After sending in last month’s column, I was prepared for the Editor’s call to discuss corrections, or photo selection, or...
Recent developments in Long Island, New York, indicate that the fate of Bridgehampton Raceway may not be sealed after all....
As you’ll read in this month’s news, there is exciting news brewing on Long Island, as a strong movement is afoot to resurrect Bridgehampton Raceway. If you’re not familiar with the tale, it is one that has become all too familiar to race fans from Goodwood, England to Monterey, California....
The OSCA of Al Garthwaite on the starting grid gets last minute advice from the crew.Photo: Ozzie Lyons www.petelyons.com What?...
This month’s featured Web site comprises a large collection of photography from East Coast road racing events in the 1960s. Some of the many events and locations include USRRC, Can-Am and SCCA regional events at places like Bridgehampton, Watkins Glen, Lime Rock, Vineland, Marlboro and Bryar. In addition to being...
September 30, 2007, will mark the 50th anniversary of opening day at the Bridgehampton Race Circuit. To help commemorate this...
March 2008 American Road Racing 1948-1950 By Joel Finn A heavy package arrived addressed to me the other day. I...
We seem to hear more and more these days about the sorry state of the media. I’d say I have to agree, after a formerly reputable automotive radio talk show, Drivers Talk Radio, recently asked me to be a guest. Jeez, how low will these people sink for material? The...
On June 7–8, 1958, the Texas Region of the SCCA hosted a weekend of sports car racing 10 miles north...
What started as an April Fool’s joke on a long defunct track, ended up becoming an interesting insight into fear...
New race courses keep blinking onto our radar screens, which seems like a good thing until they turn up on...
There was a summer of my life when I often walked back home from an evening ramble in a European...
April 2011 Out of the Shadows By Roger Lane In the late 1960s, by a chance meeting, Roger Lane was given a brief by film manufacturer Agfa-Gevaert that most motor racing fans would have given their right arm to do. In short, he was asked to capture the atmosphere and...
The Paddock at Watkins Glen in 1954 is filled with a representative sampling of the caars being raced, including Jaguar...
John Fitch lived a life filled with adventure and invention that is difficult to capture in a brief such as...
Racecar designers are sometimes accused of copying others’ ideas, but are they really “copy cats,” or is it a case of “great minds think alike?” Something worth examining, albeit there is evidence on both sides of the argument. In any case, if a designer sees that one of his rivals...