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The largest gathering of Porsche racecars—more than 550 from around the world—descended on Daytona International Speedway on April 23–25 for...
The Qvale Sebring MGBs By 1959, the MG Car Company was looking to update the somewhat dated and underpowered MGA sports car with a new more modern design that incorporated the latest unibody construction. This new project, code-named the EX 205, was given to Sydney Enver to design and would...
A new event in the British racing calendar took place in July 1973, the Avon Motor Tour of Britain. The...
A racing friend of mine was recently lamenting the fact that he was turning 50 this year. “I think you’re...
Speaking to a room packed with eager ears, Vic Elford was well into a detailed description of how he used to drive the Chaparral 2J’s “automatic” transmission in 1970 when he abruptly paused. Poker-faced, he turned to the long-secretive creator of the fabulous Road Runners, who was standing nearby and...
Former Formula Atlantic champion Bill Brack (1974–1975) has announced the formation of a new Historic Formula Atlantic Association, which will...
1959 Old Yeller Mk II As with so many of the great racecars and specials of the ’50s, the success...
Ian Walker has been in and around motor racing for over 50 years. He started as a competitor but was drawn to team management and ownership, and became one of the best known British privateers, along with that other Walker—Rob—for a long period of time. Like his namesake, he ran...
My first good job after college was designing suspension bits for Traction-Master Co. Later in 1968, I became a small...
Bruce McLaren Jean Alesi 1 Rudolph Caracciola, driving a Fanfir, finishes 4th in his first auto race at Avus, in Germany (1922). 1 Indy car racer Tom Sneva is born (1948). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article...
The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of international...
Amelia Island, Florida March 14, 2004 An impressive array of Indy racing history was a crowd favorite. Photo: Hal Crocker...
On April 7, the 1952/’53 Clairmonte Special Formula 2 car was sold at H&H Classic Car Auctions’ Buxton sale for £12,000. Considered by many to be a rare “barn find,” the Clairmonte Special is historically significant in that it is credited as being the first car completely designed and built...
To have a successful career as a racer and then parlay that into a successful career as a team owner...
Parnelli Jones By 1973, we had a great Indy car team and had won 53 Indy car races. As a result, Firestone, who was a major sponsor for us, wanted us to enter Formula One with Mario Andretti as our driver. So we went over to England and hired Maurice...
John Fitch Tony Adamowicz 2 Tony Adamowicz, racer and founding vice president of the Polish Racing Drivers Association, is born...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, thus starting the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula...
Phoenix, Arizona January 30–February 1, 2004 Jim Edwards’ 1954 Ol Yellor I. Photo: Don Rosholn Become a Member & Get...
Roy Woods, a competitor and team owner in the Trans-Am from 1969–1982, died January 29 due to complications from leukemia....
Ex-Coppa Florio 1907 Wolsit Factory Racer A little-known aspect of the history of the British Wolseley firm was its Italian connection—a joint venture with the Banca di Legnano and the Macchi di Varese—in the formation of a new Italian company called Wolseley Italiana SA in 1907. The trade name of...
The 12-Hours of Sebring remains the oldest established sports car endurance race to be held in the United States, although...
John Cordts is a quiet, modest man, which is likely the reason why many fans of the sport are not...
I once accepted a commission to write a book called AZ of Sports Cars. It was to cover the post-war period and I went through a few reference books and figured that would mean about 200 makes. In the end, I found nearly 900 makes and they included the Phoenix...
When Porsche decided to wage a complete assault on overall victory at Le Mans in 1970, they entered the French...
Walter Hayes Paddy Hopkirk 1 Count Eliot Zborowski is killed in an accident during La Turbie Hillclimb at Nice, France...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsport: the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. There was even a European...
