John BarnardPhoto: Mike Jiggle In the first two installments of our multi-part interview with John Barnard he discussed his early...
King George V thought it was very funny. “You’re late, my boy,” he guffawed. The world’s fastest human being had...
There are so many great racecars. I have always liked the Cobra, and I would be very pleased for someone to offer me a drive in one. My job gives me a very nice opportunity of driving historic racing cars for Renault. I get to drive many of their fantastic...
Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY September 5-9, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Tony Robinson: The Biography of a Race Mechanic By Ian Wagstaff Everyone knows that the best racing stories are those told by the mechanics, and here is a book full of them, from a man who has assisted some of the great names of the sport. Become a Member &...
Driving Kathy and Phil Reilly’s ex-Carlos Pace 1974 Brabham BT44, Dan Marvin claimed victory in the Historic Grand Prix support...
• Tim Wardrop, who was Arie Luyendyk’s race engineer when the Dutchman set the all-time one- and four-lap speed records...
Pete Lyons Partway through an evening of kind words, warm recollections and congratulations, the moderator came on the mic and said: “George, we’ve had several speakers here; I’m surprised the term ‘anger management’ hasn’t been used yet!” Poor George Follmer could only join the laughter filling the Petersen Museum’s banquet...
1952 Lancia Aurelia B50Photo: Peter Collins On a rare sunny day in late spring, on empty roads in Wiltshire, this...
Damon Graham Devereux Hill is the only son of a Formula 1 World Champion to have also won the title....
Privateer Bruce Halford took part in the epic 1957 German Grand Prix, finishing 11th in his Maserati 250F. It was one of my duties to convey Bruce’s Maserati around the Continent in a converted Royal Blue AEC coach. This particular saga began at the Maserati factory in Modena, where I...
Ferrari’s record-breaking parade of 964 cars at Ferrari Racing Days at Silverstone on Saturday, September 15, has now been confirmed...
Carlo Chiti Emerson Fittipaldi 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed as the Alfa Romeo factory racing team (1929). 2 Peter Gethin...
Known simply as “Prof” to many in the motor racing community and Sid to his near friends, Professor Watkins may have made more of a mark on motor racing safety over the past 30 years than anyone else. Indeed, his dogged determination and stubbornness to get things right nearly cancelled...
U.S. Presidential election fever hit Goodwood, and the Revival candidate was none other than Dan Gurney. Posters, pin badges and...
There are cars, and there are cars. Some come and stay, many come and pass on. A few appear briefly...
The 1950s and ’60s were to many involved in Australian historic motor sport, the halcyon years. It was the time of the Australian Special, the racing of early model Holdens and the Tasman Series. Many names came and went, but quite a few remained and are still well known today...
One of the most inspiring stories in the history of motorsport recently took place, and though few in the motorsport...
I suppose the first question one has to ask is how one defines greatness in a racing car. One of the most enjoyable racing cars I ever drove was the 1959 Ferrari 246. It was one of the last of the front-engined Grand Prix cars I drove, and each year...
Five of these cars were built for racing in 1938—one uniquely for Le Mans—essentially derived from a road-going version of...
Ronnie Peterson drove the Tyrrell P34 six-wheeler in the 1977 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, but was an early retirement with engine failure. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited...
George Follmer Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Jacques Laffite Photo: Mike Jiggle 1 Ricardo Rodriguez dies on the way to the hospital...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with his passion for speed and technology. These...
Bruce McLaren Scrapbook – A Pictorial Celebration of a Kiwi Legend By Jan McLaren and Richard Becht Bruce McLaren was the sporting, smiling and human face and founder of the team that has now morphed into that which competes in modern Formula One racing under the frosty corporate banner Vodafone...
The third annual Donington Historic Festival, scheduled for May 4-5, 2013, will celebrate the career of three-time Formula One World...
Now firmly re-established as one of the biggest and best historic racing festivals, the Silverstone Classic provided plenty of interest...
With the recent passings of Carroll Shelby, Roy Salvadori and Ted Cutting, all key players for Aston Martin’s World Sportscar Championship-winning team of 1959, it seemed reasonable to speak with another racer who worked in that fabled John Wyer-run team, Rex Woodgate. Woodgate is a notoriously detail-oriented mechanic who became...
