Danbury, West Virginia June 11–16, 2004 1959 Tornado Thunderbolt/Bob Wismer.Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
October 2004 The Art of the National Automobile—The Thomas Mittler Collection By Art Eastman Throughout the summer of 2004, five...
In 1956, Colin Chapman and Frank Costin sat down and penciled a new front-engined sports racer to be powered by the tidy and powerful Coventry Climax 1100 cc engine. This new car, dubbed the “Eleven”, featured a 70 lb tubular spaceframe reinforced with stressed aluminum panels and slippery Costin-designed aluminum...
1964 Formula One World Champion John Surtees was honored at a charity dinner held near Northampton, England on June 29....
On June 30th, the truck, trailer and racecar of historic racer Louie Shefchik, were brazenly stolen from the parking lot...
The 9th edition of the Silver Flag Hillclimb in early July was the largest and best yet of the historic event revived by Club Piacentino in Piacenza, Italy, organized by the enthusiastic Claudio Casale and his committee which spends an entire year getting many of the best historic cars in...
The main drive through the park of Lord March’s Goodwood House once again echoed to the sound of a wide...
The 5,000 enthusiasts who attended this year’s 17th annual ‘Eyes on Design’ car show, in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, were...
Racing his green MGA Coupe, Bill Bartlett won this year’s prestigious “Simms Cup” for MG racers, at Mosport, Ontario, in June. It’s awarded annually by the “Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada” at their Vintage Festival race. Bartlett is from Atlanta, Georgia, but his roots go back to Toronto where he grew up, not far from the Mosport track....
A great deal of work by Jim Graham and the Group C/GTP Racing Group resulted in an entry of 37...
Legendary racecar driver Mario Andretti has accepted the invitation to be the Grand Marshal of New York City’s 60th Columbus...
1971 Tecno F2 The brothers Pederzani—Gianfranco and Luciano—ran a hydraulic pump company in Bologna. In 1962, they started up a second company to manufacture racing karts, known as Tecnokarts. Amazingly, within ten years they constructed and ran an F1 car—some people would later say that they should have stuck to...
Tears streamed down a thousand faces in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris on September 9, 1945. Tears for the...
Bob Bondurant’s racing career has had many diverse facets including stints in small-bore production cars, big bangers such as the...
Can you hear that creaking sound? That’s the sound of me opening Pandora’s Box once again. At the risk of alienating oh, maybe 95% of our readership—I’m going to go out on a limb here and state that, in my opinion, Formula Ford drivers are among the best drivers in...
I guess I have done most types of motorsport at one time or another…trials, sprints, rallies, hill-climbs and races. I...
I first became interested in Formula One when my husband took me to the Monaco Grand Prix in 1982—the race in which there were several lead changes in the last laps and Ricardo Patrese was surprised to learn he had won when he crossed the finish line! We have since...
Jochen Rindt Richie Ginther 3 Ferdinand Porsche is born in Maffersdorf, Bohemia (1875). 3 First race at Monza, Italy, a...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
The happy driver you see here is not Henry Gritzback, aka “Grampa.” How I came to know that is a minor detective story I hope you’ll enjoy. My dad’s photo archive includes several thousand 4×5-inch negatives, many of which depict his lifelong enthusiasm for racing. According to Ozzie’s notes on...
Watkins Glen, NY June 3–6, 2004 The Morgan trike of Jeff Jacobsen. Photo: Jim Hatfield Become a Member & Get...
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA June 5–6, 2004 The 1958 Lister-Jaguar of Mark Colonna. Photo: Jim Williams Become a Member &...
Silverstone, England June 5–6, 2004 European Sports prototype trophy race. Carlos Barbot (ex-Bonnier) Lola T70 Mk.3B leads Sean Walker’s 1970 Chevron B16 FVC. Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers...
Summit Point Raceway, W.VA. May 16–19, 2004 The 1972 MGB GT of Les Gonda. Photo: Louiseann & Walt Pietrowicz Become...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI May 14–16, 2004 The 1963 Bobsy SR1 of “Duck Waddle.” Photo: Mark Scheuern Become a...
Monte Carlo, Monaco May 15–16, 2004 Paul Osborn, in the ex-Schumacher F2000 Brazilian GP winner, leads a 312T5 during the Ferrari Tribute.Photo: Peter Collins 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...
September 2004 Lotus Seven & The Independents By Dennis Ortenburger In 1957, Colin Chapman introduced the Lotus Seven and, in...
The legendary Mario Colucci has died at the age of 78. He was the man who converted most of the standard production Fiats and Simcas into Abarths that won over 7,300 races and hillclimbs between 1956 and 1971. Active until the last, Colucci, a self-effacing genius, had recently formed a...
