For the Anerley Trophy Formula Junior race at Crystal Palace on June 3, 1963, the Start of the first heat...
Karl Kling Mark DonohuePhoto: Hal Crocker 1 Ronnie Peterson drives a Tecno to victory in the F3 race at Skarpnack...
A.J. Foyt Mike Costin 1 A.J. Foyt drives a Coyote-Foyt to victory in the USAC Championship race at Pocono, Pennsylvania, (1973). 2 Pierre Veyron wins the voiturette race at Albi, France, driving a Bugatti Type 51A (1933). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
Hampton Downs Raceway Park, NZ January 18–20 & 25–27, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Pete Lyons THIS IS OLD news to you, but as I write, we mountain folk are still buzzing about February’s Great Manhunt and Shootout. That burning cabin you saw on TV was about half an hour by road from us in Big Bear—fewer than six miles in a direct line...
The prize money for winning the 1972 Formula One “Race of Champions” at Brands Hatch in a BRM P160 allowed...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup, co-sanctioned by the SCCA and the CASC, was essentially an “unlimited” series. Although there was...
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...
When Jack Brabham was demobbed from the Royal Australian Air Force in 1947, even he did not realize he was...
Back in the free-and-easy days when you still could cozy up to naked racecars right out in plain sight, some...
The start of the Monaco Grand Prix remains one of motor racing’s true spectacles, and in this depiction of the opening moments of the 1971 contest through the streets of the Principality, we see the front row of Jackie Stewart’s Tyrrell (#11) and Jacky Ickx’s Ferrari (#4) lighting up their...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
Pete Lyons We start the new season with two interesting notes on the subject of pulchritude. Near the end of...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was created by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced single-seater...
Montjuic translates from medieval Catalan as “Hill of the Jews,” or an alternative derivation may be from the Latin Mons...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although...
Pete Lyons Hail the “Mod Scot!” Such a thought must have flickered through many minds as 27 Group 7 machines rumbled around Mosport toward the first starting flag of the sixth season of the fabulous but faltering Can-Am series. Jackie Stewart, flop-haired superstar of F1, was on pole in his...
The Second Annual Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival, which will take place June 4–5, at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, has...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although...
By almost anyone’s measure, one of the things that made the Golden Era golden was the Canadian-American Challenge Cup or...
The indomitable Sir Stirling Moss made a popular comeback after his frightening accident at his home in March to join one thousand drivers racing in the Silverstone Classic Festival between July 23–25. At the wheel of his own 1956 OSCA FS372, co-driven by Ian Nuthall, Sir Stirling competed in the...
It is always amazing when I get a chance to drive some of the cars I raced many years ago....
In the youth of our racing enthusiasm, we tend to think obituaries are for drivers. We don’t foresee, or at...
John Fitch Bob Tullius 4 Jules Goux, driving a Ballot, wins the first Italian Grand Prix at Montichiari, near Brescia (1921). 5 Jochen Rindt, at the wheel of a Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23, wins the F2 race on the Ahvenisto race circuit in Hameenlinna, Finland (1967). Become a Member...
During the sixties, Carroll Shelby tried almost anything having to do with cars and racing. A little-known episode was his...
Mario Andretti Photo: Pete Austin Jim Hall Photo: Keith Booker 2 Achille Varzi is killed when his Alfa Romeo 158...
The Car that Made McLaren McLaren In these modern days of disposable everything (or so it seems), one can quickly become accustomed to replacing rather than repairing whatever device it may be that requires attention. This is especially true for racing cars, where the advance of knowledge and technology in...
