On June 7–8, 1958, the Texas Region of the SCCA hosted a weekend of sports car racing 10 miles north...
John Zeitler Nigel Mansell Photo: Maureen Magee 2 Emerson Fittipaldi, driving a Penske PC-18, wins the CART Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix at the Burke Lake Front Airport in Cleveland, Ohio (1989). 4 John Zeitler, driving a Zeitler, wins the first ever Formula Super Vee race, held at Lime Rock, Connecticut...
The recently formed Formula 5000 Drivers Association has announced three main feature races for F5000 cars in celebration of the...
Augie Pabst is one of the practitioners of the skillful art of road racing from the early days of North...
September 2007 BMW Drivers Dear Editor, Read your article on the prewar BMW with great interest. Although I knew he had a prewar racing career, I never knew that Huschke von Hanstein was one of their racing drivers. But what intrigued me more was learning about one of their lesser...
Bruce Leslie McLaren won the first-ever Grand Prix of the United States in 1959, but really established his life’s legacy...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI May 18–20, 2007 John Weinberger. in his1965 Lotus 23C, rounds the new, and faster, Turn...
The H-Modified class in American road racing was derived from the FIA small-displacement sports racing machines popularized in Italy and France. In the fifties, it was dominated by cars derived from the Italian National Racing classes, which were in force from 1937 to 1965. Development of the 750-cc class in...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI July 15–16, 2006 Gregory Galdi’s 1976 McLaren M23 F1 heads into the Carousel.Photo: Vintage Velocity...
Ah, Road America. Four miles of medium- and high-speed corners nestled in the woods of Wisconsin. The type of racetrack...
Antonio Ascari Pedro Rodriguez 2 Camille Jenatzy, driving a Mercedes 60 HP, wins the Gordon Bennett race. He covers the 327.5 miles of the Athy circuit in Ireland at an average speed of 49.2 mph (1903). 2 Twenty-two-year-old Peter Ryan dies from injuries suffered the day before in a crash...
I always dread Mondays. How is it that in the two short days that you and everyone else is out...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI July 15–17, 2005 Robert Boyce heads for Turn 14 in his bright red “continuation” Cheetah....
Vic Elford Lucien Bianchi 1 Derek Bell, Hans Stuck and Al Holbert drive a Porsche 962 to victory in the 24-Hours of Le Mans. Jo Gartner dies in an accident during the early morning hours (1986). 1 Rudolph Caricciola, driving a Fanfir, finishes 4th in his first auto race, at...
February 2005 Ferrari: A Champion’s View by Phil Hill It turns out that Phil Hill—America’s first world champion, three-time Le...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI September 16-18, 2004 The 1968 Morgan +8 of Craig Sebert enters Turn 8.Photo: Fred Sickler...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI July 17–18, 2004 Baker.Photo: Jim Hatfield Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI May 14–16, 2004 The 1963 Bobsy SR1 of “Duck Waddle.” Photo: Mark Scheuern Become a...
Luigi Villoresi John Fitch 1 The Ford Sierra RS500 is homologated for Group A touring car racing (1987). 1 F1...
It was recently announced that three-time World Champion Sir Jack Brabham will serve as grand marshal for Road America’s Merrill Lynch/Brian Redman International Challenge weekend to be held on July 18-21, 2002. According to Brabham, “I am looking forward to a return visit to one of the world’s outstanding circuits.”...
Road America and the Historic Grand Prix racing group have announced that a grid of 30 3-liter Formula One cars...
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