Emerson Fittipaldi Chris Amon Oscar Koveleski Jo Siffert 1 Eddie Rickenbacker takes control of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (1923). 2...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
1966 Eagle-Weslake It is a privilege to update and run my test of the Eagle-Weslake. At Vintage Racecar we were very lucky to be close to Dan and his family. Casey Annis and I sat in his office and he told revealing stories, and occasionally from the other room Evi...
1965 Lola T60-Cosworth SCA Photo: Pete Austin Since the birth of the Formula One Championship, in 1950, there has been...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and the CASC; it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited”...
One week after the 1966 12 Hours of Sebring, the racing world experienced another tragic weekend, this time in France, at the Le Mans test. Probably due to the proximity of the Sebring event, both Chaparral and Ferrari chose not to attend, leaving Ford with little to compare their performance...
October 2017 Matra Racing DVD, The Rebirth Many years ago I was drawn to the vibrancy of the Matra pit...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
May 2017 • Sir Jack Brabham, Australia’s three-time F1 World Champion, is to be honored by his homeland with a special commemorative 50¢ coin struck by the Royal Australian Mint. The coin features a likeness of Sir Jack and the Brabham BT19-Repco with which, in 1966, he became the only...
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC; it was nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although there was a basic set of rules, the cars had to be two-seaters with bodywork covering the wheels, have doors, a windscreen, brake lights and various safety requirements, otherwise there was no...
Fifty years is quite a long time, in politics or any other activity. In motor racing, though, 50-year anniversaries seem...
Christopher Arthur Amon MBE died this morning at the age of 73 in Rotorua Hospital in New Zealand, having battled cancer the last few years. Amon will likely be remembered as the best driver never to win a Formula One Grand Prix, though he did take a pair of non-championship...
The schedule for the 2016 Pebble Beach Classic Car Forum, presented by AIG and TDC, has just been announced, and...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 became an International...
I’d raced the Cosworth-powered Ensign N174 at the 1974 USGP at Watkins Glen, it was my fourth time in the car and fifth Grand Prix I’d entered that season—I’d driven a March 731 at the British GP at Brands Hatch—entered by Dempster International Racing Team—but this was the first race...
The late 1960s brought a host of changes to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The wave of “professionalism”...
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup was an “unlimited” racing series co-sanctioned by the SCCA in America and the CASC in Canada....
• The Goodwood Road Racing Club has announced that its 74th Members’ Meeting will be held March 19-20, 2016, at Goodwood Motor Circuit. The Members’ Meeting was revived in 2014 for members of the GRRC to continue the tradition of the 71 club motor sport events held at Goodwood from...
Bugatti type 57 Grand Prix – A Celebration By Neil Max Tomlinson To dispel myths and legends of any subject...
1967: Chris Amon, Scuderia Ferrari and a year of living dangerously By John Julian This is an uncommon book about...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category beginning the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula Junior...
My story of Formula One came into being after I’d driven my GT40 and got all that out of the...
There are cars, and there are cars. Some come and stay, many come and pass on. A few appear briefly...
The author found the Amon AF101 quite enjoyable to drive at Donington, now that it has been extensively developed—note particularly the twin canard fin nose treatment.Photo: Pete Austin One of the problems in writing this profile is the temptation to indulge in a long list of Chris Amon misfortunes—and there...
During the Brands Hatch Six Hours on April 13, 1969, Chris Amon comes up to Druids, his lone Ferrari 312P...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
Jacky Ickx in the Ferrari 312B leads the field away from the start of the French Grand Prix at the open-road Charade Circuit on July 5, 1970. Ickx would lead the first 15 laps before his engine failed. Jochen Rindt eventually found himself in the lead with his Lotus 72,...
