The title of my column reads: “The Fabulous Fifties.” The era is one I know something about. During that time,...
Another of racing’s good guys left us on December 7, when Bill Scott lost his battle with cancer. The man...
The new Historic Motorsports Productions organization has scheduled three events for its inaugural 2010 season. Watkins Glen International was the first track to announce its affiliation with the new organization, but it won’t be hosting the first event, as that honor will go to Barber Motorsports Park. The Alabama track...
In the days before data logging transformed our sport into a science, the judge of all things was the simple...
Jean Sage, who headed up Renault’s original factory effort in Formula One, has died at the age of 68 at...
Call me a jinx if you like. No sooner did I put the finishing touches on last month’s column about history repeating itself with schisms and rebellion in Formula One than the news broke that Steve Earle and his General Racing, Ltd. would no longer be organizing the famed Monterey...
A new organization, Historic Motorsports Productions, is seeking to raise the game of vintage and historic racing in North America...
George Follmer Willy Mairesse 2 Belgian Formula One and sports car racer Willy Mairesse commits suicide (1969). 4 Arturo Merzario...
The Eagle Formula Ford that I won the SCCA Runoffs with in 1978 was a car I was involved with from very early in its development, and how that happened is a bit of a funny story. I was sitting at home in Massachusetts watching a hockey game on TV...
Mark Donohue Jean-Pierre Beltoise 2 Juan Pablo Montoya wins the CART Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix at Nazareth Speedway in...
Carlos Sainz Al Unser Jr. 2 Three-time Formula One World Champion Jack Brabham is born (1926). 3 Pierro Taruffi drives...
Five-time IMSA champion Jim Downing, one of the creators of the HANS Device, is the latest recipient of the Road Racing Drivers Club’s Bob Akin Trophy. The award was presented by RRDC president Bobby Rahal and committee chair Archie Urciuoli. Each year the Akin Trophy honors the driver who best embodies...
Nearly 12 years ago, Parker Johnstone walked away from a strong career as a professional Indy car driver with 2...
Actor and Racer Paul Newman is said to have gotten the racing bug during the filming of the 1969 Universal...
Nigel Mansell Bernd Rosemeyer 2 PJ Jones drives a Toyota Eagle MkIII to victory in the final IMSA GTP race, at Phoenix, Arizona (1993). 4 Mario Andretti wins the sprint car race at Salem, Oregon, for his first United States Automobile Club victory (1964). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
The 14th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, set for March 13–15, 2009, on the grounds of the Ritz Carlton Amelia...
When his team’s pair of Porsche RS Spyders took the green flag for July’s American Le Mans Series round at...
This month’s Web site is essentially a photo album, by a fan for other fans, and features a variety of photos taken by the mysterious “DC” (there are no bio or “contact us” links) during his travels to races over the better part of three decades. It features galleries broken...
August 2008 Inside IMSA’s Legendary GTP Race Cars The Prototype Experience By J. A. Martin and Michael J. Fuller Among...
For over 50 years, the Chevrolet Corvette has been considered by many to be “America’s sports car.” And as early...
Rubens Barrichello Nigel Mansell 1 Al Holbert drives a Chevrolet-powered March to victory in the IMSA Camel GT race at Laguna Seca, California (1983). 5 The Targa Florio road race is won by Jo Bonnier and Carlos Abate in a 2-liter Porsche prototype (1963). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Peter Collins Sir Stirling Moss 2 Stirling Moss drives a Maserati 250F to victory in the Glover Trophy Race at...
Once, I set out to write the “Great Motor Racing Novel.” There was no firm plot in my mind, but...
1982 Porsche 956 & 1988 Porsche 962 It is now 25 years since the Porsche 956 first appeared and started another of Porsche’s amazing periods of domination, this time in long-distance racing in the Group C and IMSA categories. Having decided that they wanted to win races outright rather than...
Derek Bell initially made a name for himself, racing in open-wheeled cars including Formula 2 and Formula 1. However, it...
1991 Toyota Eagle MKIII GTP It’s amazing how one hair-brained idea can change the course of history. Such was the case when Dan Gurney took a call from a travel agent in Long Beach, California, named Chris Pook. Pook wasn’t trying to sell Dan on a trip to the Caribbean;...
Jochen Rindt Richard Attwood 2 Dave Heinz and Dave Yarborough drive a Jaguar XJS from the U.S. Atlantic Coast to...
Andre Ribeiro Len Sutton 1 Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at...
Ron Grable did not fit the normal profile of a race driver. Not only did he begin his racing after graduating from college, he raced sports cars, stock cars, formula cars, production cars, IMSA Prototypes, Trans-Am and Can-Am cars. He raced at tracks all over the United States, at Le...
