It is a given that motor sport flourishes in countries that are both affluent and mindful of technology. In the...
Greg Smith is a long time vintage racing enthusiast and runs a restoration shop that has traditionally specialized in European...
Mario Andretti Rick Mears Photo: Jim Hatfield 1 Gates at Indianapolis Motor Speedway open for practice for the first Indy 500 (1911). 4 Jackie Stewart passes his rookie test for the Indianapolis 500 (1966). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
May 2011 Collage – Jackie Stewart’s Grand Prix Album Sir Jackie Stewart The wives and girlfriends of racing drivers of...
The public address announcer at a racetrack may be the single most important aspect for enticing new fans into the sport. For spectators making their initial foray into a racing facility, the public address system is their first real connection to what is going on, their first step toward understanding...
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has added another element to its ongoing centennial festivities by announcing it will host the 100th...
Roberto Moreno enjoyed a productive career in the upper levels of professional motor sport even though his accomplishments may not...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has announced its Class of 2011, which will be enshrined during ceremonies in...
Pat Flaherty’s time on racing’s grandest stage may have been all too brief, but he managed to make it count....
A couple of years and a bit ago I suggested in this spot that, during these times of economic stress, Indycar racing might be rejuvenated by reviving the old stock-block engine idea of Formula 5000. A variety of production-based engines work well in Grand-Am, giving the technical diversity that genuine...
Harry A. Miller Bobby Allison 1 Dan Gurney drives a Weslake Ford-powered Eagle to victory in the USAC Championship race...
The Henry Ford Museum’s newly restored Lotus 38, the first rear-engined car to win the Indianapolis 500, made its North...
One of the men who figured prominently in our tribute to Dan Gurney in last month’s issue, veteran Indycar mechanic Wayne Leary, has died following a decade’s battle with cancer. Leary worked for a number of teams during his years in the sport, but his greatest success was achieved during...
To Salute Dan Gurney’s selection as Featured Guest for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, we asked the All American Racer...
During the sixties, Carroll Shelby tried almost anything having to do with cars and racing. A little-known episode was his...
From time to time, event organizers make the mistake of asking me to speak or MC at their event. You can’t really blame them, they don’t know any better. The most recent example of this poor judgment was the second annual Riverside Reunion, held here in Southern California. I was...
Just about everything there is to write has been written about American racing legend Mario Andretti, but we would be...
Dario Resta competed in the first race ever held on Britain’s hallowed Brooklands circuit on July 6, 1907, and died...
Although he will probably be remembered mainly for a contrasting pair of Indycar accomplishments, Jerry Grant was yet another of the American all-rounders who could, and would, drive virtually any kind of car. After a tour of duty as chauffeur for the head of NORAD Command in Colorado, the Washington...
Ken Tyrrell once said that, contrary to what had been written about him, he had no special talent for spotting...
Bobby Unser François Cevert 1 Al Holbert, Chip Robinson, Derek Bell, and Al Unser Jr. drive the Löwenbrau Porsche 962...
This painting depicts Graham Hill and the BRM 261, which he drove to victory in the 1964 U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. This win was the second of his three straight U.S. GP wins. Among his many other accomplishments on the track were five Monaco G.P. wins, victories in...
Michele Alboreto Photo: Maureen Magee Emerson Fittipaldi Photo: Keith Booker 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed (1929). 3 Wendell Scott, the...
Citing the still-fragile state of the U.S. economy, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has announced that its Centennial Era Concours d’Elegance...
With 2009 marking the 87th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, it is the second oldest motor race in the United States after the Indianapolis 500. For the past two years the event has included a class for vintage cars—most of which have been stock cars. In 2009...
In 2003, 50 years after Tazio Nuvolari’s death, Arrigo Granola, an employee of the Banca Agricola of Mantua, Italy, tore...
Billing itself as “America’s Largest and most historically important archive of automotive history,” this is the official site of the...
Al Unser Jr., David Hobbs, and Les Richter (l to r above) headline the 2009 class of inductees to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America during the Hall’s annual August induction ceremonies at the Fillmore Theater in Detroit. Unser, a two-time winner of both the Indy 500 and the...
