West Coast photographer John Wilson started shooting pictures of racing in the 1960s at various racetracks in California. As such,...
As the years pile up, I find myself learning more about people I used to know than I ever appreciated...
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...
Rene Arnoux learned his trade the hard way, as he fought for the European Formula Two Championship against tough nuts...
Each February, we devote a special section of the magazine to the issue of safety and safety gear. This year, you’ll find a special news section highlighting all of the most recent technological developments unveiled at this year’s Performance Racing Industry show, as well as a buyer’s guide to the...
Christmas may come but once a year, but for Porsche-philes it comes but once every three years. As such, Christmas...
As touched upon in this month’s interview with one-time BRM (British Racing Motors) team manager Tim Parnell, the Bourne-based Grand Prix team enjoyed a long, and sometimes star-crossed, history. Built by Raymond Mays, on the prewar foundations laid with the creation of the ERA line of racecars, BRM was conceived...
British racing veteran Anthony Gordon (Tony) Dean passed away on January 17, 2008, after a long illness. He was 75....
April 2008 Carlo Demand In Motion and Color By Gary Doyle Due to the volume and prevalence of racing photography...
Pete Lyons Did you hear about the diesel backhoe that did 350 mph at Bonneville? Yes, really…sort of. 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...
The 1967 Can-Am race at Road America signaled the start of an era that would become known as “The Bruce...
The late news—very late—that U.S. open-wheel racing’s long uncivil war has finally staggered to its hemorrhagic conclusion, fell with less...
New Zealand—the homeland of the two most famous drivers of the Can-Am series, Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme—was the host to its first-ever Can-Am race in history this year. It is hard to believe that Kiwis had never seen a group of these beasts driven in anger, even though Bruce...
While the postwar American sports car scene was inspired by European road racing, it was different in many respects. In...
The 1970 Canadian-American Challenge Cup season was the fifth season of the Can-Am auto racing series. The season began only...
John Surtees, the only man yet to win World Championships on both two and four wheels, has been named an...
Vintage racer Dino Crescentini, from Rochester Hills in suburban Detroit, was killed when his Wolf-Dallara Can-Am car crashed during the 29th Vintage Automobile Association of Canada Festival at Mosport on June 22. According to various reports, Crescentini’s car apparently lost its front downforce while following closely behind another car on...
Ronnie Peterson Giuseppe Campari 1 James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, wins the German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Niki Lauda...
This month’s Web site is essentially a photo album, by a fan for other fans, and features a variety of...
September 2008 Abarth–The Man, The Machines By Luciano Greggio As outlined in this month’s feature article (pg. 52), over the course of the ’60s and ’70s, Austrian-born, Italian-small-car manufacturer Karl “Carlo” Abarth produced an amazingly prodigious string of competitive sports and racing cars from very humble underpinnings. With countless models...
Third-time charm! That’s what we Can-Am fans were hoping for 40 Septembers ago. On the first of this month in...
Jerry Marshall Tazio Nuvolari 1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio race in Italy (1907)....
Denny Hulme was one of the most reserved men in motor racing. He seldom showed his emotions, which he camouflaged with a likable but sometimes gruff personality. Hulme never regarded himself a star, even if that were the case, and often went unrecognized in the most public of places, among...
Just as we were going to press last month, we learned of the …..tragic death of historic racer Dino Crescentini,...
The French, two-time Can-Am champion and former Ferrari F1 driver speaks with Nasir Hameed about his early days, his time...
Imagine what it was like for Eric Broadley to have come up with the T70 coupe after the heady days of his venture with Ford. The Ford program had earned the company some money and provided the impetus to develop the T70 in both coupe and open form. The T70...