Following their conquest of Mexico’s Pan-American Road Race in November of 1952, Mercedes-Benz factory drivers Karl Kling and Hermann Lang...
Kessler Cooper? Dear Sir, I just saw part of your article on Bruce Kessler [VR, Oct. & Nov. 2009] that...
Sir Jackie Stewart Alain Prost Photo: Maureen Magee 4 Al Rogers drives a Coniff-Offy to victory in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in Colorado (1950). 5 George Follmer drives a Porsche-powered Lotus 23 to victory in the USRRC Road America 500 in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin (1965). Become a Member &...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Sears Point Raceway, Sonoma, CA June 2–3, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY June 7–10, 2012 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 awesome discounts...
Winton Raceway, Benalla, Australia May 26–27, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN May 25, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, UK May 19–20, 2012 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 awesome discounts on partner...
Streets of Pau, France May 5–6, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
AutoArt Mercedes-Benz 190SL As discussed in this month’s “Roadcar Profile,” in 1954, when Mercedes-Benz was laying the groundwork for a...
Step through this time portal and journey into the past for another look at the oft-examined history of Mercedes-Benz. The home page opens with seven rotating segments including (at press time) Goodwood Festival of Speed, Motorsports in Close-up, In a Thousand Miles, Hollywood Love Affair, Timeless—The SL and its Legendary...
Sixty years ago was when—for me—the world became modern. Many people will laugh at that; some will understand but have...
Di Spires Photo: Mike Jiggle For me, motor racing became like a drug—the more I attended Grand Prix events in...
Like many designers I like to push the envelope, so, when answering the question about my consideration of my greatest racecar I’d like to do the same—I’d like to choose a land speed record car. In my view, probably the most technically advanced car for its time was the Bluebird-Proteus...
Philip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Victoria, Australia March 9–10, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI May 19–20, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Monte Carlo Circuit, Monaco May 11–13, 2012 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 awesome discounts on partner...
Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan April 15, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Mallala Motorsports Park, South Australia April 8, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Carroll Shelby has just driven Alan Guiberson’s Ferrari 375MM to victory in the Sports Car Races at Torrey Pines, California,...
Tall Texan Tales Dear Editor, Your excellent June issue included Pete Lyons’ review of the happenings while Jim Hall was honored during...
Parnelli Jones “Lofty” England 2 Thirteen year-old Alessandro Zanardi, who will later become a two-time CART Champ Car champion, drives a kart for the first time (1980). 3 Giuseppi Campari gives Alfa Romeo its first GP win when he drives a P2 to victory in the Grand Prix of France...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
Pete Lyons You’d need a piece of paper the size of Texas to write down all that should be said...
Carrera Panamericana 1950–1954 As covered several months ago in our “Lost McAfee Tapes” feature, the running of the Carrera Panamericana in the early ’50s was a wild and eclectic amalgamation of circus and international motor race. World-class drivers like Phil Hill, John Fitch, Louis Chiron and Karl Kling raced exotic...
This is the official site of the Shelby American Collection in Boulder, Colorado, which houses many examples of significant Shelby...
When Peter Gregg did his deal to race BMWs in IMSA in 1976, he asked me to take over in...
Many will believe my greatest racecar will be the Ferrari 156 “sharknose,” since featuring in my film and DVD of the late 1990s, La Passione. As a romantic young boy it was, but now I would say it wasn’t. It has to be remembered, Stirling Moss wiped the board with...
