Pete Lyons Hail the “Mod Scot!” Such a thought must have flickered through many minds as 27 Group 7 machines...
The United States Grand Prix, Watkins Glen, October 3, 1971. François Cévert guided his Tyrrell 002 to a comfortable first...
1971 Tyrrell 002 His friends and racing opponents in F3 called him “Chopper,” not because of his on-track driving style but because of the axe painted on the side of his cars – a symbol representing his occupation as a lumber merchant. However, to racing historians he was known as...
South African racing legend Dave Charlton, who started 11 World Championship Grands Prix from 1967-1975, has died at the age...
The 24 Hours of Daytona was won in both 1970 and 1971 by the Porsche 917. The race was for...
Walkinshaw on his way to victory in the inagrual Silverstone 6hrs in 1976.Photo: Peter Collins While I have had a long reputation of driving with BMW, I have no hesitation about the greatest racecar I ever drove. It has to be the 3.5-liter BMW CSL Group 5 car. It was...
The L&M Formula 5000 Championship; Mid-Ohio, June 3, 1973. Mark Donohue in Roger Penske’s Lola T330 with AMC Javelin power,...
Photo: Ian Welsh When you look at any listing of Lotus competition cars built from the first Lotus VI of...
May 2011 Among the traditions of the Indianapolis 500 is the annual Front Row photo op on the Monday after Pole Day qualifying. In 1971 that group included Peter Revson on pole in the works McLaren-Offenhauser, Mark Donohue in the middle with Roger Penske’s Sunoco McLaren-Offenhauser, and Bobby Unser on the...
April 2011 During the 1975 Monaco Grand Prix, Tom Pryce rounds Rascasse in his Shadow DN5, not long after the...
July 2010 During the Spa-Francorchamps 750km Race on May 4, 1975, Henri Pescarolo extracts full speed from his Alfa Romeo...
October 2017 François Cévert guides his Tyrrell 002-Ford through Casino Square during wet practice for the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix. In the race, he went off and crashed on the fifth lap, while teammate Jackie Stewart won. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
At the rain-soaked Österreichring on August 13, 1978, Ronnie Peterson tops the rise after the pits trailing a sheet of...
During the Monaco Grand Prix, in Monte Carlo, on May 10, 1970, Pedro Rodriquez looks for the apex before turning his...
In the L&M F5000 Championship race at Michigan International Speedway on May 20, 1973, Peter Gethin raced for Marathon/Shierson Racing in a Chevron B24-Chevrolet, claiming 3rd place. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid...
Maranello, Italy, November 1979. The introduction of the new Ferrari 312/T5 at Ferrari’s Fiorano test track. Standing behind the new...
The Watkins Glen 6 Hours, on July 21, 1973, served as the final round of that year’s World Sportscar Championship...
The Gunnar Nilsson Trophy was a non-championship BMW Procar Series event held at Donington Park on June 4, 1979, where Toine Hezemans finished 5th in the Alimpo BMW M1. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
The International Motor Sports Association Camel Six-Hour GT; Mid-Ohio, July 9, 1972. Jim Greendyke and Denny Long finished 2nd in...
Winning the 1970 Monaco Formula Three race was seen as my ticket to a Grand Prix future. I’d made my...
1976 March 76B I have a confession to make. When I was but a pubescent young man, I used to lie in bed at night and fantasize…that I was Gilles Villeneuve. In an era before in-car cameras, I could close my eyes and visualize a complete lap of the U.S....
Formula Ford, as unlikely as it may seem now, brought me closer to being on the inside of professional motor...
Racemaker Press, The Winners Book • US$65 plus shipping and handling Noted racing historian James O’Keefe has compiled an incredible log of race winners from 1895–2009. www.racemaker.com • (617) 723-6533 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is...
1970 Phil Henny IMSA GT Chevrolet Camaro (Chassis#124870L515127) Phil Henny is one of those guys you’ve probably never heard of....
In the 1974 World Sportscar Championship for Makes at Kyalami, South Africa, a small racecar, built from the chassis of...
Jeremy Houghton trained as an artist at the Slade School of Art and the University of Provence. His formative years as an artist were spent in South Africa as Head of Fine Art at The International School of Cape Town. He returned to England and back to his roots to...
If he lasted long enough—that is, if he didn’t get killed in the process—canny observers thought this young South African...