1968 Lolita MkI & the 1969 Lolita MkII My first car was a British Motor Corporation Mini. I had just turned...
December 2008 La Carrera Panamericana By Johnny Tipler Among the many over-the-road races that spread or rekindled enthusiasm for auto...
The 14th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, set for March 13–15, 2009, on the grounds of the Ritz Carlton Amelia Island, will celebrate both famed coachbuilder Bohman & Schwartz and a pair of 50th anniversaries for significant races at Sebring and Daytona. Additionally, this year’s event will pay tribute to...
Just as we were going to press last month, we learned of the …..tragic death of historic racer Dino Crescentini,...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
John Surtees, the only man yet to win World Championships on both two and four wheels, has been named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on Queen Elizabeth II’s latest birthday honors list. The son of a sidecar racer from Surrey, Surtees originally raced motorcycles for...
The late news—very late—that U.S. open-wheel racing’s long uncivil war has finally staggered to its hemorrhagic conclusion, fell with less...
Started in 1968 as Formula A in the United States, Formula 5000, as it became known, featured open-wheeled “Formula One–style” cars powered by 5-liter, normally aspirated, V-8 engines. In its heyday, in the mid-1970s, F5000 attracted big-name drivers like Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser, Sr., Jody Scheckter, and Brian Redman, piloting...
The recently formed Formula 5000 Drivers Association has announced three main feature races for F5000 cars in celebration of the...
1972 Lola T290-Tecno Here is your first question for 10 points: How many racing car manufacturers have been going nonstop...
British racing veteran Anthony Gordon (Tony) Dean passed away on January 17, 2008, after a long illness. He was 75. Born on July 23, 1932, in Leeds, England, Dean came to prominence as a racer in 1965 when he won the British Formula 3 championship. With the lure of a...
In the history of motor-sport safety, few names are as universally recognized as that of Bill Simpson. Initially an active...
West Coast photographer John Wilson started shooting pictures of racing in the 1960s at various racetracks in California. As such,...
Canadian Bill Brack was running a Lotus 41 in 1968, as well as the “Hot Wheels” Mini Cooper, and I acted as his sponsor-hunter and team manager. The toy company Hot Wheels was our sponsor. We did displays introducing the new products all across Canada, in fact we basically introduced...
Alistair Caldwell joined the McLaren team in their early days as a cleaner and ended up as team manager, winning...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V-8 of 5-liter displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics between the governing body, race...
In the late 1960s—1969 I think—I started racing motorbikes in local races in Belgium. Not too powerful machines, just 50-cc,...
There isn’t much Karl Kainhofer hasn’t done in over 50 years of involvement in motorsports, from motorcycle racing in Austria...
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1969 Chevron B8-BMW In my book, 2006 was a good year. Got my pensioner’s bus pass, had two cataract operations,...
The Race of Champions; Brands Hatch, March 19, 1972. A superb shot of Ronnie Peterson in the experimental (too bad...
Whatever F5000 was, it was certainly fast, furious and boisterous. With the end of Australia’s 2.5-liter formula in 1969 came the introduction of F5000 as its national formula with an annual series of races including the Tasman Cup in both Australia and New Zealand. They were halcyon days and, over...
Rodger Ward Gioacchino Colombo 1 FISA bans sliding skirts on racecars (1981). 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be...
This month’s featured Web site showcases the race photography of Larry Neuzel. Organized by race series and year, this site...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V-8 of 5.0 liters displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics between the governing body,...
1972 Surtees TS9B The relationship between money and success in an F1 team has always been a subject of interest...
Mike Smith and his brother, Pat, started shooting pictures of Southern California drag racing when they were kids in the...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V-8 of 5.0-liters displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics among the governing body, race...
