Giovanni Bracco Biography He was born at Cossila near Biella, Italy, on the 6th of June 1908. At the ripe...
Driver Profiles
Profiles of past and present automotive personalities. The drivers who risked their lives in the early days to the engineers who creatively changed the world of automobiles, this is a celebration of the people who played a major role in the world we love.
Antonio Brivio Biography Born in Biella, Italy to an aristocratic family on the 27th of December 1905 the Marchese “Tonino”...
Giuseppe Campari Biography Born Cavaliere Giuseppe Campari near the city of Lodi southwest of Milan, as a teenager he went...
Eugenio Castellotti Biography Eugenio Castellotti was born in Milan but grew up in Lodi. When he was still only 20...
Carlo Pintacuda Biography Born in September 18, 1900, Florence, Italy Pintacuda held a steering wheel for the first time at...
Piero Taruffi Biography Piero Taruffi was born in Rome, Italy on October 10th, 1906. Like many of his peers Taruffi...
Giannino Marzotto Biography He was born at Valdagno on 13 April 1928, the son of the king of the Italian...
Luigi Villoresi Biography Luigi Villoresi was born in Milan, Italy on May 16th, 1909. Nicknamed “Gigi” he came from a...
Ferdinando Minoia Biography Ferdinando Minoia was born in Milan on June 2, 1884. Known by his friends as Nando, he...
Notable Mille Miglia Drivers – The History In our ongoing series on the History of the Mille Miglia, we take...
Paul Ernst Strahle, one of the most successful racing drivers during the 1950s and 1960s, passed away October 27, 2010...
Interview and photos by Dennis Gray Bruce Canepa has been involved with automobiles in one fashion or another nearly all...
Brian Redman Talks – Redman in Redmond By Jay Gillotti and photos by Curtis Creager We were greatly honored to...
Ralph DePalma Biography Before the world knew of the Andretti brothers there was another American of Italian immigrant parents by...
By Will Silk Belgium is a nation that many will associate with some of the finest racing drivers ever to...
By Will Silk Tom Walkinshaw passed away December 12th, 2010 at just 64 years of age after a battle with...
Felice Nazzaro Biography He was called the sport’s first racing super star when in 1925 he retired from frontline racing...
Today would have marked the 100th birthday of Fritz “Huschke“ von Hanstein, one of the greatest personalities in the company...
Interview and photos by Dennis Gray (unless noted) On Tuesday between the Pre-Reunion and the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, Cris...
Interview and photos by Dennis Gray Steve Davis of Carmel, California spends many weekends at the helm of a Eagle...
By Cary Estes The movie character Michael Corleone once famously said of being in the mob, “Just when I thought...
Phil Hill Biography Overshadowed by his fellow Americans Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt it was Phil Hill who became America’s...
Hermann Lang Biography Born in 1909, Lang’s career started like many other drivers, on motorcycles. While the majority of the...
Interview and photos (unless noted) by Dennis Gray Martin Swig is a San Francisco Bay Area-based vintage racer, car collector...
Interview by Will Silk and photos courtesy of Forgotten Fiberglass Chuck Tatum was what you could say “at the right...
By Paolo D’Alessio and edited by Louis Galanos Gianpiero Moretti is the last real “gentleman driver” of our times. During...
By Art Evans I was saddened to learn that Pete Lovely died on May 16, 2011. He was a wonderful...
Juan Manuel Fangio (June 24, 1911 – July 17, 1995) was a racing car driver from Argentina, who dominated the...
Interview by Will Silk and photos from Chuck Jones The name Chuck Jones is one that perhaps failed to capture...
The Best Finnish Grand Prix Drivers Since the Formula One championship began in 1950, only nine drivers from Finland have...
Achille Varzi Biography The mist rose from the wet track as the famous 44 year old racing driver, immaculate both...
Nelson Piquet Biography Nelson Piquet was born on August 17, 1952 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The son of a...
Derek Bell celebrated his 70th birthday on 31 October 2011. Born in Pinner, Middlesex, Great Britain in 1941, Bell is...
Report by Art Evans and photos as noted On the night of November 10, 2011 a Tribute to Phil Hill...
Noted Ferrari coachbuilder Sergio Scaglietti passed away November 20, 2011 at 91 years of age. Scaglietti gained Enzo Ferrari’s trust...
Jim Rathmann, winner of both the 1960 Indianapolis 500 and the international 500-mile “Race of Two Worlds” in 1958 at...
Richard Seaman Biography Born on 4 February 1913 to wealthy parents, Seaman fell in love with cars as a schoolboy....
Notable American Grand Prix Drivers Michael Andretti The son of a racing legend, Michael Andretti was the Indy Car Champion...
With over 50 years in motorsports – as a driver and team owner – American A. J. Foyt’s remarkable career...
By William Edgar | Photographs as Credited It was July 19, 1974 that I really got to know John Young...
