May 2009

Peter Collins: All About the Boy!

By Ed McDonough

Along with Stirling Moss and Mike Hawthorn, Peter Collins was one of the “Golden Boys” of British motor racing in the 1950s. The trio may have shared common interests and obsessions, but they were not necessarily alike otherwise. While Moss endures in knighthood these days, Collins and Hawthorn left the scene half a century ago, Collins at the tender age of 26.