Ferrari 166 MM – Car Profiles Introduction Designed for long distance competition, the 166 MM took its name from one...
Shadow DN4 “Don Nichols turned up in Can-Am in 1970 with that stupid car with tiny cotton-reel wheels, the first...
Matra MS80 Car: Matra MS80 / Engine: Ford Cosworth DFV 90º V8 / Maker: Matra / Bore X Stroke: 85.7 mm / 64.8 mm / Year: 1969 / Capacity: 2,991 cc / 182.5 cu in / Class: Formula 1 / Power: 430 bhp / 321 KW @ 10,000 rpm /...
Duesenberg 1921 GP Car: Duesenberg 1921 GP/ Engine: 8-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Duesenberg / Bore X Stroke: 63 mm X...
Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR – Car Profiles While know as the Mercedes-Benz 300SLR the car was based neither on the famous...
Ferrari 290 MM – Car Profiles Introduction Designed for the 1956 Mille Miglia and as a replacement for the 860 Monza, the 290MM was mounted with a V12 engine with dual ignition and dry sump derived from the 4.5-litre Grand Prix. Even though this engine could be described as belonging...
Mercedes-Benz SSKL – Car Profiles The early twenties was a period of consolidation in the German Automobile manufacturing community. Daimler...
Ferrari 166 Uovo – Car Profiles Horribly Beautiful – the Ferrari 166/212 Uovo At the Mille Miglia The story of...
Lancia D24 – Car Profiles In 1937 Vincenzo Lancia passed away leaving his widow and teenage son Gianni Lancia to run the firm. The Second World War intervened with the ambitious young Lancia’s plans, but as soon as the hostilities ceased the work continued to greatly expand Lancia and to...
Ferrari 612 Can-Am Chris Amon never felt that the Ferrari 612 Can-Am ever reached its full potential. he always felt...
OM Tipo 665 – Car Profiles The origins of Officine Meccaniche can be found along the shores of Lake Maggiore,...
Penske PC4 Car: Penske PC4 / Engine: 900 V8 Ford-Cosworth DFV / Maker: Mercedes / Bore X Stroke: 85.7 X 64.8 mm / Year: 1976 / Capacity: 2,993 cc / Class: Formula 1 / Power: 465 bhp at 10,500 rpm / Wheelbase: 2,692 mm / Track: Front: 1422 mm Rear:...
Mercedes W 163 Car: Mercedes W163 / Engine: 600 V12 / Maker: Daimler-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 67 mm X 70...
Bugatti Type 35 Car: Bugatti Type 35 / Engine: Inline-8 / Maker: Bugatti / Bore X Stroke: 60 mm x 88 mm / Year: 1924 / Capacity: 1991 cc / 121.5 in / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 135 bhp at 5,300 rpm / Wheelbase: 94.5 in / Track: 47.2...
Can-Am Racing Cars – The Specials Honker II A car named after a truck’s air horn doe not lend itself...
Ferrari 312B Car: Ferrari 312B / Engine: 1800 12-Cylinder Boxer / Maker: Ferrari / Bore X Stroke: 80 mm X 49.6 mm...
BRM P154 The car was designed and built in house to compete in the 1970 Can-Am series for Group 7 cars by Tony Southgate, who had joined British Racing Motors in 1969. Southgate had worked earlier at Lola working on the T70. While he worked on the Formula 1 BRM...
Cooper Cars Charles Newton “Charlie” Cooper, the son of an actor also named Charles was born in Paris, France, on...
Turcat-Méry Leon Turcat of Marseille, enjoyed recalling the story sixty years later when he visited with Armand Peugeot. He had...
Die Silberpfeile – The Silver Arrows Teams The Fuhrer has spoken. The 1934 Grand Prix formula shall and must be a measuring stick for German knowledge and German ability. So one thing leads to the other: first the Fuhrer’s overpowering energy, then the formula, a great international problem to which...
Ferrari Dino 246 F1 Car: Ferrari Dino 246 F1 / Engine: Dino Type 246 65º V6 / Maker: Ferrari / Bore...
Maserati 250 F Car: Maserati 250 F / Engine: 6-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Maserati / Bore X Stroke: 84 mm X 75...
Era R2B “Romulus” Car: ERA R2B / Engine: Straight 6 / Maker: ERA / Bore X Stroke: 57.5 mm / 90.8 mm / Year: 1935 / Capacity: 1,488 cc / 90.8 cu in / Class: Voiturette / Power: 166 bhp / 124 KW @ 6,500 rpm / Wheelbase: 2,438 mm (96 in)...
Ferrari 156 Car: Ferrari 156 / Engine: 120 degree V6 / Maker: Ferrari / Bore X Stroke: 73 mm X 58.8...
Ateliers Decauville Aine The Decauville family from Normandy, settles South of Paris in the seventeenth century. Armand-Louis-Victor began cultivating sugar...
Delage 15 S8 Car: Delage 15 S8 / Engine: Inline-8; DOHC, 2 Valves per Cyl; Roots Supercharger / Maker: Delage / Bore X Stroke: 55.8 x 78 mm / Year: 1926 / Capacity: 1,488 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 126.8 kw / 170.0 bhp @ 8000 rpm /...
Ferrari F2002 Car: Ferrari F2002 / Engine: Ferrari type 051 90° V10, Naturally Aspirated / Maker: Ferrari / Bore X...
Race Car & Racing Development This article will discuss the art as well as the science of race car driving as it evolved through the history of motorsport. When four-wheel brakes were still a rarity and suspension was considered a black art. From the time that drivers held a tiller...
