November 2010 Can-Am Cars in Detail By Pete Lyons and Peter Harholdt Only in the 1960s could the Can-Am have...
It is always amazing when I get a chance to drive some of the cars I raced many years ago....
A huge cortege of 3,000 Alfa Romeos from 54 different countries came home to Milan at the end of June. We say home because they were all made in either the city’s Portello or Arese factories—except for the Alfasuds built at Pomigliano d’Arco, Naples—and were there to help the manufacturer...
Stirling MossPhoto: Keith Booker I have had many co-drivers in my career…John Fitch, Juan Fangio, Peter Collins, Harry Schell, Tony...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
Alfa Romeo had gone from zero to hero and beyond from the 1911 Targa Florio to the 1936 Mille Miglia. Its motor racing exploits were followed by the entire Italian nation as cars like the 1750 Super Sport, 8C 2300 Monza, P2 and then the P3 drove it to the...
Peter Gethin may have been the son of a jockey, but he pursued a different kind of horsepower, making his...
In my time as a racing driver I have had the opportunity of driving many types of racing car. I...
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...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of International Motorsport; the...
It appears that Monza, home of the Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix of Italy for the last 65 years,...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961; the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963; the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971; and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. There was even a...
Rumblings of discontent have turned into a pandemonium of protest in the offices of the Province of Monza. Formula One...
FIA Safety Delegate Any organization is, in truth, only as good as the people in it, and motor sport’s global...
Italian privateer racing driver Gino Munaron has passed away at the age of 81. Munaron was always considered to be a very professional driver who raced sports and touring cars between 1955 and 1965, usually driving his own cars but also doing occasional works duty with Ferrari, Maserati, and Osca....
Lancia. Ever heard of them? If not, it’s not surprising. Their cars are not exactly sold all over the world....
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Michele Alboreto Photo: Maureen Magee Emerson Fittipaldi Photo: Keith Booker 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed (1929). 3 Wendell Scott, the first African American NASCAR racer, dies of spinal cancer at age 69 (1990). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the...
1970 De Tomaso 505-Cosworth The De Tomaso drew much admiration from the crowds at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. Photo:...
Today almost exclusively remembered as the genius behind the competition cars named for a road-running bird in the southwest, Jim...
Bruce Kessler had a meteoric motorsports career, which started with drag racing his mother’s Jaguar XK120, progressed to practicing for the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix, and ended with a horrific crash in a sports car race at Pomona in 1959, and it all happened in the span of six short...
Enzo Ferrari telephoned his driver Peter Collins before the 1956 Grand Prix of Italy for one of “those” conversations. The...
Autodromo di Monza, Monza, Italy June 5–7, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
John Watson was one of those rare beasts: an Irish Grand Prix winner. It was a feat pulled off by the number of his countrymen you could count on the fingers of one hand, and when you add to the equation the fact that he was also a successful world...
George Follmer Willy Mairesse 2 Belgian Formula One and sports car racer Willy Mairesse commits suicide (1969). 4 Arturo Merzario...
They linger in legend long after the last echoes of Offenhauser exhaust faded into the breeze blowing across the hallowed...
The under-2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included racing...
The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia has been holding a series of “Demonstration Days,” at noon on the fourth...
The familiar trademark Marlboro Stetson was bobbing about in the pit lane at the Mores circuit in Sardinia, Italy, in...
Aston Martin entered the1959 sports car season targeting just a single race, Le Mans, but walked away the deserving winner of an almost accidental Championship Away at the drop of the flag, Moss has already exited stage right to lead the early going, while the eventual winner (#5) can be seen...
