New Zealand motor sport enjoyed a golden age during the 1960s and early 1970s when no less than three drivers...
Unleashing the rampant horsepower of its global ‘Total Performance’ campaign, Ford funded many racing stables but could never quite commit...
Some 38 years ago, there was a vintage event like no other. It was the 1985 Palm Springs Vintage Grand Prix. Why was it so different? Would you believe 19 Formula One and Indy veterans on the same grid, all in competitive open-wheel cars? How about Dan Gurney in his...
The search for speed has motivated every racer since the dawn of the sport, obsessively driving them to go as...
Arie Luyendyk is a household name in motor racing, especially in Indianapolis folklore, but it was a long and arduous...
Back in 1977, a group of Atlanta car folk had a need for speed but didn’t want to end up in the local jail. They came upon the perfect location in Braselton, Georgia. Road Atlanta. The 2.54-mile, 12-turn course was the perfect place to have some high-speed fun. The event...
What began as a study of Asian automobile advertising of the late 1950s has unearthed a rare tale of a...
Louis Gerard. Five years after Whitney Straight’s historic trip to South Africa to take part in the First South African...
Brausch Niemann had a brief but successful career in motor sport and took part in two world championship Grands Prix, but he is best remembered for his exploits with a humble Lotus 7 during the early 1960s. Some time ago, our esteemed Editor (Casey Annis) reminded us about the doghouse...
America’s premier sports car endurance race started at an abandoned WWII Army Air Corps base in Florida. “The 12-Hours of...
Click here to read “Chargers Part 1—World Rallying 1957–1965 The CSI struck again in 1965, this time putting out a...
Do you believe in the afterlife? Maybe you do, maybe you don’t – but this is a story of a car that lasted much longer on the race tracks of Europe and beyond than its makers could ever have dreamed. It is normal in motor racing for a car to...
Before the outbreak of WWII, motor racing in South Africa had been developing strongly and, in fact, the last pre-war...
The 5th annual Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix held in 1956 achieved international prominence when, for the first time, four...
In the 1974 World Sportscar Championship for Makes at Kyalami, South Africa, a small racecar, built from the chassis of a 10-year old, formula two single-seater, in a small workshop underneath the designer/constructor’s house, earned a world championship constructor’s point against a very competitive field. The giant killing Ecosse team...
