Ford’s iconic GT40 will be the featured marque at this summer’s 10th annual Kohler International Challenge with Brian Redman on...
Sir Stirling Moss, winner of 16 Formula One Grands Prix and countless other races, has been awarded the Royal Automobile...
My first exposure to Formula Ford came as a lot of us began hearing about how neat it was in Britain, and certainly in 1968 I was aware of all the car importers and the future American manufacturers getting started in the class. By 1968, my career racing sports cars...
Personally, I have driven some really good machines. I had a 917 Porsche that I thought was a truly remarkable...
There was something missing from the recent Olympics—motor sport. I can think of no good reason why, when we have...
Grand Prix racing comes with a new look in 2009. Among other significant technical changes—wider cars, grooveless slicks, and Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (think “electric power-to-pass”)—there are new aero rules intended to improve a car’s ability to overtake another. Pete Lyons Included is this fascinating detail: Front wings will be...
Damon Hill OBE, president of the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) and the 1996 Formula One World Champion, joined Richard ...
Patrick Morgan’s Dawn Treader Company has just completed a full restoration of the ex-Ivan Capelli, Leyton House, March CG891 Judd,...
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ex-Phil Hill 1963 ATS F1 The 1961 Formula One World Champion Phil Hill did not learn that most of the important...
An opportunistic mix of Group 5 endurance racers and Group 7 thundercars enlivened Watkins Glen’s 1970 Can-Am Text and Photos...
The more in-depth summaries of the life and career of Phil Hill have focussed on three significant aspects: the racing accomplishments, the complex nature of the man, and the fact that he was an underrated driver. Phil died of respiratory complications due to Parkinson’s disease on August 28, 2008. He...
How will history remember Count Wolf-gang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximillian Reichsgraf Berghe von Trips? “Von Krash,” as the dim-witted sniggeringly...
Phil Hill Biography Overshadowed by his fellow Americans Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt it was Phil Hill who became America’s first World Champion after the death of the popular German driver Wolfgang von Trips. Born in Florida his family would soon move to Santa Monica, California. Hill soon immersed himself...
On August 28, we lost our great and good champion, Phil Hill. The entire world of motor sports is saddened....
For the 1955 season, Monza was refurbished and the Milan Auto Club considered an oval race. Contact was made with...
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There was the time I went to the Targa Florio and was strolling by a restaurant in the night-dark streets...
Formula Atlantic celebrates its 35th season in 2008, standing as the second oldest training category in the world, behind only...
Without a doubt, the racecar that gave me the most pleasure, and therefore my greatest racecar, was the Silk Cut Jaguar XJR-6. I drove it at Silverstone, with Derek Warwick as my teammate, in the 1986 Kouros 1,000-kms race, which we won by a substantial two-lap margin over the Rothmans...
I have included a few remembrances about Lance in some previous Vintage Racecar columns, but because he was such a...
Nigel Mansell Bernd Rosemeyer 2 PJ Jones drives a Toyota Eagle MkIII to victory in the final IMSA GTP race, at Phoenix, Arizona (1993). 4 Mario Andretti wins the sprint car race at Salem, Oregon, for his first United States Automobile Club victory (1964). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
The 14th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, set for March 13–15, 2009, on the grounds of the Ritz Carlton Amelia...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed, held July 11–13, has grown every year since its inception in 1993 and now stands...
The French, two-time Can-Am champion and former Ferrari F1 driver speaks with Nasir Hameed about his early days, his time in in the Can-Am and F1 and his love for the American Rockies. Patrick Tambay Please tell us about your earliest racing memories? Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
Denny Hulme was one of the most reserved men in motor racing. He seldom showed his emotions, which he camouflaged...
This month’s Web site is essentially a photo album, by a fan for other fans, and features a variety of photos taken by the mysterious “DC” (there are no bio or “contact us” links) during his travels to races over the better part of three decades. It features galleries broken...
