A.J. Foyt Pedro Rodriguez 2 Walter Sobraske, machinist for Miller, Schofield, Offenhauser and Meyer & Drake (later shop forman), born...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Wakefield Park, Goulburn, NSW, Australia September 24–25, 2011 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 on...
Evolution of the Porsche 911 In Competition–1965–2010 By Michael Keyser & Bill Oursler With distinction as the longest-lived sports car...
As you might expect for a site so named, Trackpedia offers a compendium of nearly 1000 racetracks around the world...
We called it the “Bruce and Denny Show,” and it was total dominance of the Can-Am Championship by McLaren Cars from 1967 to 1971, during which they won 43 of the series’ 71 races, 23 of them consecutively. It was an astounding performance in which New Zealander Bruce McLaren won...
Peter Gregg Dear Editor, I hope this note finds you well. Though I loved your magazine’s Hurley Haywood article, I’m even...
Lorenzo Bandini Adrian NeweyPhoto: Pete Austin 3 Stanley Dickens and Kunimitsu Takahashi win the 1000-kilometer All Japan Sportscar Championship race at...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although there was a basic set of rules, the cars had to be two-seaters with bodywork covering the wheels, have doors, a windscreen, brake lights, and various safety requirements. However, there...
That’s a question I found occupying (the few) idle moments of my mind during October’s Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV at...
Winton Rceway, Winton, Victoria, Australia August 12–14, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Formula One at Watkins Glen By Michael Argetsinger From its dustcover image of the opening lap of the 1967 United States Grand Prix to the closing photo of a leaping Tex Hopkins waving the checkered flag, this book takes you inside Watkins Glen during the circuit’s years as host of...
As outlined in this month’s Racecar Profile, the Formula Super Vee series served as an important rung on the racing...
Half a century ago, if your perfectly good sports car were damaged in an accident, you had options. One such...
Looking back, I have to say I enjoyed every moment of my racing career. From the first time I ever sat in a racing car I couldn’t believe something like this was happening to me. It was my hobby, my passion, and became my life. In Belgium I started as...
Helmets Make the Man Dear Editor I read Mike Lawrence’s “Helmets” column with great interest. I did my own helmet...
Gaston Chevrolet Peter Revson 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese GP and his first Formula One World Title at Suzuka...
From the very beginning of the automobile man built cars to compete, with a passion for speed and technology. These innovators are in an elite club, their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of true classic sports cars, genuine thoroughbreds. The development of the racing sports car can...
Morgan Park Raceway, Warwick, Queensland, Australia July 30–31, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Harnessing Horsepower – The Pat Moss Carlsson Story By Stuart Turner The name of Moss, of course, is written large...
The scheduled revival of Bahamas Speed Week, set for the end of November, has generated much interest in the history of the major league sports car racing that regularly took place in the islands during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Designed to help promote tourism in the islands, Speed...
Allan Tomlinson, winner of the 1939 Australian Grand Prix and perhaps Western Australia’s best racing driver, has passed away in...
Prior to 1980, I had raced in the United States on a few occasions—I’d done Daytona two or three times...
This original water color painting by Uli Ehret shows the IMSA GTX class Porsche 911 RSR driven by Larry Perkins, Gordon Spice and John Rulon-Miller, braking into Mulsanne Corner during the 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Charles Ivey Engineering team Porsche finished 14th overall and 2nd in class....
Lotus Bashing? Photo: Pete Austin Dear Editor, OK, we get it, Mike Lawrence doesn’t like Colin Chapman. Like all critics, Lawrence...
Jack Brabham Francois Cevert 2 Frank Griswold drives an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 to victory in the Junior Prix, the...
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 true classic sports cars, genuine thoroughbreds. The development of the racing sports car...
Eastern Creek International Raceway, Blacktown, NSW, Australia June 25–26, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Porsche by Mailander By Karl Ludvigsen Rodolfo Mailander was a German photographer whose work had already achieved a degree of...
When it comes to Porsche and racing, much has been written, both in print and online, about the Rennwagens from Zuffenhausen. But if you’re looking for either the big picture of Porsche’s 50-plus years in motorsport, or want a brief on nearly every incantation of racing Porsche, where better to...
