In 1955 Denis Jenkinson wrote of the EMW sports racers: “By comparison, the well-known 300 SLR Mercedes-Benz sports cars have...
Lotus—The Early Years An in-depth look at the formative years of Lotus from 1951-1954. Peter Ross examines the men and cars that took Lotus from a backyard hobby, to one of racing’s most prestigious brands. Harbound, 210 pages. $64.95 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Out of all the competitors who raced at that very first 1948 road race at Watkins Glen, there are perhaps...
It was really very gratifying to have received so much positive feedback on the “Absent Friends” feature that we ran...
Sir Jackie Stewart This Audi TT is a car capable of being driven on or pretty close to the limit. It’s a well-balanced car, turbo-charged with four-wheel drive, with higher performance than you would get in a “normal” TT. It’s been created for the driving school at Silverstone, so it...
Jenks used to write pieces titled, “Pity the Poor Historian”, where he would list, say, the conflicting reasons for a...
Colin Chapman Keke Rosberg 2 Roger Penske drives a Ferrari 250 GTO to victory in the Tourist Trophy race at Nassau in the Bahamas (1962). 3 Wendell Scott, the first African-American NASCAR racer, dies of spinal cancer at age 69 (1990). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) was cosanctioned by the SCCA and CASC; it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited”...
Shanghai’s gaudy new, $300-million supercircuit, home of the first-ever Grand Prix in China, has a truly distinctive first turn complex....
Watkins Glen, New York September 9-12, 2004 The 1960 Lotus 18 F1 of Charles McCabe. Photo: Jay Texter 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...
Lime Rock Park, Connecticut September 3-6, 2004 The 1937 BMW 328 of David George leads the 1933 MG L1 of...
Chichester, England September 3–5, 2004 Rene Arnoux enjoys a playful moment in the Goodwood heat. Photo: Peter Collins Become a...
December 2004 Speed in Sweden—A Century of Swedish Motorsport By Björn Tiedemann, et al. While it is easy to overlook frosty Sweden as a hotbed of motorsport history and activity, the truth is that Sweden has enjoyed a wide variety of motorsport for more than 100 years. Speed in Sweden...
With more than 60 chapters across the U.S. and Canada, Jaguar Clubs of North America is undoubtedly one of the...
The final round of the Motor Racing Legends Pre-War Sports Car Series 2004, held at Spa September 17–18, was narrowly...
The 2004 Goodwood Revival set records for attendance and was completely sold out well before the September 3–5 event. A revised program saw qualifying on Friday, which made for a much more relaxed weekend for drivers, although many of them would have preferred to be driving rather than walking...
After a 15-year hiatus, organizers have recently announced a four-race Healey Challenge series will take pace in 2005, pitting American...
A speed hillclimb at Harewood in Yorkshire, England was the climax of a week’s celebration by the Vintage Sports Car...
Ray Heppenstall, creator of the innovative Howmet TX turbine-powered sports car, has passed away at the age of 73. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1931, Heppenstall liked to joke that his family was “…in the iron and steel business—my mom ironed and my dad stole…” Fascinated with the automobile from...
A world-record price of £4.18 million paid for a 1929 Mercedes-Benz sports car boosted the Bonhams Goodwood Revival sale on...
1965 Shelby GT350R When Ford introduced the first Mustang to the American public in 1964, the company knew it had...
Graham Hill, in the Ron Tauranac–designed Brabham BT36 Formula Two car, leads John Cannon’s March 712 around North Tower Corner during the 1971 Crystal Palace F2 International. Photo: Peter Collins Right, let’s get the name figured out straight away: Ralt stands for Ronald Austin Lewis Tauranac. Who’s he? Well, actually,...
Australian racer Warwick Brown has had a racing career marked by extreme highs and lows. His career highlights are marked...
I have to confess that it almost slipped by me! After the Monterey Historics and a slug of summer events,...
In 1963, three Willment-run cars were taken to South Africa for the South African season—a Lotus Cortina, a Ford Galaxie and the Cobra GT I am running at the Goodwood Revival in 2004! There were several drivers and we used to just switch drivers and switch races. I drew the...
At the moment, Michael Schumacher is setting records, that will never be beaten. How can I be so sure? The...
Frank Williams of Williams Grand Prix Engineering had long coveted the idea of having Ayrton Senna drive one of his Formula...
Tazio Nuvolari Whitney Straight 5 Roy Thomas, designer of Titan formula racers, dies of complications from lung cancer (2001). 6 Joe Nikrent drives a Buick to victory in the Los Angeles-to-Phoenix race. Nikrent covers the 480 miles in 19 hours and 13 minutes for an average speed of 24.98 mph...
