Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT Date, 2006 Murray Smith’s Cooper T-51 leads the Group 4 open-wheel cars, at the start.Photo:...
Fuji International Circuit, Japan April 4, 2006 Yasuo Shibazaki’s modern Ginetta G12 in the “Ginetta Cup.”Photo: Courtesy of the Japanese Car Club of Japan 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...
Goodwood, Chichester, U.K. September 1–3, 2006 Lister snouts in their pens! Photo: Keith Booker Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
December 2006 Marquis de Portago—The Legend By Ed McDonough The history of motorsport is rife with near mythical characters that,...
This month’s featured site is the official Web site of Dan Gurney and his All American Racers (AAR). Formed by Dan Gurney and Carroll Shelby in 1965, after their victorious year at Le Mans, AAR went on to produce 157 racecars from 1965 to 2000. During its nearly 40-year-long history...
The FIA regulations governing Formula One for 1977 allowed for a 3-liter normally aspirated engine or a 1.5-liter turbo-charged engine....
Spa-Francorchamps, May 1967, the fourth round of the ’67 World Championship. The Ecurie Belge Ferrari 412P Chassis No. 0850 (driven by Willy Mairesse) leads the 4th placed Ferrari P4 of Mike Parkes and Ludovico Scarfiotti at the start of Spa’s 1000-km race as they enter Eau Rouge for the first...
The Carrera Panamericana; Mexico, November 19–23, 1952. Giovanni Bracco stops at a refueling point just before the start of the...
When I was asked to write about a corner or series of corners, Road Atlanta instantly came to mind. I...
Masten Gregory Bob WollekPhoto: Porsche 2 Jackie Ickx and David Hobbs drive a Gulf Ford GT40 to victory in the Rand 9 Hour Race at Kyalami, South Africa (1968). 4 Sportscar racer Bob Wollek is born (1943). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
From the very beginning of the automobile man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Queensland Raceway, Ipswich, Australia August 5–6, 2006 Australian muscle in the form of Matt McGrath’s Ford Falcon XY GTHO.Photo: Damien Petrie 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...
Lexington, Ohio August 19–20, 2006 Jim Simpson in a McLaren M8C 3-liter finished 4th in the Group 2 and 5...
Pau, France May 27–28, 2006 Danny Baker’s Shadow chases Duncan Dayton’s Brabham during the Grand Prix Masters race.Photo: Jim Houlgrave...
Monterey, California August 18–20, 2006 Mary Grant-Jonkers in a 1953 Cooper Bristol T-23.Photo: Jim Williams 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...
November 2006 Delahaye—Styling and Design By Richard S. Adatto and Diana E. Meredith The noted French manufacturer Delahaye began manufacturing...
This month’s featured Web site showcases the race photography of Larry Neuzel. Organized by race series and year, this site...
Before the Tasman Cup was introduced in 1964, most of us were using Climax engines, 2-liter, 2.2-liter or 2.5-liter, but there were a couple of odd cars. I was also racing little Elfins but, for my Lotus 19B, I had taken my Climax engine out to 2.6-liter with pistons made...
Of all the circuits used in the Tasman Series, Warwick Farm was always considered the center of it all, with...
The Australian Grand Prix (practice): Warwick Farm, February 19, 1967. These were less fancy and more relaxed races: Jackie Stewart tightening up a rear wheel on his Parnell-entered B.R.M. 61 as Jim Clark’s Lotus 33 comes down pit road. Stewart took pole ahead of Clark and, in the race itself,...
Turn 17 at Sebring, which ends the back straight—and “begins” the front straight—could actually be called the “World’s Biggest Hairpin.”...
Louis Renault Colin Chapman 2 Tom Green drives Walt Arfons’ “Wingfoot Express” to a World Land Speed Record of 413.20...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These early innovators are in an elite club with their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of true classic sports cars, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the racing...
Mosport, Canada June 23–25, 2006 Seb Coppola’s 1970 Lola T192 is followed closely by the 1967 Chinook MkV of Ray...
Sonoma, CA June 3–4, 2006 Bruce Canepa, in a 1979 Porsche 935, battles with the 1976 DeKon Monza of Ken Epsman.Photo: Jim Williams 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...
