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...
June 2004 Vanwall—Green for Glory By Ed McDonough When most enthusiasts of ’50s British motorsport, think about the consummate Grand Prix car of the period, the name Vanwall invariably rises to the top of the list. Created by industrialist Tony Vandervell, the Vanwall Grand Prix effort was Vandervell’s answer to...
Ever wanted to know where you can race in Angola, or what the course at Charade looks like turn by...
Unbelievable as it may seem, the Ferrari 250 GTO was designed by Sergio Scaglietti in just over two weeks. Il...
John Fitch Tony Adamowicz 2 Tony Adamowicz, racer and founding vice president of the Polish Racing Drivers Association, is born (1941). 4 Six-time IMSA Camel GT champion and two-time SCCA Trans-Am champion Peter Gregg is born in New York City (1940). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
May 2004 Women in Motorsport From 1945 By Susan TP-Jamieson and Peter Tuthill The topic of women in motorsport is...
As historic racing participants we often go to great lengths—and spend a great deal of time—attempting to recreate racing history. We spend countless hours researching our cars’ histories; we spend thousands of dollars restoring our cars to period-correct configuration and—with those who are more zealous—we even go so far as...
Walter Hayes Paddy Hopkirk 1 Count Eliot Zborowski is killed in an accident during La Turbie Hillclimb at Nice, France...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsport: the World...
April 2004 From R to GT3R: The Racing Porsches 911 & 930 By John Starkey Hats off to John Starkey for having the gumption to take on the daunting task of attempting to chronicle all of the racing 911s and 930s for the last 50 years. As even the most...
This month’s featured Web site was created by a British group of enthusiasts dedicated to preserving the U.K.’s motor racing...
Although all paintings are unique, periodically an artist is given the opportunity to work on a special project. When the...
Mike Hailwood Lucien Bianchi 3 Future Indianapolis car racer Joe Leonard wins the Daytona 200 motorcycle race on the beach at Daytona, Florida (1957). 4 F1 World Champion Jim Clark is born (1936). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the...
After some fifty years of automotive racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
March 2004 Maserati: A Racing History By Anthony Pritchard This new book, by noted author and historian Anthony Pritchard, chronicles the design, development and competition history of one of the most venerable names in motorsport history—Maserati. Starting with the brothers Maserati’s first racing entry in the 1926 Targa Florio road...
Founded in 1911 by a Japanese engineer trained in the United States, the Datsun Motor Car Company ranks as one...
Lance Reventlow Enzo Ferrari 1 Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons drive their Penske-prepared Lola T70 coupe to victory in the 24-Hours of Daytona (1969). 4 Malcolm Campbell sets a Land Speed Record of 174.833 mph in his Bluebird at Pendine Sands, Wales (1927). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
In this guide we are going to cover the popular single-seater series of Formula B, Formula Atlantic and Formula Two....
February 2003 Formula A and Formula 5000 in America By Wolfgang Klopfer From 1968 to 1976, open-wheeled road racing was...
Luigi Fagioli Biography Luigi Fagioli was born on June 9th, 1898 to a wealthy family in the small city of Osimo, in the Marche region of central Italy. His family was in the business of manufacturing pasta which allowed him to pursue a racing career though he studied accounting just...
I sat on my living room floor and asked myself, “Is this how it all started for Mario, Keke and...
Pedro Rodriguez A.J. Foyt 1 FIA declares there can be sponsorship on cars participating in racing they sanction, provided the sponsor’s logo is no larger than one square foot (1968). 2 Pedro Rodriguez wins the South African Grand Prix driving a Cooper-Maserati. First F1 win for Rodriguez and last for...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
January 2004 Race Legends of the Fabulous Fifties By Art Evans For many racers and fans the 1950s harbor a...
Starting as early as 1903, the hills outside of Stuttgart, Germany were used for racing. First it was bicycles, followed by motorcycles and eventually automobiles. As time progressed, the track that came to be known as “Solitude” evolved from a hillclimb course to a full FIA-sanctioned road course. Between 1953...
