Bruce Kessler had a meteoric motorsports career, which started with drag racing his mother’s Jaguar XK120, progressed to practicing for...
So we have lost Dan Gurney, a few months shy of his 87th birthday. Dan was one of the sport’s...
February 2010 Second Coming Photo: Brian Green Dear Editor, In your First Turn column of December 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...
Although it has nearly been forgotten now, in the late 1950s and early 1960s there was a professional road racing...
In remembering and memorializing John Fitch upon the occasion of his death, Vintage Racecar has produced this brief photographic summary...
Part II We concluded last month’s opening segment of John Wright’s interview with Bruce Kessler as he was preparing to start what would come to be recognized as the defining race of his life. Bruce Kessler Can you describe the main race at Lime Rock in 1957, where you were...
I don’t remember when I first met Lance Reventlow, but it must have been through my buddy, Bruce Kessler, who...
Photo: Hal Crocker It is with a great deal of sadness that I write about Dan Gurney, who died on...
Sexual debauchery, a regime’s imminent downfall and a kidnapping fit for a gentleman were some of the highlights of the 1958 Grand Prix of Cuba for sports cars. Racing during the fifties was noted for some remarkable events. The horrific 1955 Le Mans when almost 100 spectators lost their lives...
During the years following WWII, road racing in the U.S. initially developed as an amateur sport, mostly run by the...
Kessler Cooper? Dear Sir, I just saw part of your article on Bruce Kessler [VR, Oct. & Nov. 2009] that...
January 2010 Bruce Kessler Photo: Albert Wong Dear Editor: As a quick little add-on to your two-parter on racing legend Bruce Kessler, I’m sending you a shot of him receiving the 500-cc Club of America Harry Morrow Award at the annual Legends of Riverside event this past March. Become a...
Art Evans Fifty years ago, the world-famous Laguna Seca race course was created by a tree. It’s interesting as well...