Race Retro 2011 will celebrate one of Britain’s best-loved, if not the best-loved, sports cars next year when it returns to Stoneleigh Park, Coventry in the earlier slot of February 25–27. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Jaguar E-Type’s launch at the show will be the drivers and backroom boys...
David Wishart Hobbs was born into an Australian immigrant family in the British West Midlands city of Leamington Spa, five...
Tony Southgate began his lengthy career in motorsports by joining Lola Cars in the early days of that venerable marque’s...
The steering feel; that’s what I remember best. The pinion perfectly meshing with its rack was a tactile delight in my fingers, giving a sense of well-bedded and properly oiled Olde English machinery cheery in its work. Second impression: the way that long, lazy-seeming six awakened at 3000 rpm and...
Dan Gurney Biography He drove in the last great era of Grand Prix racing before the advent of tobacco advertising...
Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, U.K. March 12–14, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Keith Duckworth Biography Since the partnership was formed in 1958 by Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth along with Bill Brown and Benny Rood, Cosworth has become the most successful independent engine manufacturer in history with a string of driver and manufacturer titles to its credit in a wide range of...
1967 Brabham BT24-Repco Sometimes all your birthdays and Christmases come at once. Shaking down the BT24 on Australia’s legendary Phillip...
Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, UK March 14-16, 2008 London-Mexico car heads up impressive Ford Escort display area.Photo: Peter Collins Become a...
Pete Lyons Did you hear about the diesel backhoe that did 350 mph at Bonneville? Yes, really…sort of. 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. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited...
The ex–Geoghegan 1960 Lotus Elite The ex–Chamberlain 1960 Lotus Elite The 1967 Lotus Elite Twin Cam No matter what year...
I have been quoted as saying that I didn’t much like the Tommy Atkins Cooper-Maserati. Now, I don’t know if...
1960 Kieft Formula Junior The history of British motorsport is rife with postwar racecar manufacturers that saw their genesis in the hands of a dedicated engineer or enthusiast. Names like Colin Chapman (Lotus), John Cooper (Cooper) and Eric Broadley (Lola) are just a few of such individuals that set out...
