Jo Siffert Peter Revson 1 Pedro and Ricardo Rodriguez drive a NART Ferrari 250 GTO to victory in the 1000K...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These early innovators are in an elite club, their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the racing...
October 2016 Formula One The Knowledge By David Hayhoe If ever you wanted to study the records of the past...
1976 Cheetah Mk6 AF2 Fifteen years is a long time in the automotive world, and I suspect that within the evolution of the racing car it’s probably a number of generations. At one point in time, I had the pleasure of being behind the wheel of a 1961 open-wheeler that...
Not only did Rubens win 11 Grands Prix, competing in more of them than any other driver, came 2nd in...
September 2016 Into the first corner of the 1980 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami, Jean-Pierre Jabouille’s Renault RE20 leads...
September 2016 XKSS Recreation Dear Editor, As the former owner of the real Steve McQueen XKSS for over 15 years before vending it to Robert Petersen, I think it is a weak attempt to capitalize on the past glory of the company to produce any “replica, new confutation, tribute or...
Karl Kling David Brown 1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio race in Italy (1907)....
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
September 2016 Lotus 18 Colin Chapman’s U-turn By Mark Whitelock Deciding on a theme, title or subject for a book can be the first obstacle that an author can find insurmountable. However, Marc Whitelock returned to his childhood and first motor racing memories when deciding to write about the Lotus...
Christopher Arthur Amon MBE died this morning at the age of 73 in Rotorua Hospital in New Zealand, having battled...
Oscar Wilde wrote, “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” This sounds a lot like the car hobby to me. In April, I received a series of emails from Jeffrey Turner of Melbourne, Australia, regarding a racecar he acquired in 2005. Turner wrote, “Having read many ‘Hidden Treasures’ columns...
Battle of Beltoise Photo: Roger Dixon Dear Editor, Thanks to Mike Jiggle for his response on my letter (June 2016...
Giuseppe Campari Riddelle Gregory 3 The ISRS race at Zolder, Holland, is won by Didier Theys and Freddy Lienhard, driving...
The under two-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953-1961, the Speedworld Challenge in 1962-1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964-1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. This...
Mallala Motorsport Park, Mallala, South Australia April 23–24, 2016 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Formula 1: All the Races, 1950-2015 By Roger Smith With the Formula One World Championship celebrating its 65th year and...
• Watkins Glen International has announced that Jaguar Cars North America will sponsor the United States Vintage Grand Prix weekend, one of the largest vintage racing events on the national calendar, September 9-11, 2016. Jaguar has a storied history at Watkins Glen, and SVRA’s U.S. Vintage Grand Prix presented by...
Teams from New Zealand and Australia drove away with top honors in this year’s Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, as...
The world of Formula One enjoyed a jolt of much needed excitement during the recent Spanish Grand Prix, when young...
Of Bastards & Wenches Photo: Vince Johnson Dear Editor, Well done. Loved your responses to the letters regarding the “Glorious Illegitimate Child” and the “Wench Included”! Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers...
Denny HulmePhoto: Hal Crocker Jim ClarkPhoto: Trevor Taylor Collection 2 The TWR Jaguar XJR-6 is driven for the first time...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Foyt, Andretti, Petty: America’s Racing Trinity By Bones Bourcier As we know, racing is a sport that has a way of destroying its heroes, building them up in our eyes before snatching them away with some inexplicable accident. How fortunate we are then, that these three kings of that sport—A.J....
• The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) presented John Mecom Jr. with its Bob Russo Heritage Award at...
As a packed house assembled at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway last Sunday morning, the hours leading up to the 100th...
Niki Lauda came back into Grand Prix racing, because he could! It has been suggested that he needed the money, or was bored with retirement, but whatever the reasons he certainly believed that McLaren could do the job. Above all, he felt sure he could. I think the real story...
