1969 Mirage M2-BRM The Mirage profiled here is no optical illusion, although it is certainly as beautiful as some optical...
To honor the 50th anniversary of a corporate involvement in motorsports that continues to this day, Nissan has been named...
September 2017 • John Knepp, who with Don Devendorf founded the Datsun/Nissan performance specialty company Electramotive Engineering, has died at the age of 75. Knepp made his first splash on the American motorsports scene working with Pete Brock’s Brock Racing Enterprises as it built 2.5-Liter Trans-Am-winning Datsun 510s for John...
John Knepp, who with Don Devendorf founded the Datsun/Nissan performance specialty company Electramotive Engineering, has died at the age of...
Master automotive craftsman Joe Cavaglieri was named the 2017 recipient of the Racing History Project’s Peter Bryant Challenger Award at...
• The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) presented John Mecom Jr. with its Bob Russo Heritage Award at the 28th Annual MSHFA Induction Ceremony Presented By Bridgestone at The Shores Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach. The award, named in honor of the long-time motorsports journalist and historian,...
Editor Casey Annis moderates a panel discussion on the heyday of Formula 5000 with legends like series champions Brian Redman...
• The Fabulous Fifties held its annual Lindley Bothwell Award dinner in early December at the Proud Bird restaurant near...
Continuing the tradition of bringing together the former employees of Shelby American from the 1960s, this 17th edition of the reunion was held November 6 and 7, 2015, at the Cobra Experience Museum (www.cobraexperience.org) in Northern California. With more than 65 former mechanics, drivers, shop workers, craftsmen, managers and staff...
A panel discussion featuring some of the biggest names in Formula 5000 history will take place in the paddock at...
Some of the biggest names in Formula 5000 history will gather for a panel discussion in the paddock at Mazda...
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...
Small independent shops are keystones of the automobile restoration industry, and among the more notable of these is Cavaglieri Restorations,...
Bobby Unser was inducted as a Legend of Riverside at the 4th annual celebration of the same name at California’s...
The 5th annual Fabulous Fifties Concours d’Provenance at the South Coast Botanical Gardens in the Los Angeles suburb of Palos Verdes once again displayed a wide variety of classic automobiles under classic Southern California sunny skies. John Morton served as the event’s Honorary Chairman, and in that capacity selected Michael...
With Porsche as the featured marque for the 36th Monterey Historic Automobile Races, attendees were treated to a broad variety...
We had run the Datsun roadsters for a season and a half before we ran the 510 and won the championship with that. And so the team kept building—as far as the personnel, it was really a good team. I wasn’t really enthused about the 510 at first because I...
We were very honored to be given the opportunity to work with Porsche Cars North America to produce this special...
For the last 20 years or so of his life, Rodger Ward and I were friends. Even though I had...
Professional racer, John Morton, was recently reunited with the original BRE-prepared Datsun 510 that carried him to 12 wins and the 1971-1972 Trans-Am Championships for 2.5-liter sedans. Morton shook down the recently restored car at California’s Buttonwillow racecourse in preparation for August’s Trans-Am race at the Monterey Historics. When asked...
Few, professional drivers can lay claim to having active racing careers that span 40 years. One of the only drivers...
