Photo: Pete Austin Lawrence Bond was a stubborn man who often as not was unwilling to compromise on his ideas. He...
Von Neumann winning the main event at Torrey Pines in 1952 with his topless Porsche Le Mans Coupe. John Von...
Don Nichols Don Nichols is one of only three Americans ever to field a winning car in a World Championship Formula One Grand Prix—omitting, of course, the 10 years when the Indy 500 was a World Championship counter. Like Dan Gurney and Roger Penske, the other two, he is an...
Surtees qualified his Ferrari 158 5th for the 1964 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch and drove up to finish...
Martin BrundlePhoto: Mike Jiggle In 1982, BP took me to F3 full-time. I finished 2nd in my first F3 race...
Photo: Pete Austin Without a doubt my greatest racecar has to be the Matra 670. Matra worked so much since 1966 to prepare that car. Their evolution came from racing in F3, F2 and F1. The Le Mans car was a most fantastic car; it was very different and a...
Mike Lawrence The size and shape of drivers is becoming an issue under the new regulations for Formula One. In...
Tom Havlasek was born in Brno, Czech Republic, and since childhood has enjoyed motorsport, keeping in close contact with it...
For the Anerley Trophy Formula Junior race at Crystal Palace on June 3, 1963, the Start of the first heat featured the Brabhams of Frank Gardner (25), Paul Hawkins (26) and Denis Hulme (24) on the front row. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Then. Lyn Smith majored in education at Akron University but says he would have wound up in jail had he...
Photo: Casey Annis Dirty Numbers Dear Editor, Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Jo Siffert Andy Granatelli 1 Al Holbert, Chip Robinson, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr. drive the Löwenbrau Porsche 962 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1987). 5 Malcolm Campbell drives his Napier-Campbell to a World Land Speed record of 256.086 mph (1931). Become a Member & Get...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
Sears Point Raceway, Sonoma, CA October 4–6, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Virginia International Raceway, Alton, VA September 27–29, 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 on...
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT October 12–13, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
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Silverstone, Northants, UK October 19, 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 on partner products....
Colin Chapman The Comic Strip Biography Published by Haynes Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Thanks to our South Pacific Editor Patrick Quinn for discovering this one, a(nother) lap (or two) of Germany’s notorious Nordschleife...
• Stu Hilborn, widely known as the Father of Fuel Injection, has passed away at the age of 96. While in the U.S. Air Force during WWII, Hilborn devised a new way of increasing fuel flow to internal combustion engines, and his mechanical fuel injection system revolutionized the auto racing...
The be-winged BMW 3.0 CSLs that American fans quickly dubbed “Batmobiles” and which took U.S. racing by storm in the...
1971 Datsun 510.Photo: Michael Casey-DiPleco The Sports Car Vintage Racing Association’s inaugural Vintage Racing National Championships, held at the Circuit...
Photo: Pete Austin The VR European team was out in force for the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show at Birmingham’s National Event Centre. The main display featured Jim Clark’s 1963 World Championship-winning Lotus 25 (above) together with Cedric Selzer—Clark’s number one mechanic that season—who was selling and signing his recent...
The King of the Mountains is dead. Mauro Nesti, 78, winner of eight European Hill Climb Championships—six of them in...
Photo: Jim Williams In honor of its centennial year, luxury Italian sports car brand Maserati has been named Featured Marque...
Terry Cordy (left) of Eberhard watches and Kevin Wheatcroft hold the Nuvolari plaque with the Maserati 8CM in the background.Photo: Pete Austin To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Tazio Nuvolari’s famous victory at Donington Park in the 1938 Grand Prix, a new plaque has been struck and unveiled at the...
Photo: Matt Sills “Addicted to Winning—the Unbeatable Champions of Motor Sport” has been announced as the theme for the 2014...
