The 14th Grand Prix of 24 Hours of Belgium took place at Spa-Francorchamps on July 10-11, 1949. During the race,...
January 2017 On July 10-11, 1949. Just two weeks after Le Mans, Luigi Chinetti teamed up with Jean Lucas to...
If he lasted long enough—that is, if he didn’t get killed in the process—canny observers thought this young South African could become a Formula One World Champion. Not even their crystal ball, though, could have predicted how: it was when driving a Ferrari 312T4 at Monza, the holiest of holies...
Spa, Belgium August 17–18, 2007 Didier Miquee’s ’72 Chevrolet Corvette inside a BMW M1 at La Source.Photo: Peter Collins Become...
Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium July 14–17, 2006 Christian Glasel’s beautiful Cobra Daytona Coupe finished 4th in the Masters GT and Endurance race.Photo:...
There was a flurry of events in Italy to mark the 30th anniversary of Gilles Villeneuve’s death in a crash during qualifying for the 1982 Grand Prix of Belgium at Zolder. Probably the most evocative happened on May 8, when his son Jacques, the 1997 Formula One World Champion, drove...
April 2010 The 14th Grand Prix of 24 Hours of Belgium; Spa-Francorchamps, July 10–11, 1949. Just two weeks after Le...
High-powered Italian automotive exotica has always had an attraction for a select number of prominent people of means. Today it’s the nouveau riche, the highly paid athletes, rock stars and entertainers who can be seen in the latest Lamborghini, Ferrari or Maserati, but in the immediate post-war years athletes weren’t...
Spa, Belgium September 22–25, 2005 The view from Eau Rouge at the start of the Six Hour race.Photo: Keith Booker...
As I write these notes, the 2015 season is coming to an end with just a few more Formula One...
Richie Ginther rounds La Source in the BRM 57 with which he finished fourth, in terrible, wet conditions. The Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, June 9, 1963. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203)...
Cale Yarborough Juan Manuel Fangio 1 Jo Siffert and Brian Redman, sharing a Porsche 908 Spyder, win the 1000-kilometer sports...