It was 35 years ago, in monsoon conditions, that a determined young Brazilian raced to his first Formula 1 victory...
Driver Profiles
Profiles of past and present automotive personalities. The drivers who risked their lives in the early days to the engineers who creatively changed the world of automobiles, this is a celebration of the people who played a major role in the world we love.
With over 50 years in motorsports – as a driver and team owner – American A. J. Foyt’s remarkable career...
Achille Varzi Biography The mist rose from the wet track as the famous 44 year old racing driver, immaculate both in his dress and his driving, sped along the Bremgarten track in his 158 Alfa Romeo during practice for the forthcoming 1948 Swiss and European Grand Prix. It was July...
Alain Prost Biography But for a twist of fate Alain Prost might have become a professional footballer instead of a...
Alberto Ascari intrigues me – while I can’t claim to know a great deal about him. Like so many of...
Notable American Grand Prix Drivers Michael Andretti The son of a racing legend, Michael Andretti was the Indy Car Champion in 1991 and making quite a name for himself. Having listened to his father’s recollections of his Formula One career the younger Andretti attempted to follow in his dad’s footsteps....
On May 9th, 1992, Roberto Guerrero earned the pole position for the 76th running of the Indianapolis 500-mile race. Piloting...
He was, without doubt, one of the most dominant and iconic personalities in the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway....
Antonio Ascari Biography Antonio Ascari was born on the 15th of September 1988 in Bonferraro, Italy, the son of a corn dealer and one of three brothers and a sister. Link many young men his age he loved machinery and driving and after a spell at maintaining agricultural machines he...
Antonio Brivio Biography Born in Biella, Italy to an aristocratic family on the 27th of December 1905 the Marchese “Tonino”...
Ayrton Senna Biography Ayrton Senna was born on 21 March 1960, the second child of Milton da Silva, a successful...
Baconin Borzacchini Biography Baconin Francesco Domenico Borzacchini, born in Terni, Italy on September 29, 1898 was named by his parents after a Russian anarchist, Mikhail Bakunin. At the age of 14, be began work in a garage as a mechanic. After serving in the Army during WW1, he began racing...
Bernd Rosemeyer Biography On the Frankfurt-Darmstadt autobahn, just beyond the Langen-Morfelden crossing and set back amongst the trees stands a...
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of racing driver Bernd Rosemeyer, who was born on October 14, 1909...
By Dennis Gray | Photos as credited Bob Bondurant has done a few things. The winner of a world championship with Carroll Shelby, the pilot of a Formula One car for Ferrari and the founder of an eponymous racing school, Bondurant can also count among his considerable talents the art...
By Cary Estes The movie character Michael Corleone once famously said of being in the mob, “Just when I thought...
Brian Redman Talks – Redman in Redmond By Jay Gillotti and photos by Curtis Creager We were greatly honored to...
Interview and photos by Dennis Gray Bruce Canepa has been involved with automobiles in one fashion or another nearly all of his life. He was born into a California car family, therefore his early fascination with anything mechanical was understandable, if not expected. An accomplished driver, Canepa raced in period...
Bruce McLaren Biography Bruce McLaren was born to Les (Pop) & Ruth on 30th August 1937 at Auckland, New Zealand,...
Camille Jenatzy Biography Jenatzy’s family, originally from Hungary had settled in Schaerbeek, Belgium where where his father Constant established Jenatzy...
Carlo Pintacuda Biography Born in September 18, 1900, Florence, Italy Pintacuda held a steering wheel for the first time at the age of thirteen. The car was a 30 hp Darraq, owned by his father. In 1914 his family bought a Nazzaro which had just won the Giro di Sicilia...
Aston Martin Racing will run a trio of Gulf-liveried LMP1 cars at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, which...
Juan Manuel Fangio (June 24, 1911 – July 17, 1995) was a racing car driver from Argentina, who dominated the...
Enzo Anselmo Ferrari, the son of Alfredo and Adalgisa, was born in Modena, Italy on 18 February 1898. As a child, he showed an unbridled passion for cars and as an adult he went on to become not only a car manufacturer but also a representative of the Italian spirit....
Legendary racing driver Hans Herrmann celebrates his 85th birthday on 23 February 2013. Born in Stuttgart, Germany, the endurance and...
Interview by Will Silk and photos from Chuck Jones The name Chuck Jones is one that perhaps failed to capture...
Interview by Will Silk and photos courtesy of Forgotten Fiberglass Chuck Tatum was what you could say “at the right place, at the right time” by living in California in the early 1950s. It was the golden days of hot rodding, and there were no rules in regards to what...
City-to-City Race Car Drivers The great city-to-city races were the origin of motor-racing. Attempts had been made to organize an...
Clemente Biondetti Biography Born in Buddusò, Sardinia, into a working class family with Tuscan father and Venetian mother who found...
Colin Chapman Biography Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman was born on 9 May, 1928 in a suburb of London. He grew up living at the Railway Hotel, Hornsey, which his father managed. One of the first significant events of Chapman’s life occurred in March of 1944 when he met his future...
