Organizers of the 2000 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance have announced that this year’s event, to be held March 9-12, will...
Brian Redman’s annual Jefferson 500 race weekend celebrated its 9th anniversary at Summit Point Raceway, West Virginia, on May 19-21....
Dan Gurney Ronnie Bucknum 2 Motorcycle and F1 racer Mike “The Bike” Hailwood is born (1940). 2 Guy Moll drives a Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo to victory in the Grand Prix of Monaco (1934). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
Brian Redman is well-known as one of the most successful and versatile sports car drivers of the late ’60s and...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V8 of 5.0 liters displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics between the governing body,...
The 12-Hours of Sebring remains the oldest established sports car endurance race to be held in the United States, although...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Jochen Rindt Richie Ginther 3 Ferdinand Porsche is born in Maffersdorf, Bohemia (1875). 3 First race at Monza, Italy, a Voiturette Grand Prix won by Pietro Bordino in a Fiat 804-403 (1922). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Ferdinand Porsche Cale Yarborough 1 Stefan Bellof dies from inuries sustained in the crash of his Porsche 956 during the...
On July 15–17, the VSCDA hosted their annual Brian Redman International Challenge at Wisconsin’s Road America. As in previous years, the BRIC proved to be one of the largest events in the country with over 400 racecars competing in 10 separate race groups. This year’s event turned the spotlight on...
I always dread Mondays. How is it that in the two short days that you and everyone else is out...
1972 Surtees TS9B The relationship between money and success in an F1 team has always been a subject of interest...
Summit Point, W. VA May 19–22, 2006 The 1968 Zink Z5 of Bob Tupper.Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Big Bangers; that’s what the Brits called Can-Am cars, and they were right. Everything about the Canadian-American Challenge Cup series...
In our January 2007 issue, Pete Lyons shared some remarks about the grand old Canadian-American Challenge Cup series made by 14 influential men who were there. Ten drivers—including two Can-Am champions, a couple of designers, a crew chief and a master photojournalist gathered at last year’s Amelia Island Concours for...
Jochen Rindt Richard Attwood 2 Dave Heinz and Dave Yarborough drive a Jaguar XJS from the U.S. Atlantic Coast to...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V-8 of 5-liter displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics between the governing body, race...
There have been many racing cars that have given me pleasure as a driver. Race-winning cars always spring to mind,...
At the end of 1969, during the height of the Ferrari-Porsche World Sports Car Championship “wars,” Jo Siffert was wined...
We were very honored to be given the opportunity to work with Porsche Cars North America to produce this special all-Porsche issue that, in addition to our normal distribution, will also be going to all the competitors and guests at this year’s Rennsport Reunion III at Daytona. The all-Porsche Rennsport...
The Can-Am Porsche 917 The Can-Am Race Series, held from 1966 to 1974, helped propel professional sports car racing to...
Gaston Chevrolet Ricardo Rodriguez 1 Ricardo Rodriguez dies on the way to the hospital after crashing his Lotus during practice...
Peter Brock Alan Jones 1 Brian Redman finishes 1st and 2nd in the 24 Hours of Daytona when the Gulf Porsche 917K he shared with Jo Siffert finishes behind the Pedro Rodriguez/Leo Kinnunen team car which he also co-drove late in the race (1970). 2 Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons...
Christmas may come but once a year, but for Porsche-philes it comes but once every three years. As such, Christmas...
Peter Collins Sir Stirling Moss 2 Stirling Moss drives a Maserati 250F to victory in the Glover Trophy Race at...
Started in 1968 as Formula A in the United States, Formula 5000, as it became known, featured open-wheeled “Formula One–style” cars powered by 5-liter, normally aspirated, V-8 engines. In its heyday, in the mid-1970s, F5000 attracted big-name drivers like Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser, Sr., Jody Scheckter, and Brian Redman, piloting...