Goodyear has announced a long-term tire supply agreement with Masters Historic Racing, one of the world’s leading promoters of historic...
Dan Gurney is a man whose accomplishments need no introduction. In addition to winning in everything from Formula One to...
Frank Falkner got me into racing way back when, he was my mentor who lived in my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, and was the father of my school friend. So, I think I knew Frank from when I was around 10 years old. To give him his proper title, it’s...
1978 Eagle DGF There is a historical trope in the racing world, which suggests that a talented craftsman could build...
In retrospect, the end of the 1973 Can-Am championship was the pinnacle of the series. Porsche’s turbocharged “Panzer” 917/30 had handily claimed the championship, though Don Nichols’ dark and mysterious Shadow cars were finally beginning to live up to the promise they had shown over the preceding three years. No...
Tyrrell’s Project 34 six-wheel Formula One car was one of those refreshingly radical cars that used to come into Grand...
With its revised and corrected rear suspension, the car is a blast to drive especially when steered with the throttle. Photo:...
Parnelli JonesPhoto: John Zimmermann This year marks the 50th anniversary of Parnelli Jones’ 1963 Indianapolis 500 victory. That win, from pole position, turned out to be his only one although at least three others slipped from his grasp through various misfortunes. In his rookie year of 1961, he was leading...
Phil Remington From hot rods on California’s dry lakes, to the Scarabs (both sports cars and Formula One), to the...
The prize money for winning the 1972 Formula One “Race of Champions” at Brands Hatch in a BRM P160 allowed...
Pete Lyons Stirling Moss deliberately steering his Lotus into rain puddles around the Nürburgring—reading about that may have been the first time I ever really thought about racing tires. It was the German Grand Prix of 1961. The 1.5-liter formula had just come in, and the tiny, 4-cylinder Coventry Climax...
As a racecar driver, Jack McAfee needs no introduction. He was one of the greats of early sports car racing...
It has been three and a half years since Bernard Cahier passed away, but my memories of him still linger...
Montjuic translates from medieval Catalan as “Hill of the Jews,” or an alternative derivation may be from the Latin Mons Jovicus “Hill of Jupiter.” Whatever the origin of its name, this hill that overlooks Barcelona’s harbor has been known as Montjuic for more than a thousand years. Now using the...
To Salute Dan Gurney’s selection as Featured Guest for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, we asked the All American Racer...
1959 Austin Special The author enjoys a deja vu fling with the Austin Special Sabrina, a car whose path he had crossed many years before.Photo: Ian Welsh It’s interesting how things happen. People you meet throughout your life who don’t necessary become friends, but you run into them occasionally and they...
Once upon a time it was not unusual to find American constructors on Grand Prix entry lists… With February’s announcement...
Dan Gurney, as American as we make ’em, was once proposed to be President, and I still think our conflicted...
1960 Maserati Tipo 61 “Birdcage” Across the annals of automotive history, few families can lay claim to more engineering genius than that of Rudolfo and Carolina Maserati. Between 1880 and 1898, Carolina gave birth to no less than six sons, Carlo, Bindo, Alfieri, Mario, Ettore, and Ernesto. All but one...
I drove the Birdcage Maserati for Lucky Casner’s Camoradi Team on three occasions in 1960, beginning with the 1,000 kilometers...
When Tom Sneva took the checkered flag on a sun-drenched May afternoon, in 1983, to win the 67th Indianapolis 500...
As manager of racing public relations for Goodyear, Bill Neely accumulated a lot of interesting and outrageous stories—especially from the rough and tumble world of NASCAR. By 1973, Neeley and friend Bob Ottum wove some of these tales into a semi-fictional novel titled “Stand on It”, which they penned under...
