Donald Campbell was a hero, like his famous father. But that is where the resemblance ended. Sir Malcolm, who broke...
In the 1950s, one means of gaining publicity for car factories was to try and beat a category record. Pegaso,...
Roger Penske Fred Offenhauser 3 Paul Goldsmith drives Smokey Yunick’s Pontiac to victory in the last stock car race on the beach at Daytona, Florida (1958). 4 Porsche 907s sweep the top three finishing positions in the 24 Hours of Daytona with the Elford/Neerspatch/Siffert/Stommelen/Herrmann car winning (1968). Become a Member...
A Rogue, an XK120 and the World Record that Took 5 Years and Stirling Moss to Break. It was a...
Mario Andretti Photo: Pete Austin Jim Hall Photo: Keith Booker 2 Achille Varzi is killed when his Alfa Romeo 158...
Jim Clark Peter Revson 1 Mercedes-Benz publishes a press release officially describing their W25 Grand Prix race cars as “Silver Arrows” (1934). 2 Gilles Villeneuve wins the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami in a Ferrari 312T4 (1979). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
A primer on in-car video systems for the historic racer. Humans are such visual animals that even when our eyes...
“Mephistopheles,” the Land Speed record-breaking Fiat, was one of the most fearsome of the aero-engined specials popular in the 1920s....
Grover-Williams Louis Stanley 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kayalami track near Johannesburg is won by Pedro Rodriguez at the wheel of a Cooper-Maserati. First F1 win for Rodriguez and last for Cooper (1967). 3 Sprintcar builder and Indy 500 crew chief Wally Meskowski dies...
Wilbur Shaw Nanni Galli 2 Sportscar and F1 racer Nanni Galli is born in Bologna, Italy (1940). 4 Emerson Fittipaldi...
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