Colin Chapman Mike Spence 1 Ayrton Senna dies in a crash during the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, Italy...
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1970 Nomad-BRM Mk3 After the war years in the UK, a certain Churchillian spirit prevailed, which left many with an upbeat feeling, believing there was no goal too great, no mountain too high to attempt. It was just a question of self-belief and tenacity. Indeed, in typical inspirational mode, Sir...
Peter Gethin may have been the son of a jockey, but he pursued a different kind of horsepower, making his...
1972 Lola T290-Tecno Here is your first question for 10 points: How many racing car manufacturers have been going nonstop for 50 years? Answer: two. Let me refine the question a bit. How many manufacturers of only racing cars have been going for 50 years and are still in international...
1969 Chevron B8-BMW In my book, 2006 was a good year. Got my pensioner’s bus pass, had two cataract operations,...
Clive Chapman, son of famed Lotus founder Colin Chapman and the guiding light at Classic Team Lotus, revealed an interesting little bit of Lotus trivia recently. Apparently, tucked away in some dusty corner of their Hethel shops was a fireproof case that contained 28 rolls of old microfilm. When they...
We continue our interview with John Grant, now Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club. In Part One we learned...
When he was a kid in Clermont-Ferrand, France, Patrick Depailler’s idol was French motorcycle champion and racing driver Jean Behra....
Ex-Donald Healey Motor Company works driver, Clive Baker first began his connection with Healeys and Austin-Healeys in Tasmania. Clive went on to race Sprites in the UK and after being noticed by Donald Healey would drive Works prepared Sprites and 3000s culminating in steering the Healey SR at Le Mans...
Carlo Chiti Emerson Fittipaldi 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed as the Alfa Romeo factory racing team (1929). 2 Peter Gethin...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
Mike Lawrence Australia has decided to demote FF1600 and install Formula 4 as its national starter series. Formula 4 gives each country the choice of approved chassis and engines, each one limited to 150 bhp, but everyone runs the same kit within the national series. One-spec formulae, I hate ’em....
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The...
I am very pleased to be able to announce that starting with this issue, racing legend and long-time friend of...
From 1964-1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Jr. However, with that category’s demise at the end of 1963, F2 was...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
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The rolling celebration of the 40th anniversary since Derek Bennett created the Chevron marque pitched up at its spiritual home at Oulton Park’s Gold Cup event in Northeast England on August 28–29. Two races for closed- and one for open-wheeled Chevrons headed a traditionally varied Historic Sports Car Club program....
Donington Park in the English Midlands, the historic site of 1930s Grands Prix, has once again echoed to the sound...
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From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Junior. However, with that category’s demise at the end of 1963,...
Photo: Ian Welsh When you look at any listing of Lotus competition cars built from the first Lotus VI of...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
Clive Chapman, son of famed Lotus founder Colin Chapman and the guiding light at Classic Team Lotus, revealed an interesting little bit of Lotus trivia recently. Apparently, tucked away in some dusty corner of their Hethel shops was a fireproof case that contained 28 rolls of old microfilm. When they...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
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...