I was a student at the University of Grenoble, when I became very friendly with the children of the organizer...
Though historic racers themselves tend not to become “famous,” there certainly are a handful of very talented drivers, across the...
There is an outfit in England making simulacre Vanwalls, road equipped, and with the choice of one seat or two. I’ve seen them only in green, but their natural livery must be fluorescent pink with whitewall tires. There was another Vanwall project in the late 1980s. The conglomerate, GKN, had...
With the recent passings of Carroll Shelby, Roy Salvadori and Ted Cutting, all key players for Aston Martin’s World Sportscar...
John Coombs was literally born into the motoring business, as his multi-talented craftsman father was already working with automobiles when...
I started work with Lotus Components in 1960. I really wanted to join the Lotus Formula One team, but unless you were in the right place at the right time and talking to the right person, it was difficult. It was very curious in the way it worked, you could...
March 2008 American Road Racing 1948-1950 By Joel Finn A heavy package arrived addressed to me the other day. I couldn’t imagine what it was until I opened it and discovered it was Joel Finn’s latest book, American Road Racing: 1948 – 1950. The book is composed of a very...
September 2009 Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed By Michael Argetsinger The difficulty in chronicling a career as diverse as...
Connaught Continental Cars Ltd. built their first proper racing car in 1949 using a 1,767cc Lea-Francis engine. Typical of small British makers of the period the company was chronically under financed but the cars that were made were exceptionally well built. Rodney Clarke, whose creations these were, was an outstanding...
Tall, handsome, and charming, Roy Salvadori was everything Hollywood ever wanted a racing driver to be. He was a ’50s–’60s...