We called it the “Bruce and Denny Show,” and it was total dominance of the Can-Am Championship by McLaren Cars...
Some may disagree with me, but I think a great racing car must be a winning car. Racing cars can...
Lorenzo Bandini Adrian NeweyPhoto: Pete Austin 3 Stanley Dickens and Kunimitsu Takahashi win the 1000-kilometer All Japan Sportscar Championship race at Suzuka in a Porsche 962. It is the 31st (of 35 races) and final win for the 956/962 in Japanese competition (1989). 4 Stirling Moss, driving an Aston Martin DBR2,...
That’s a question I found occupying (the few) idle moments of my mind during October’s Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV at...
Formula One at Watkins Glen By Michael Argetsinger From its dustcover image of the opening lap of the 1967 United...
If you arrived at Goodwood just after the gates opened on any of the three days (September 16-18) there’s every chance that you were greeted by the sound of V12 engines firing up. Nothing unusual in that, as the Goodwood Revival is the premier historic race meeting, but these were...
Last month we ran the first half of the tale of Hal Crocker’s relationship with Peter Gregg, encompassing the early...
Now here is a man of his word—and it cost him dearly. In 1961, Innes agreed to drive for Formula One team UDT-Laystall run by Ken Gregory and Alfred Moss, respectively Stirling’s manager and father. Literally a day later, Ireland was asked to become Graham Hill’s teammate at BRM but...
Looking back, I have to say I enjoyed every moment of my racing career. From the first time I ever...
Helmets Make the Man Dear Editor I read Mike Lawrence’s “Helmets” column with great interest. I did my own helmet design, using horizontal red stripes, which were meant to evoke the stripes on the American flag. The idea was to have the design be visible from any angle, and also...
Gaston Chevrolet Peter Revson 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese GP and his first Formula One World Title at Suzuka...
Harnessing Horsepower – The Pat Moss Carlsson Story By Stuart Turner The name of Moss, of course, is written large...
At its recent AGM, the British Racing Drivers Club unanimously elected Derek Warwick as its new president, replacing former F1 World Champion Damon Hill, OBE, who has held the post since 2006. Warwick won the Le Mans 24 Hours with Peugeot in 1992, and is a former F1 driver with...
Phil Hill, who became America’s first F1 World Champion 50 years ago, is the subject of a special exhibit at...
Porsche is one of those marques about which I feel ambivalence. Unless the six numbers click into place on the...
You wouldn’t need all the fingers of one hand to count the number of men who could beat Juan Manuel Fangio around the daunting Nordschleife of the Nürburgring, but one of them was certainly a suave German named Rudolf Uhlenhaut. Strangely, he wasn’t a racing driver at all but a...
Nigel Mansell Stirling MossPhoto: Pete Austin 1 Pietro Laureati wins Italy’s Tolentino Colle Paterno hillclimb driving an Alfa Romeo T33 Stradale...
In 1951 Froilan Gonzalez raced to victory at Silverstone to win the British Grand Prix. It was the first Grand...
Indy Dear Editor, Just read this months Vintage Racecar while lying in my bed (NASCAR on in the background) at a rainy Speedway [Indy]. This issue’s even better than normal, well done to everybody involved, please pass on my thanks to the team there. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Debutante’s Ball On a list of the greatest Grand Prix races will be the names of several which will strike...
I started to race not very, very, young like today as I didn’t have the permission of my father to...
I think Ron Dennis has made a great contribution to motor racing. I used to dream of driving for him in my younger days, but Mr. Dennis never called me. However, I did have a fan in Frank Williams, he liked my driving style and we had several conversations. Unfortunately,...
Among this year’s anniversaries is that of the Mini Cooper. John Cooper and Alec Issigonis became pals while competing in...
Rodger Ward Louis Chiron 1 Louis Chiron leads an Alfa Romeo 1-2-3 finish in the French Grand Prix at Montlhéry...
Real Racers By Stuart Codling An homage to the photographic work of Louis Klemantaski—and that of others from his eponymous collection—this book effectively portrays the realities of Formula One during the 1950s and ’60s. Although author Codling’s text deftly identifies and discusses each image and accompanies his thoughts with exclusive...
At England’s Snetterton Circuit in early May, three JPS Team Lotus Type 79s took to the track together for the...
Well-known America racing driver Pete Lovely has died at the age of 85 from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. Lovely’s career...
Formula One crossed an historic turning point on March 2, but I think it is safe to say that almost no one realized it. A new era was ushered in that could, at least in my opinion, change the very face of the sport from this point going forward. Interestingly,...
