THE STORY OF MALAYA’S RACING SPECIALS The Malayan-built Special has always been an integral part of the racing movement in...
With no fewer than 32 world championship victories to his credit, Jochen Mass is one of the most successful sports...
The Lotus 19 took sports car racing to a whole new level upon its debut in 1960, rendering rivals such as the Cooper Monaco and Maserati Birdcage obsolete overnight and leading photojournalist Pete Biro to label it the “Birdcage Cleaner.” A real “wolf in sheep’s clothing,” it was essentially a...
Bill Milliken has had an interesting life. As an engineer in both the aviation industry and later consultant to the...
Gyndier Drive, Tewantin, Queensland, Australia November 15-16, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Need a change of pace from the usual closed-course vintage race events? Bored with the same corners on all-too-familiar tracks? Try taming Pikes Peak. Try 156 different turns! This mountain is the ultimate test of man and machine. Sunday, July 20th, 2008 marked the 86th running of the Pikes Peak...
Lola 50 Years celebrations continued in the somewhat unlikely location of Italy’s Castell’Arquato, the start and headquarters of the Vernasca...
Karl Abarth was a magician. A waver of wands whose magic brought the exquisite pleasure of higher-performance motoring and motor...
I was born in Italy into a family that was involved in motor racing—both my father and my uncle were racecar drivers. I believe from the time of my birth, in 1964, to my early teens was one of the best eras of motor sport. From my experience, we had...
Southern California has always been a hotbed of car aficionados. The hot rod craze started there and, after WWII, it...
Few early American racers did more than Ak Miller. He was a well-known hot rodder, successful long-distance racer, had more...
How amusing, I often smile, that a breed of racer I associate with conservatism generally speeds around to the left. But we don’t do politics here, just history, so let’s have a look back at interesting times when oval drivers first tried their hands at turning both ways. The big...
His contemporaries called him the “Garibaldino,” a term they reserved for the best of their select band. Like Giuseppe Garibaldi,...
Vincenzo Lancia Keith Duckworth 2 Jochen Rindt drives a Lotus 72-Ford to victory in the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim...
Hershey, Pennsylvania May 5–6, 2007 A 1976 MG Midget takes the hill.Photo: Michael Casey-DiPleco Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our...
Jacques Laffite has enjoyed a reputation for many years as an open and straightforward person, willing to talk seriously about...
Nino Vaccarella Ronnie Peterson 1 Ronnie Peterson wins the French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard in a John Player Special...
From 500-cc racing to a works ride with Cooper and later a British Hillclimb Championship, Mike MacDowel has had a diverse racing career. Mike Jiggle sat down with the British Champion to learn more about his fascinating racing life. Looking at the records, I have read that you started in...
The Silver Flag Hillclimb won the award for Best European Historic Event in 2005, and that accounted for the entry...
Since the very beginning of motorsports competition, a common thread has run through the sport: It takes money to go...
The 9th edition of the Silver Flag Hillclimb in early July was the largest and best yet of the historic event revived by Club Piacentino in Piacenza, Italy, organized by the enthusiastic Claudio Casale and his committee which spends an entire year getting many of the best historic cars in...
I guess I have done most types of motorsport at one time or another…trials, sprints, rallies, hill-climbs and races. I...
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