A new event in the British racing calendar took place in July 1973, the Avon Motor Tour of Britain. The...
A racing friend of mine was recently lamenting the fact that he was turning 50 this year. “I think you’re...
Back in the early 1950s I was racing my own Cooper 500 fairly successfully. I managed to beat the works team a couple of times, and I got noticed. Colin Chapman was looking for another driver. The people who did most of the sponsorship in those days, probably the only...
As I write this column in late April, the mass media is full of stories about Ayrton Senna. I must...
This large painting study was inspired by my first visit to Lime Rock Park 17 years ago. I couldn’t believe...
Richard Petty Antonio Ascari 3 Mark Donohue wins the USAC Champ Car race at Pocono, Pennsylvania, for Team Penske’s first Champ Car victory (1971). 4 Frank Verbeck wins $50,000 when he drives a Fiat to victory in the 444-mile Pan-Pacific Road Race from Los Angeles to Sacramento. Longest race on...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Speaking to a room packed with eager ears, Vic Elford was well into a detailed description of how he used...
Donington Park, England April 11, 2004 Tim Bishop in his 1960 Sauter-DKW Formula Junior is followed by Michael Ashley-Brown’s 1959 Volpini F.Jr.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...
California Speedway, Fontana, California March 20-22, 2004 The 1994 Arrows F1 of Imran Husain. Photo: Wayne Kitano Become a Member...
July 2004 Maserati Tipo 63.64.65 Birdcage to Supercage By Willem Oosthoek Sometimes you have to applaud the publisher who will stick his corporate neck out and produce a book which has only a limited niche market. Such is the case with Oosthoek’s debut masterwork on the rear-engine Birdcage Maseratis. However,...
This month’s featured Web site is devoted to the many models of MG cars spanning from 1928 to today. This...
Hundreds of enthusiasts attended the Donington Grand Prix Collection on May 1st to witness circuit owner Tom Wheatcroft and his...
The two-car historic Mustang GTP effort of Americans Richard and Benton Bryan made their European debut at the Group C/GTP organization’s May 7–9 race at Spa Francorchamps. The Bryans, of Knoxville, Tennessee have been ardent supporters and competitiors of the Group C/GTP group, having run many races with them in...
Former Formula Atlantic champion Bill Brack (1974–1975) has announced the formation of a new Historic Formula Atlantic Association, which will...
Millions of roadside spectators had cheered the 2004 Mille Miglia Storica and its 375 cars and crews from 30 different...
HSR-West has announced that it will be holding a special round of the BOSS Super Cup Series at Sonoma, California’s Infineon Raceway (Sears Point) on October 30–31. This special race will be open to all Formula One, F5000, F3000, F-Holden, Indy and Indy Lights cars. Entries are limited for this...
Notre Dame’s Snite Museum of Art will open a special exhibit called “Art of the National Sports Car” on June...
Long Beach celebrated 30 years of racing on its famous street circuit with a full weekend of fierce competition that...
1959 Old Yeller Mk II As with so many of the great racecars and specials of the ’50s, the success and genesis of the famed Old Yellers rests with a single talented individual, Max Balchowsky—or more properly, Max and his wife Ina. Max Balchowsky was born on January 15, 1924...
FORMULA ONE & TWO AT REIMS, 1958 | It could never happen now. Ian Burgess was a works Cooper driver...
Ian Walker has been in and around motor racing for over 50 years. He started as a competitor but was...
I’m currently in the process of filing a lawsuit against Honda and Toyota, but it also looks like I might have to add a few other manufacturers onto my list. I don’t necessarily want to exert my legal rights, but I feel that these corporations have gone too far and...
My first good job after college was designing suspension bits for Traction-Master Co. Later in 1968, I became a small...
Although better known for his successes in open-wheeled racers, Mario Andretti won the 1972 12-hr Sebring race on March 25th in his Ferrari 312PB sports car (s/n 0882). Andretti partnered Jackie Ickx for the race in the no. 2 car shown here just leading the 312PB of Clay Regazzoni/Brian Redman...
Bruce McLaren Jean Alesi 1 Rudolph Caracciola, driving a Fanfir, finishes 4th in his first auto race at Avus, in...
The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of international...
Pete Lyons Fifty years—let’s set the old timescope at that fulsome number today. It’s been a long time since 1954, yet it’s still within reach of mind—of mine, anyway. For me, photographs of that age have eerie dual powers—they depict a world so distant as to seem alien, yet often...
