Story by Louis Galanos | Photos as credited In 1962 I was a junior in high school and living in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, a small anthracite coal mining town, on the Susquehanna River in north east Pennsylvania. During the previous three summers my father would take my brothers and me to the Giants' Despair Hillclimb just outside Wilkes-Barre where motorsports legends like Carroll Shelby, Roger Penske and Oscar … [Read more...]
Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2016 – Report and Photos
The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2016 was held January 30-31 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The 12-turn, 3.56-mile track is made up of portions of the NASCAR tri-oval and an infield road course. Under sunny Florida skies, 54 cars fittingly started the 54th edition of the endurance race at 14.40 EST on Saturday 30 January. As the race began the teams and drivers set out to go the … [Read more...]
Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2016 – Preview
A solid international field is set for the debut race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship -- the 54th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, which will be held January 30-31, 2016 at the 12-turn, 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The 54-car field with drivers representing 24 countries serves as the opening race for Daytona Rising, the $400 million grand re-opening of the … [Read more...]
1961 Sebring 12 Hours – Race Profile
Story by Louis Galanos | Photos as credited By March of 1961 the controversy surrounding the poorly reviewed 1960 Sebring 12 hour race was forgotten by most. Gone were any threats or boycotts by factory Ferrari and Porsche over the Sebring requirement, in 1960, that all entrants use Amoco gasoline. The Sebring track's major sponsor, the American Oil Company (Amoco), had withdrawn its sponsorship of the race … [Read more...]
Mercedes-Benz Wins 1955 Targa Florio
The Targa Florio was the decisive contest in the 1955 World Sports Car Championship. Under tremendous pressure to succeed at the final race of the season, Mercedes-Benz finished first and second with the 300 SLR, just enough to win the World Championship. 1955 was a year of top-drawer motorsport: Juan Manuel Fangio won his second Formula One world title in a Mercedes-Benz W 196 R. Werner Engel was the European … [Read more...]
Nardo Test Track Celebrates 40 Years
The Nardo Technical Center recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. Since its foundation on 1st July 1975 the testing centre in Apulia, Italy has been dedicated to cutting-edge development requirements. The high-speed circular track that is unique worldwide with a length of 12.6 kilometres was built to improve research and development processes by enabling vehicles to be tested under extreme conditions. Since 2012 … [Read more...]
1955 Mille Miglia Victory Celebrated
At the 2015 Mille Miglia retrospective, Mercedes-Benz celebrated the 60th anniversary of its famed overall win at the 1955 Mille Miglia. Three of the greatest heroes of the thousand-mile race in 1955 returned to the route between Brescia and Rome. Together with the legendary Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR (W 196 S) racing car, Mercedes-Benz racing drivers Sir Stirling Moss and Hans Herrmann remembered the 1955 race at this … [Read more...]
24 Hours of Le Mans 2015 – Report and Photos
The 24 Hours of Le Mans 2015 was held 13-14 June at the 38-turn, 8.469 mile Circuit de la Sarthe in France. Every race is special. Every race is different. Just when you think you might have seen it all the 24 Hours of Le Mans pulls another surprise. The 83rd edition packed action, drama and pathos into the daylong race that seems to last a week and for some is a year in the planning. In the end it appeared to be … [Read more...]
The Stars Come Out at Sebring
The first Sebring 12-hour race took place in March of 1951 and within a short ten-year period the annual racing event held on a former World War II training base for B-17 pilots and crews was being touted as the premier sports car event in North America. During those first ten years, and well into the 1960s and '70s, the Sebring race began to draw some of the most famous national and international drivers and cars … [Read more...]
And Then The Rains Came – 1965 Sebring 12 Hours Race Profile
And Then The Rains Came - The 1965 Sebring 12 Hours Grand Prix of Endurance Story by Louis Galanos | Photos as credited Whether driver, crew member, race official or spectator, no one who attended the 1965 running of the 12 Hours of Sebring will ever forget that race. A record crowd of over 50,000 race fans came expecting a race to remember, and the foremost sports car race in this country didn’t disappoint … [Read more...]
Hans Stuck Named Grand Marshal at 2015 Sebring 12 Hours
Three-time Sebring winner Hans Stuck will serve as Grand Marshal of the 63rd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, scheduled for March 21, 2015 at the 3.74-mile, 17-turn Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida. Stuck has a varied career in motor racing with 81 Formula One starts and numerous endurance racing wins, including twice at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. … [Read more...]
Sebring Saga – 1965 Sebring 12 Hours Profile
Sebring Saga - The Story of Two Bizzarrini Iso Grifos at the 1965 Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix By Louis Galanos | Photos as credited In March the Sebring International Raceway (SIR) will celebrate a couple of anniversaries that are part of the significant motorsports history of that legendary track. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first win by BMW with the overall honors going to British driver … [Read more...]
1973 Canadian Grand Prix – Race Profile
1973 Canadian Grand Prix - A Study in Firsts and Lasts Report and photos by Al Wolford The Canadian Grand Prix for 1973, held at the Mosport circuit on September 23, involved a number of firsts and last involving the Grand Prix circus and my photojournalism career. I'll start by saying that the event was my first Formula One race and my first attempt -- albeit with a used, off-brand 35mm camera -- at … [Read more...]
Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2015 – Report and Photos
The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2015 was held January 24-25 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The 12-turn, 3.56-mile track is made up of portions of the NASCAR tri-oval and an infield road course. Excitement at the 53rd Rolex 24 At Daytona went down to the wire. An engaging battle between the leading Prototypes was kept alive to the last by an incident bringing the safety car onto the … [Read more...]
1970 24 Hours of Daytona – Race Profile
1970 24 Hours of Daytona - Opening Round of the World Sportscar Championship By Louis Galanos | Photos as credited The ninth running of international sports car endurance racing at the Daytona International Speedway was historic as the new group 5 Porsche 917s and Ferrari 512s met for the first time in a battle for the 1970 FIA World Sportscar Championship (WSC). This fierce competition between Porsche and … [Read more...]
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