Frank Raymond Wilton “Lofty” England was not head and shoulders above many other men just because he was 6 ft...
In 1975, at Mallory Park, I made my race debut in British Touring car Championship—it was the first round of...
Le Mans 1957 represented the high water mark for Jaguar’s iconic D-Type. Handicapped by the reduction of engine size to 3-liters for the 1958 season, the D-Type was never to win again at Le Mans. However, the model, having won the previous two 24-hour races, cemented its hat trick by achieving an overwhelming...
September 2010 A great idea that failed. Jaguar created special streamlined bodywork for its C-Types for the 1952 Le Mans 24...
The steering feel; that’s what I remember best. The pinion perfectly meshing with its rack was a tactile delight in...
Dan Gurney’s motor racing career as a driver, car constructor and team owner is just about as star-spangled as his country’s flag. After Phil Hill, he was the second American to win in Formula 1, and is considered the equal of that other American superstar, Mario Andretti. He is also...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
Keke Rosberg was a kind of motor racing Cinderella Man. He went from the drudgery of retiring or not even...
The 1970 Le Mans 24 hours is immortalized in the the Steve McQueen film Le Mans, with much of the film’s footage taken from that race. Rain fell heavily throughout the night, and this was the first time the traditional “Le Mans start,” in which drivers ran across the track...
Alfa Romeo will be 100 years old on June 24 and its motor sport pedigree almost 99—one of only a...
This is the story of a hero who was more heroic than most. You may not have heard of Archie...
Paul Tracy James Hunt Photo: Maureen Magee 1 Ronnie Peterson drives a Tecno to victory in the F3 race on the Keimola Ring in Finland (1969). 2 Johnny Thomson wins the USAC Champ Car race on the one-mile dirt track at Langhorne, Pennsylvania (1957). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of International Motorsport; the...
Bob Holden For anyone involved in motor sport within Australia, the name of Bob Holden has been a prominent one...
The McLardo Formula One team was proud to announce today the in utero signing of its next driving champion Clive/Calista Shoemaker, to a life-time management deal to commence upon his (or perhaps her) birth this coming August. Team principle Don Rennis, stated that he was pleased to sign the reputedly...
Sixty years ago, an American sportsman built his own cars to tackle the world’s greatest endurance race Many in America...
April 2010 The 14th Grand Prix of 24 Hours of Belgium; Spa-Francorchamps, July 10–11, 1949. Just two weeks after Le...
1968 Alfa Romeo T33/2 “What goes around comes around.” That, I believe, is a largely English way of referring to “life repeating itself,” or coincidences, or both. This is a bit of a story of automotive déjà vu. 1968 Alfa Romeo T33/2. Photo: Peter Collins In 1968, I made my first...
Say what you will about Bernie Ecclestone, but you cannot deny the fact that he has an eye for a...
Wealthy Belgian aristocrat Olivier Gendebien has the unique distinction of being Ferrari’s most successful GT and sports car racer. He...
A few hours before the start of this June’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, everyone in attendance will be treated to a 45-minute contest for cars from the Group C era at the legendary event. Race fans will be able to witness machinery from Jaguar, Sauber-Mercedes, Porsche, Mazda, and Nissan,...
1974 Matra M670B The name Matra became familiar to thousands of motor racing fans from the mid-1960s through the 1970s....
I actually started racing with the Nissan GTP team late in 1988, while I was still racing Indycars. I was...
This painting depicts Graham Hill and the BRM 261, which he drove to victory in the 1964 U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. This win was the second of his three straight U.S. GP wins. Among his many other accomplishments on the track were five Monaco G.P. wins, victories in...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
“Once upon a time”— is the way most children’s fairytales start, but this is no French fairytale. Although it is...
Nelson Ledges is a fun, fast and reasonably flat racetrack in northeast Ohio, originally raced as a dirt road course in 1961. Thousands have raced here in one of America’s more unusual “cult” races—The Longest Day, a 24-hour endurance event for amateur racers of production-based SCCA showroom stocks. The organizers...
December 2009 Ferrari 312P & 312PB By Ed McDonough and Peter Collins Billed as “the story of a great car...
Part II We concluded last month’s opening segment of John Wright’s interview with Bruce Kessler as he was preparing to...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete born of his passion for speed and technology. These innovators are in an elite club, their place in automotive history guaranteed as the creators of a true classic sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. The development of the racing...
