All American Racers’ DGF Formula Ford has its first track test at Willow Springs Raceway (1977). 1 – Jean-Pierre Jabouille drives...
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Racing driver, engineer, journalist and lifelong lover of jazz, John Miles sadly passed away last weekend. John was a quiet,...
The Peter Auto season of historic car races kicks off April 6-8 on the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit in Montmélo, with more...
The inaugural Rallye des Legendes Richard Mille will honour the ‘Art de Vivre à la Française’ by bringing together a...
Over the course of nearly seven decades of Formula One history, only three men have ever won a World Championship Grand Prix race in a car of their own construction. Of course, none of them actually designed or built their cars all by themselves, they simply conceived, established, directed, managed...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
I want to be Rich Plavetich. Is he cool? Check. Does he have a wonderful and beautiful wife who also...
Last weekend’s NEC Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, was a resounding success for VR‘s European team with the Nomad-BRM team reunion (above, Pete Austin photo) kicking off proceedings on the Friday. Owner/driver Mark Konig, designer Bob Curl and mechanic Julian Pratt were joined by Dick Salmon and John...
One week after the 1966 12 Hours of Sebring, the racing world experienced another tragic weekend, this time in France,...
VR’s European team will host the reunion of the Nomad-BRM team at the forthcoming Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, the biggest and best such show in the UK, November 10-12. Driver and team owner Mark Konig, designer Bob Curl and mechanic Julian Pratt will unveil the recently restored...
1983 Tyrrell 012/01-Cosworth The Tyrrell proved to be nimble and responsive around the dunes of Zandvoort. Photo: Pete Austin Since the...
October 2017 Matra Racing DVD, The Rebirth Many years ago I was drawn to the vibrancy of the Matra pit...
A special tribute to British racer David Piper will take place at the 2017 Les Grandes Heures Automobiles (LGHA) set for September 23-24 at France’s celebrated Linas-Montlhéry Autodrome circuit. The Piper tribute, the first time that his racing career has been so celebrated, will include a wealth of rarely seen...
Nigel Mansell John Surtees Photo: Pete Austin 2 Paul Tracy wins the CART Champ Car race through the streets of...
The 2017 Chantilly Concours d’Elegance will celebrate Ferrari’s 70th anniversary with a retrospective retracing Maranello’s history at the 24 Hours...
Today, I believe, drivers are arriving in Formula One far too early in their racing career. The top echelon of our sport is something they should aspire to, not arrive at due to the amount of money they can give a Formula One team, or by spending one year in...
Richard Petty Carl Haas 1 Chuck Daigh, driving a Lotus 19-Climax, wins the USAC-sanctioned sports car race at Mosport, Ontario,...
“Where have all the young teams gone?” the words of that famous song with a one word alteration could well...
Al Unser Photo: Mike Thomsen Mario Andretti Photo: BRDC 1 Willi Kauhsen drives a Porsche 917/10 to victory in the Interserie race at Imola, Italy (1973). 5 Jacky Ickx and Dr. Dick Thompson drive a Mirage M1-Ford to victory in the 1000-kilometer sports car race at Spa, Belgium (1967). Become...
Imagine you are a designer in late 1952. One day you are sitting, staring out of the window, when your...
The Goodwood Members Meeting 2017 was staged over the weekend of 18-19 March at the iconic 2.4-mile Goodwood Motor Circuit...
The 75th renewal of Goodwood’s annual Members’ Meeting took place last weekend at the historic Chichester circuit, awarding classic cups and trophies in a dozen classes, the winners of which are listed below. The event also marked the recent passing of the legendary British double World Champion John Surtees with...
A selection of three-litre sports prototypes that dominated the international sports car racing scene during the first half of the...
The 2017 Goodwood Members Meeting, slated for the weekend of 18-19 March, will feature a lively series of demonstration runs,...
(From Left to Right): Steve McQueen, Pedro Rodriguez, Masten Gregory, Peter Revson, Mario Andretti.Photos: Hal Crocker That was Mario Andretti’s comment after the drive of his life…an impossible dream. He said so after he had just won the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring for Ferrari in the most incredible nail-biter...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
More with less. When the little guy triumphs over the giants, he’s bound to have the crowd on his side...
The Old Gal was on Life Support in 1971 Story by Louis Galanos | Photos as credited In March of 1971 I was attending the University of Florida on the GI Bill and in our free time my wife and I worked as race officials for Central Florida Region of...