As I sit down to write this month’s column, Halloween quickly approaches. The stores are jammed to the gunnels with...
He was elusive. Confined to a wheelchair, but more difficult to pin down than most people with the full use...
Tim Schenken I came from the Brabham team in 1971 into the Surtees team for 1972 to partner Mike Hailwood. The year 1971 had been a mixed season for me. I finished in the top 10 and had a really good 3rd place in Austria behind Jo Siffert in the...
In my era, the greatest car was definitely that Lancia Fulvia…the HF. I remember driving one and thinking, “Oh goodness,...
Sports car racing in the U.S. during the ’50s was unique. It was very different from the American circle-track or...
It has become a given that a driver’s main rival is his teammate and I have been pondering when this idea emerged. There have been instances of teammates being very close friends and the late Chris Nixon celebrated the bond between Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins in his superb book,...
The 1000 km of Spa-Francorchamps; Spa-Francorchamps, May 9, 1971. The Ferrari 312PB driven by Jackie Ickx and Clay Regazzoni rounds La...
Carlo Abarth Tazio Nuvolari 1 American sports-car builder Bill Devin dies (2000). 5 Roy Thomas, designer of Titan formula racers, dies of complications from lung cancer (2001). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Racing lays down rich strata of history with every passing season, but even though their glory days mostly lie four...
Brands Hatch, England July 23–24, 2005 David Bennet’s Aston Martin DB4 leads Matthew Newman’s Alfa Romeo Giulia GTV and Robert Barrie’s Porsche 911S into Stirling’s. 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...
Monza, Italy July 9, 2005 Claude Ruiz-Picasso in the Porsche 908/2 that finished 3rd overall in the 1969 Paris 1000-kms....
Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, PA July 16–17, 2005 The 1963 Daimler SP250 of Charles Magby. Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become a Member...
Monterey, California August 19–21, 2005 The 1971 Chevron B-19 of Jonathan Feiber. Photo: Jim Williams 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 access to all...
November 2005 Vukovich By Bob Gates With wins at Indianapolis in 1953 and 1954, it looked as if Bill Vukovich...
The 32nd running of the Monterey Historics on Aug. 19–21, paid tribute to the engineering and ingenuity of American road...
With six auctions over a long four-day weekend, the Monterey weekend has in recent years become the benchmark and focal point for classic car sales. Last year’s combined auctions shocked many pundits when over $48 million worth of cars traded hands. However, if you had predicted that this year’s sales...
Now in its third year, “The Quail” has quickly risen to become one of the highlights of the Monterey Historics...
The Donington Grand Prix Collection put their first works Renault Formula 1 car on show during the “World Series by...
The rolling celebration of the 40th anniversary since Derek Bennett created the Chevron marque pitched up at its spiritual home at Oulton Park’s Gold Cup event in Northeast England on August 28–29. Two races for closed- and one for open-wheeled Chevrons headed a traditionally varied Historic Sports Car Club program....
Sam Posey and his 1967 Caldwell D-7 were reunited for demonstration laps at the Rolex Vintage Festival Presented by BMW...
The featured marques for the 2006 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will not only include French manufacturers Voisin and Delahaye, but...
1952 Ferrari 500/625 Ascari. Taruffi. Villoresi. Farina. Hawthorn. Trintignant. Maglioli. Gonzales. Mieres. Whitehead. Siracusa. Pau. Marseilles. Bremgarten. Sables d’Olonne. Naples. Monaco. Ardmore. Wigram. Invercargill. Johannesburg. Salisbury. Limpopo. Rafaella. El Pinar. Buenos Aires. Interlagos. Montevideo. Cordoba. This is the pedigree of the car you see in front of you. It was...
Few would argue with the notion that Tazio Nuvolari was one of the five greatest racing drivers of all time;...
As manager of racing public relations for Goodyear, Bill Neely accumulated a lot of interesting and outrageous stories—especially from the...
I always dread Mondays. How is it that in the two short days that you and everyone else is out of the office so many things can go to hell in a handbasket? And so it was that on Monday, July 18, I stumbled into the office and fired up...
One of my favorite motor racing personalities was Piers Courage, a talented young gentleman racer, as well as a member...
When Ferrari decided to withdraw from the sports car championship for 1974, there were a lot of drivers on the...
I think you have to base your answer to the question, “What is the greatest racing car?” on your own experience. I can’t go back and say, “It was Schumacher’s 2004 car” because I didn’t drive it and don’t know what the competition was like. If I had to pick...
