This past weekend saw the 100th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and an exciting showdown between the...
This past weekend my younger daughter turned 21 and during a brief lull between morning Mimosas and evening Margaritas, she...
Recently, my family and I had to venture back to Scotland for a funeral, which was sad, but we decided to make the most of it and so spent an extra week touring the Highlands, where my wife and her family are from. I did a lot of driving in...
The car hobby has many tropes, but one of the more common — and perhaps most accurate — is that...
I was pleasantly surprised to receive so many positive emails supporting my premise last week that the Ferrari 365 GTC/4...
I think I’ve well established, in this space, my bona fides as an old school Ferrari snob. I grew up around the Ferrari Owner’s Club in the 1970s, so I have a reasonably warped sense of what a Ferrari is and isn’t. Part of my “warpage”, if you will, was...
If you’re an automotive enthusiast, and you spent any kind of time in Southern California from 2006 to 2014, then...
Well, I don’t know that any of us saw that coming! If you watched the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix then...
We tend to make a lot out of automotive anniversaries, which is why I’ve been surprised that last month’s 60thanniversary of the Lotus Cortina, slipped by with nary a nod. It was in January 1963 that the Lotus Cortina, ostensibly a homologation special for Group 2 saloon car racing, was...
Once upon a time, it used to be that the most talented drivers made it into Formula One. Quaint notion,...
As you’ll read in one of the news pieces below, the F1 world has been all atwitter, over the recent...
If you’ve ever lamented that there is nowhere left in the world to find “dry”, good value, classic cars, then take heart…I think I may have just accidentally stumbled across just such a utopia. The world works in strange ways and the classic car world, in particular, is both strikingly...
I have to confess to you that I am the worst classic car owner. Trust me, I take no pride...
What’s the single most important component, for maximal performance, on a racecar? The engine? Suspension? In the grand scheme of...
The Internet has changed our lives in so many ways. In just the past 20 years, the Internet has both opened up the expanse of our immediate world and at that same time made it all closer to hand than we ever could have imagined. It is as a result...
Recently, I was invited to a birthday party. Now, in my current life, this always translates into jumping up and...
Are you familiar with the “Trickle Down” theory? If not, you may be soon. As background, the theory was first...
Back in August, Ed McDonough and I drove from Southern California to Bonneville, Utah (some 700 miles, one way), to take part in the annual Bonneville Speedweek. Now, you probably think I’m nuts (and you’re right) but I enjoy these road trips – in a masochistic, male-bonding sort of way....
In the end of May, I had the good fortune to make my way up to the Wine Country Classic...
Ok, Ok… here’s the pitch. You’ve got this kinda mush-mouthed, body-builder guy who is a washed-up racecar driver, see? We’ll get a big name to play him like Sly Stallone – movie sells itself at this point, right? And his former owner – let’s say he’s wheelchair-bound like Frank Williams,...
The pundits, who supposedly know something about these things, say that in racing, rain is the great equalizer. But from...
As strange as it may seem, as I write this month’s column, I am looking down on Greenland. That’s right,...
Vintage motor racing is very unique in the world of motorsport. Many of us like to believe this rarefied racing environment allows us to enjoy most of the benefits of “mainstream” racing without many of the detriments. However, there is one curious downside to vintage racing that very few people...
Think for a moment what makes a driver great – a true champion. Go ahead, I’ll wait…hmmmh, hmmh, hmmmh. Done?...
Is it me? Am I the only person on the planet that feels that parting with a special car is...
Hold on a minute, let me just drag this over. Hrrrrmph. One more second while I climb on top. Ok, I’m now firmly entrenched atop my soapbox and ready for this month’s sermon… I mean column. We vintage racers have a problem that for one reason or another we’ve chosen...
I don’t know about you, but I’m big into planning. Whether it’s working around the house, restoring a racecar or...
Salt. Since the earliest days of recorded history, salt has in one form or another shaped the course of human...
So how did you spend this year’s Memorial Day weekend? Personally, I broke with a long-standing tradition. Historically, I’ve spent the better part of my Memorial Day weekends lying on the couch in my underwear and a T-shirt – a small driblet of drool hanging from the corner of my...
