By the mid-1950s international motor racing was beginning to flourish in Africa, south of the equator. In September 1957, international...
At 4pm on the June 23rd, 1991, Johnny Herbert crossed the finish line at the Le Mans 24 Hour race to...
“It was lovely and fast-flowing, a wonderful and challenging circuit, and so gratifying when you manage to put it all together. You never ever thought, ‘‘Ooo’, what if I go down there?’” Australian Vern Schuppan, the last winner of the Singapore Grand Prix, unfazed by all the hype about the...
In many circles, the term airhead applies to someone who is silly or lacking in intelligence. However, it is also...
The self-styled “Home of British Motorsport”, Silverstone, is one of the originals—it hosted the very first World Championship Grand Prix...
If ever there is a breeding ground for heroes it is the Monte Carlo Rally, organized by the Automobile Club de Monaco and now celebrating its 110th anniversary. Today, the most prestigious event in the world championship is three days of high speed poker. It is played out by supermen,...
Do you believe in the afterlife? Maybe you do, maybe you don’t – but this is a story of a...
Tony Boynton was like many teenage boys whose primary interest in cars was looking forward to the day when he...
The 5th annual Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix held in 1956 achieved international prominence when, for the first time, four major European constructors entered cars and drivers in that event. Teams from Italian auto manufacturers Ferrari and Maserati, along with English auto manufacturers Jaguar and Aston Martin made their way...
If the name Jean Pierre Kunstle came up in a conversation about sports car racing, it wouldn’t be surprising if...
On New Year’s Day of 1967 the South African Champion, John Love, was pipped at the post in the season...
Sydney pharmacist John Hallihan is the man who brought a rare D-Type to Australia, in very interesting circumstances. During the obligatory overseas working holiday in the mid-’60s, Hallihan met legendary Jaguar PR Manager Andrew Whyte. Hallihan was keen to buy a ‘cheap’ Jaguar, and asked Whyte if he knew of...
The holy grail of land speed records resides in the vast solitude of a formerly thriving prehistoric lake. 14,000 years...
The powers-that-be in 1920s auto racing, namely the American Automobile Association’s Contest Board, barred anyone who wasn’t a white male...
In late December 1959, Bill Jennings packed his tools, spares and suitcase into the passenger seat of his self-assembled GSM Dart sports car and drove from his home in Cape Town to East London – a trip of over 600 miles in the days before highways. Jennings then took part...
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t Monaco, the first significant race of the 1933 season, a new Grand Prix team made its debut: Scuderia CC,...
March 2020 will mark the 50th anniversary of what many feel is the greatest endurance road race in history –...
Can you imagine the sheer agony if you were a Formula One fan and had to watch two dozen Grand Prix races of the sort we have been seeing over the last few years? Well, back in the early 1960s, there was an F1 race virtually every other weekend. In...
Pat Harrington-Johnson was a South African newspaperman who covered motoring and shipping for the Natal Mercury before and after World War...
The name Alfetta is still one that makes any red-blooded Italian motor sport fan throw out his chest with pride....
Canadian motorsports owes a huge debt to the team of Jim Fergusson and his wife, Alice. Their efforts were almost always voluntary and for the love of the sport. Jim was not only a successful motorcycle, sports car and sedan racer but also a rallyist, as well. If that were...
Ever hear the name TVR? Well, without Raymond Saidel, Trevor Wilkinson may never have brought TVR to the production car...
Yes, girls, too. In fact, if it hadn’t been for one—Mildred Mary Bruce—the famous Blower Bentley could have stayed an...
Monoposto! The racing record of the Alfa Romeo Type B is the stuff of legends. The name evokes the images of astounding victories over the mighty German teams of Mercedes and Auto Union and is forever intertwined with the names of Tazio Nuvolari, arguably the greatest Grand Prix driver of...
In an era when Lewis Hamilton and Sebastien Vettel brook no challenge from team mates and examples of ‘win at...
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. I think someone already used that as an...
In the three-liter class, one of sports racing’s most competitive, Britain’s Aston Martin fancied its chances in international racing from 1951 through 1959. It was a saga of rising fortunes that culminated in the beautiful DBR1/300 of 1956-’59. On the 26th of May 1957, English cars and a gent from Huddersfield...
While the illustrious history of IMSA is littered with great cars and great drivers, it’s easy to forget that the...
While the illustrious history of IMSA is littered with great cars and great drivers, it’s easy to forget that the...
In 1964, Nissan Motor Company introduced a two-door sports coupe named the Silivia 1600 Sports Coupe. One year later, at the New York Motor Show, the Silvia made its one and only appearance in the U.S. The car was not well received by the U.S. motoring press, perhaps because it...
