This BMW 3.0 CSL is the first of BMW’s world-famous Art Cars. Created in 1975, it was one of the...
“Who do you think you are? Stirling Moss?” This, so the story goes, is what a policeman asked the legendary British racing driver following a particularly ‘daring’ overtaking manoeuvre on the streets of London. “Yes sir, I am” was the honest reply. There’s a nod to this legendary tale –...
Brooklands Museum, the home of British motor racing, is celebrating the life of one of the UK’s greatest racing drivers,...
The legendary Sir Stirling Moss, who passed away at Easter 2020, will be commemorated at Goodwood’s headline motorsport events in...
The Goodwood Motor Circuit will forever be associated with Sir Stirling Moss, and Goodwood’s one-time only event next month – SpeedWeek presented by Mastercard – will mark the passing of one of Britain’s greatest drivers with a race named in his honor. The Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy will be presented...
On May 29, 1960, Sir Stirling Moss drove his Lotus 18 for almost three hours of punishing racing, battling through...
A prototype of the Maserati MC20, the new Maserati super sportscar, pays homage to Sir Stirling Moss, the British motor-racing...
Not long before his untimely death a few years ago, our Robert Newman wrote this tribute to his friend and hero Stirling Moss. As the director of Public Relations for Pirelli for many years, Robert worked with Moss on a variety of projects and came to know both Moss and...
In the 1950s, Britain struggled to find its place in Formula One racing. Fed up with BRM’s attempt, Tony Vandervell...
The final lap has been run and the chequered flag has fallen on the life and time of a man...
It was a word-of-mouth, invitation-only affair organized by his lovely wife Susie and a friend without Stirling Moss knowing a thing about it. No mean feat, considering about 400 people attended the celebration. How Susie kept the party from her husband I’ll never know, except that all the invitees were...
The year 2015 marked the 60th anniversary of Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson’s victory in the 1955 Mille Miglia, racing...
Photo: Kary Jiggle Initially, motor racing in Great Britain was, in the main, a rich man’s sport, entertainment for the aristocracy and directly related...
Twenty-three-year-old artist Masha Pasichnyk from Kiev, Ukraine, is on an extended tour of the USA at present under the guidance and representation of Orgeon-based automobile art dealer Steve Austin. This sketch captures Sir Stirling Moss in the aftermath of a race during his glory days, the coating of track grime...
Photo: Mike Jiggle It is almost safe to say that a Maserati saved the Grand Prix career of a promising...
The scene is just prior to the start of the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree, and local favorite Stirling...
My personal record with the Mercedes 300 SLR was six starts, three wins, two 2nd places and one “withdrawn when leading”…under protest. That was at Le Mans after the big crash when one of our cars was involved and the Mercedes board in Stuttgart decided to withdraw the other cars....
Stirling MossPhoto: Keith Booker I have had many co-drivers in my career…John Fitch, Juan Fangio, Peter Collins, Harry Schell, Tony...
British racing legend Sir Stirling Moss is recuperating after a three-story fall down the elevator shaft in his London home...
1960 Maserati Tipo 61 “Birdcage” Across the annals of automotive history, few families can lay claim to more engineering genius...
CAMORADI—an acronym for Casner Motor Racing Division—was formed by Lloyd “Lucky” Casner in late 1959. The intention was to win...
Moss at His Best When it was announced in 1958 that the capacity limit for Formula One would change from 2.5 liters to 1.5 liters for the 1961 season, many constructors thought the changes would never be implemented and that the “lack of power” from smaller engines would not be...
The Glover Trophy; Goodwood, April 2, 1956. One of Klemantaski’s great shots: Stirling Moss in his private Maserati 250F really...
1959 Cooper T-51 and 1960 Cooper T-53 The two Formula 1 Coopers you see here represent one of the key...
The 1959 Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo, May 10, 1959. Stirling Moss turning into the old Gasworks Hairpin at the end of the front straight along the harbor front. Moss qualified his Rob Walker-entered Cooper 51 on pole, the only competitor to get under 1:40. In the race it looked...
Juan Manuel Fangio was special. Not only as a racing driver but also as a human being. He was the...
1962 Ferrari 250 GTO There will be no cliches, euphemisms, over-emotional exaggerations, or use of the word “icon” in this...
I did 525 races. I had five wheels come off, I’ve had seven or eight brake failures, and I have had the steering shear twice…where I have been driving along and suddenly my arms crossed…that’s when you know something is wrong! The things you remember are the things that are...
