Stirling MossPhoto: Keith Booker I have had many co-drivers in my career…John Fitch, Juan Fangio, Peter Collins, Harry Schell, Tony...
Dan Gurney Biography He drove in the last great era of Grand Prix racing before the advent of tobacco advertising...
This Uli Ehret painting displays the Eau Rouge corner at Spa-Francorchamps back in 1967. The setting is exactly as it appeared in that year, when Dan Gurney won that year’s Belgian Grand Prix with his Gurney-Weslake-powered Eagle against the mighty opposition of Jim Clark and the other F1 stars of...
August 2010 Headed for a 2nd-place finish in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, on June 23, 1963, Dan Gurney...
Peter Revson Alan Jones Photo: Pete Austin 2 Sports car racer Louis Krages, aka “John Winter,” born (1949). 3 Ronnie...
The basic site here is very broad-based, but in its “Racing” section is this subsection devoted to Dan Gurney’s career as a racing driver, car builder and team owner. It has eight separate sections of its own, each dealing with a different aspect and phase of Dan’s time in the...
1976 March 76B I have a confession to make. When I was but a pubescent young man, I used to...
Alfa Romeo had gone from zero to hero and beyond from the 1911 Targa Florio to the 1936 Mille Miglia....
Peter Gethin may have been the son of a jockey, but he pursued a different kind of horsepower, making his name racing automobiles. They weren’t just any automobiles either, but the fastest most prestigious racing cars in the world. He was a race winner in Formula 1 and the original...
Keke Rosberg was a kind of motor racing Cinderella Man. He went from the drudgery of retiring or not even...
Fundamentally, the development of the Brabham “fan car” was due to the introduction of the Lotus 79, and in a...
In my time as a racing driver I have had the opportunity of driving many types of racing car. I have travelled the world in my quest to remain involved in motor racing, a sport I feel very passionate about. I have driven in some great races too, and at...
Mario Andretti Photo: Pete Austin Jim Hall Photo: Keith Booker 2 Achille Varzi is killed when his Alfa Romeo 158...
Here’s yet another source for rare, hand-held video of the old days as shot by those who were there. Courtesy...
Former Formula One driver of the 1970s, Loris Kessel, has succumbed to his long-term battle with leukemia. Kessel’s early dream was to emulate the driving abilities of fellow Swiss Grand Prix driver, Jo Siffert. His early racing experiences were with an Alfa Romeo Spyder and later a Fiat 128. In...
To help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the American Bugatti Club, one of the feature races at this year’s renewal...
Almost 60 years to the day since his grandparents attended the 1950 British Grand Prix (the inaugural F1 World Championship...
Alfa Romeo will be 100 years old on June 24 and its motor sport pedigree almost 99—one of only a handful of companies that can trace their motor racing heritage back to the start of the 20th century. But Alfa’s is a kind of pear-shaped pedigree, in which the Italian...
This is the story of a hero who was more heroic than most. You may not have heard of Archie...
Unlike many racing drivers, none of my family was associated with motor sport or the motor trade. Spain, my country,...
Sir Jackie Stewart, BRM P115, Grand Prix of Mexico 1967—his last year with the BRM team. Often I review my print archives on racing car history in order to find an image that inspires me; it becomes the starting point for my paintings and drawings. In the case of this...
The 15th Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance selected Best of Show winners in its two primary categories of Elegance and Sport...
It appears that Monza, home of the Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix of Italy for the last 65 years,...
The Car that Made McLaren McLaren In these modern days of disposable everything (or so it seems), one can quickly become accustomed to replacing rather than repairing whatever device it may be that requires attention. This is especially true for racing cars, where the advance of knowledge and technology in...
Gilles Villeneuve Al Unser Jr. 1 Jacky Ickx and Dr. Dick Thompson win the 1000 Km of Spa, Belgium, in...
Octane Racing Group, promoter of the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, has announced that Historic Grand Prix will provide one of the supporting events at this year’s Formula One World Championship race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on the weekend of June 11–13. “We are pleased to bring back to...
Motor sport anniversaries and centenaries seem to have filled the calendar in the last few years, and as our sport...
Mike Earle started his career with Derek Bell and Church Farm Racing. Over the years he has had a hand...
As enthusiasts and students of racing history, we have a natural tendency to idolize, if not deify, the great men who have helped build and shape our sport. We revere the drivers like Graham Hill, who scored victories at Le Mans, Indy and Monaco. We virtually worship constructors like Colin...
