From our friends at Broad Arrow Auctions comes one of the holy grails of post-war sports cars; the 1956 A6G/54...
I recently had the pleasure of chatting with professional race car driver, Max Hanratty. As part of the Fast MD...
Arie Luyendyk is a household name in motor racing, especially in Indianapolis folklore, but it was a long and arduous road he travelled, involving much hard work, to reach stardom. The versatile speedman had a long an impressive racing career and besides being famous for his outstanding record at Indianapolis...
Ex-Donald Healey Motor Company works driver, Clive Baker first began his connection with Healeys and Austin-Healeys in Tasmania. Clive went...
Before the outbreak of WWII, motor racing in South Africa had been developing strongly and, in fact, the last pre-war...
Texas professional and historic racer Charles Nearburg has a long and diversified motorsport resume. At the profession level, he’s competed in everything from Super Vee and Toyota Atlantic to Le Mans and Champ cars, while even breaking the Land Speed Record for piston-powered, wheel-driven vehicles at 414.316 mph along the...
Tom Cantrell’s world revolves around excellence, and it seems he will go to any length to achieve perfection on, and...
Casey Annis speaks with historic racer and founder of The Masters Series, Ron Maydon, about why he chose to start...
Since the first race in 1911, the Indianapolis 500 has always been considered America’s greatest race, attracting huge crowds and media attention around the world. 200 laps around a 2.5-mile oval was a grueling test of driver and his car, a real test of endurance. From the beginning, the winning...
Brian RedmanPhoto: Hal Crocker I usually start off an interview by asking, “Who are you?” And how did you become...
Vern Schuppan The motor racing career of Australian Vern Schuppan has been written up extensively over the years. Born in...
This past summer Dennis Gray had the opportunity to interview his longtime friend Giddings. Sadly, this would prove to be the last interview with one of sport’s truly great ambassadors. Peter Giddings and his cars will be missed. He was one of the best. Pre-war Alfa Romeos, Lancia D24 and...
There is something about racing which gets into the blood more thoroughly than a good dose of Castrol R and...
Duncan was initially entranced by record keeping and statistics in racing events. This interest morphed into a desire to race...
In the earlier days of his racing career, Craig Fisher (who recently passed away) raced just about everything he could get his hands on, from used DKW Monzas at Harewood Acres to Abarth Simcas at Le Circuit Mont Tremblant and even the ferocious Comstock EXP at Mosport. He also raced...
Author Brock Yates once described Judy Stropus as a “racing personality,” since her career in motorsports has covered a gamut...
When you first meet Walt MacKay, you are struck by what a quiet, modest man he is. Currently, he runs...
John Wright speaks with the influential Canadian racer and official about the early days of racing in Canada, his tenure as the head of Mosport, the creation of the Canadian Grand Prix, vintage racing and a host of other topics. VR:Okay, Phil. Who are you? Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Canadian industries of aerospace and racecar design were at the forefront of...
Dan Gurney is a man whose accomplishments need no introduction. In addition to winning in everything from Formula One to NASCAR, Gurney laid claim to a long and successful career as a team owner, car constructor and truly one of racing’s nicest and most approachable individuals. As a long-time friend...
It was seeing Raymond Mays’ ERA that first drew a young John Sismey to mechanical engineering. After a grammar school education, he worked as an apprentice machinist with Peter Brotherhood Ltd. of Peterborough. National Service beckoned and a spell with the Royal Air Force honed his mechanical and engineering abilities...
Reg Hillary, 96-years of age as of this writing, is as sharp and lively as someone half his age. He’s...
Over the coming months we will have a series of three interviews with former BRM mechanics who worked with the team during the beginning, middle and end of the marque’s history in Grand Prix motor racing. The first of these interviews is with Richard “Dick” Salmon, now in his 92nd...
Following the demise of motor racing during the Second World War years, there were those enthusiastic individuals, at a very...
Ed Leavens’ career in racing could be compared to an iceberg where 9/10ths of the details of his career lie...
1964 World Champion Our Ed McDonough had the opportunity to interview John Surtees on a number of occasions, investigating how Surtees had his first test in a Formula One car in a Vanwall, and later became the only person ever to race Vanwall’s short-lived rear-engine car in 1961. As part...
