A hardy group owning 32 cars made the sojourn to Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia, for the running of the...
Maybe I’ll change my mind by the end of the column, but as I tap out this opening sentence, I...
De Palma, his riding mechanic alongside, guides his factory Vauxhall over the 37.631-km Circuit de Lyon during the 1914 French Grand Prix, a race run barely a month before the onset of WWI. One of the greatest, and nice with it—that was Ralph De Palma. He won well over 2,500...
Last month we presented the first half of European Editor Mike Jiggle’s interview with engine wizard John Judd, and the...
From an Austin A30 sedan to the wheel of a Formula One car is quite a journey. When growing up,...
Australians Rod Wade, aged 71, and Austen Ritchie, 38, have set a new World Record for driving a pre-war car across Australia and back in just 101 hours, 52 minutes and 32 seconds in a fundraising challenge for Kidney Health Australia. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
A quartet of Minis leads the field away from the start of the touring car scratch race for the H.M.V....
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a road circuit near Nimes, France (1947). 3 Jody Scheckter drives a Trojan T101 to victory in the L&M Continental F5000 race at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio (1973). Become a Member...
On behalf of Australia’s Victorian Historic Racing Register (VHRR), well-known vintage racer Peter Giddings is seeking four cars and drivers...
Gaston Chevrolet L. Motschenbacher 1 Final Can-Am race for Chaparral. Vic Elford starts on the pole in the 2J at...
1976 Cheetah Mk6 AF2 Fifteen years is a long time in the automotive world, and I suspect that within the evolution of the racing car it’s probably a number of generations. At one point in time, I had the pleasure of being behind the wheel of a 1961 open-wheeler that...
While boasting more than 40 entrants, the 1953 Australian Grand Prix looked to be a three-man race: Whiteford, Jones and...
Photo: Getty Images Tony Gaze street and corner were christened at Melbourne’s Albert Park during this year’s Australian Grand Prix...
With a dad like Stan Jones it was hardly surprising that Alan became a motor racing nut when he was still a kid. Stan won the 1954 New Zealand International Grand Prix, four 1955 Victorian Trophies at Fisherman’s Bend, Melbourne, became the 1958 Australian Gold Star Champion and won the...
Though often overlooked by many historians, the history of Australian road racing is rich with a long and varied selection...
A pair of Bruce McLaren Festival weekends will highlight the seventh season of the MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman Cup...
Pete Lyons Way back in the Science Fiction period of my youth, I followed a newspaper strip whose title I can’t recall for sure, but it was something like “Alternate Earth.” That’s a common Sci-Fi theme with innumerable variations; this one’s premise involved a duplicate of our planet orbiting diametrically...
1981 Ralt RT3. Photo: Peter Collins If you were racing a Formula Three car between late 1979 to the end of...
