Not only was the Australian motor sport community deeply saddened by the death of F.A.O. “Tony” Gaze on July 29...
Photo: Pete Austin Jonathon Williams Dear Editor, In regards to Jonathon Williams’ piece on De Tomaso, John Mecom did not...
Karl Kling Mark DonohuePhoto: Hal Crocker 1 Ronnie Peterson drives a Tecno to victory in the F3 race at Skarpnack in Stockholm, Sweden (1968). 3 Paul Tracy wins the CART Champ Car race through the streets of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2000). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Corvette Racing By David Kimble As you readers may know, author Kimble is one of our industry’s finest cutaway artists,...
As the Corvette celebrates its 60th birthday, highlighted by featured marque status at a broad array of vintage events, demand for information about America’s iconic sports car is running high. This site offers what it claims to be “the world’s largest resource of data and photos for Corvette racecars.” The...
When the lights went out to start the 2013 Le Mans Legends race under rainy skies, Alex Buncombe’s pole-winning ’59...
• The Jaguar XK120 that Norman Dewis drove to set the production car land speed record of 172.412 mph on...
Mystery GT40 Dear Editor, While perusing Roadcar, on Page 49 (May 2013) I saw a picture of a white GT40 GT 108. I was wondering what, if any, relationship there is between that car and the two attached scans. They were taken at the October, 1965 Times GP with Chris...
Alberto Ascari Ayrton SennaPhoto: Maureen Magee 1 The Ford Sierra Cosworth is homologated for Group A Touring Car racing (1987)....
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
Phillip Island GP Circuit, Victoria, Australia March 8–10, 2013 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 our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts...
holman-moody: The Legendary Race Team By Tom Cotter and Al Pearce This second edition of a book originally published more...
Readers of this magazine should be familiar with the work of Jesse Alexander, one of America’s foremost motorsports photographers. As...
Photo: Alejandro Ibanez The man who scored Ferrari’s very first Formula One World Championship victory, Argentinian Jose Froilan Gonzalez, has died at the age of 90 in Buenos Aires. Gonzalez, nicknamed the Pampas Bull for his physical presence and his muscular driving style, made his F1 debut in 1950 at...
Former F1 and endurance racer Howden Ganley has received his homeland’s highest motor racing honor, joining former inductees Bruce McLaren,...
• Northern California’s Classic Sports Racing Group will host its 10th Annual Charity Challenge at Sonoma Raceway on the weekend...
Historics or Hysterics? Dear Editor, Bravo Harlan Halsey! A letter—actually a mini-article—over a page in length and I agree with all of it! Am I just mellowing, or does the dear man speak the truth? Look, I’m glad to see just about anything out on a road course. And I don’t want to...
A.J. Foyt Mike Costin 1 A.J. Foyt drives a Coyote-Foyt to victory in the USAC Championship race at Pocono, Pennsylvania,...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Amédée Gordini – a true racing legend By Roy Smith The complete story of Amédée Gordini, a man often called “The Sorcerer,” is available for the first time in English as author Smith seeks to emulate his previous books on the Alpine sports prototypes and Renault’s turbocharged F1 engine program....
Safe Is Fast is a site presented by the Road Racing Drivers Club and supported by the FIA Institute for...
• One of the keys to the success of Jim Hall’s Chaparral Cars, Troy Rogers, has passed away at the...
1981 Ralt RT3. Photo: Peter Collins If you were racing a Formula Three car between late 1979 to the end of 1984 there really was only one car to choose—the Ralt RT3. Designed by Ron Tauranac, the Ralt RT3 was a class apart. From its first appearance in 1979 to its...
De Palma, his riding mechanic alongside, guides his factory Vauxhall over the 37.631-km Circuit de Lyon during the 1914 French Grand Prix, a race run barely a month before the onset of WWI. One of the greatest, and nice with it—that was Ralph De Palma. He won well over 2,500...
The Anglo-European Trophy, Brands Hatch, September 14, 1963. Tim Mayer was a very talented young American driver and the brother...
Drinking & Driving Photo: The Klemantaski Collection Dear Editor, In my dreams! The photo of the Aston at Spa in ’49 [Fast Exposure, April 2013]! That’s the way racing should be! It’s reminiscent of the photo of somebody being handed a Coke at Bivio Polizzi on the Targa Florio circuit—could it have...
