The Woodcote Cup; Goodwood, September 27, 1952. Tires smoking, the two works B.R.M.’s shoot off at the start. Nearest the...
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Bobby Allison Bill Kraus 1 Stefan Bellof dies from injuries sustained in the crash of his Porsche 956 during the...
Bruce Leslie McLaren won the first-ever Grand Prix of the United States in 1959, but really established his life’s legacy eight years later. It was September 3, 1967, at Road America, when his Can-Am team began a five-year run of dominance in the fastest kind of road racing the world...
Pau, France May 26–27, 2007 Nick Faure’s 356 is about to be devoured by the Lotus XI of Yannick Verhille...
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA June 1–3, 2007 Richard Griot’s 1964 Webster 001.Photo: Jim Williams Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Eastern Creek, Sydney, Australia April 28–29, 2007 Team Elite showing how it’s done. Brain Caldersmith (#14) and Bruce Mansell (#31).Photo: Peter Schell 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...
After 16 years and more than eight million competitor kilometers, the Targa Tasmania tarmac rally has become an eagerly anticipated...
1957 Kurtis Kraft 500G2 The author gets up to speed on the banking of England’s Rockingham Speedway. Photo: Mike Jiggle...
Talking with famed Indianapolis chassis builder A. J. Watson, the question arises about the front, twin air inlets—the signature of the Watson Roadster. The first four Watson Roadsters, of 1956–1958, had a single air inlet and chrome grille, so why the change? Surely it had some advantage. Was it the...
Jim Rathmann’s career in motor racing is marked not only by a hard-fought win in the 1960 Indy 500 but...
As we’ve done each of the ten years we’ve now been in publication, this month we focus all of the...
One was born in Shelbyville, Indiana, in 1902 and the other in a cramped workshop in Bologna, northern Italy, 35 years later. Yet, when the two came together, they astounded the world by winning the Indianapolis 500 twice, in 1939 and 1940. Wilbur Shaw built his first car when he...
Last year we celebrated a century of Grand Prix racing. The Grand Prix de l’Auto Club France was the first...
The German Grand Prix; Nürburgring, August 2, 1953. World Champion Alberto Ascari sits in his Ferrari 500/F2 in front of...
While every turn has technical challenges, there are very few corners anywhere that require equal measures of skill, perfection and testicular fortitude as the “Downhill” at Lime Rock Park. A major misconception about the Downhill is that it’s, well, downhill. The fact is, while the approach is steeply downhill, the...
Vincenzo Lancia Keith Duckworth 2 Jochen Rindt drives a Lotus 72-Ford to victory in the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim...
“Dinosaurs,” we called them, ridiculing their bulk, their weight, their mindless loyalty to outmoded dogma. Indy Roadsters; they were rife with front engines and beam axles and no clue about “Modern Engineering.” Hopelessly old-fashioned, they should be rolled aside and forgotten. That’s what we said at the time. Pete Lyons...
Morgan Park Queensland, Australia May 12–13, 2007 Looking menacing—the Auscam Mazda 600 of Barry Singleton.Photo: Damien Petrie Become a Member...
Over 1,000 friends and relatives attended the funeral of popular and talented British historic racer James Diffey in the country...
In April 1964, a new Gran Turismo racer 40-inches high rolled out of the Ford Advanced Vehicles factory in Slough, England, and in an inspired moment, Ford decided to call it the GT40. This whole project had been brought about by Ford’s failure to buy Ferrari in 1963, so it...
Jacques Laffite has enjoyed a reputation for many years as an open and straightforward person, willing to talk seriously about...
As I mentioned here, a few months ago, for several years I sorted the boxes of stuff that Eoin Young...
The Grand Prix de Reims; Reims-Geuex, July 6, 1947. Here is a classic Klemantaski portrait of Prince B. Bira in his Simca-Gordini before La Coupe des Petites Cylindrées which he was to win, leading a Gordini sweep of the first three places. Standing to Bira’s left is Amédée Gordini himself,...
With the European Grand Prix season upon us, few circuits command as much respect as the notorious Nürburgring. While the new...
Nino Vaccarella Ronnie Peterson 1 Ronnie Peterson wins the French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard in a John Player Special...
Mallala, South Australia April 7–8, 2007 Rod McMullin’s Ford A V8 Indy Racer leads John Payne’s MG J2 Midget.Photo: John Lemm 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...
Pocono, PA April 13–15, 2007 George Vapaa streaks by in his Lotus 7.Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get...
On April 27, Judy (Kondratieff) Ganley lost her valiant battle with cancer. Perhaps best known in recent years, as the...
This year’s 10th anniversary edition of the Techno-Classica show, held in Essen Germany, saw a total attendance of 154,300 enthusiasts visiting over 1,000 dealers and vendors from 15 different countries. The remarkable turnout was no surprise to Leon Franssen, managing director of organizers SIHA Ausstellungen Promotion GmbH, “Those important in...
