In 1962, Ford of Britain, created a prototype of a short wheelbase Cortina designed for the American market. The one-off...
Monday March 2, 2015 was indeed a sad day for Australian historic motor sport enthusiasts when Leo Geoghegan (78), one of...
As many as 1,787 Fords took over the grounds of the National Motor Museum for Beaulieu’s biggest Simply Ford yet as 3,080 participants enjoyed baking sunshine at the rally. The impressive display covered the Beaulieu parkland on Sunday May 6th and smashed last year’s rally total of 1,500 cars. At the heart of the...
BMW has long followed a policy of racing cars and engines derived from production vehicles. Until BMW entered Formula One...
Ted Cutting, the man who designed the Aston Martin DBR1 that took Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori to victory at...
Here we are at the Motor 6 Hour Saloon Car Race at Brands Hatch on July 6, 1963. This Ford Cortina was driven by Jimmy Blumer and Henry Taylor into 10th place overall. Another Cortina finished 3rd overall. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
Jim Clark is remembered for his ability to drive and win in all types of cars and series, Formula 1,...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were racing identical cars. The idea for this low-budget formula was created by an Englishman named Geoffrey Clarke, who had a driver’s school called Motor Racing Stables based at the Brands...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Formula Ford, as unlikely as it may seem now, brought me closer to being on the inside of professional motor...
Environment affects evolution. Case in point: racing sedans. European sedans, contending with high fuel costs and operating on winding and narrow roads, ended up looking different from their American counterparts, raised on cheap fuel in more open spaces. Racing venues also differed, with sedan racing in Europe dominated by road...
A graduate in mechanical engineering, they called the nephew of Pinin Farina il dottore, the doctor. An austere, intolerant man,...
Jimmy Clark Biography Jimmy Clark was born in Kilmany, in the county of Fife to a Scottish farming family, roots...
Starting his career in the early ’60s behind the wheel of a Mini, John Fitzpatrick quickly worked his way to the top echelons of the endurance racing world. From winning the British Saloon Car Championship, Fitzpatrick went on to factory rides with Ford and BMW, as well as notching up...
1968 Lolita MkI & the 1969 Lolita MkII My first car was a British Motor Corporation Mini. I had just turned...
During the late 1960s and 1970s, the names of Leo and Ian (aka Pete) Geoghegan became known thoughout almost every...
It’s all change for the Mille Miglia Commemoration and the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti. The Mille Miglia has been brought in-house and the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti has come under new management, after being resurrected on a number of occasions by different organizers. For the last five years, a consortium...
I’m always a little bit shocked when I see the worlds of modern and historic racing intersect. Recently, I was...
1964 Lotus 30 During his test drive at Silverstone, the author found that most of what he’d heard about the...
I defected to Ford racing with Alan Mann, driving Lotus Cortinas, Mustangs and Falcons. In formula racing, I was driving for Ken Tyrrell. Ken expected feedback from his drivers during testing, qualifying and races. Without this feedback, it was impossible to set up or improve the handling and efficiency of...
Pat Moss-Carlsson, the younger sister of Stirling and wife of Erik, died after a long illness on October 14. She...
Roy Brown Jr.—designer of the much maligned, ’50s flop the Ford Edsel—passed away on Feb. 24 in Ann Arbor, Michigan,...
A Personal Recollection of Der Nürburgring by a young English Lad Who Grew Up to Become a Motorsports Photojournalist Later to drivve Formula 1 for BRM, Dr. Helmut Marko takes a works Alpina BMW 1600 Ti through the bottom of the Steilstrecke test hill approaching the Karussel. Photo: Peter Collins Having...
The International Britax Touring Car Race; Silverstone, July 10, 1965. Oversteer and understeer. Jack Sears and Sir John Whitmore with their...
It’s the end of October as I write this, which is fitting, because I’m being haunted…by one of my former...
Tim McGrane is the Executive Director of the Blackhawk Automotive Museum in Danville, California. VR: How did you get started in cars? I assume as a child. You grew up in the UK, correct? TM: I did. I grew up in Kent, southeast England about two miles from Brands Hatch....
By the early 1960s, Ford had carved a very specific niche for itself in the UK. Having built low cost,...
I can still hear my father, Walter Hayes, saying to me: “Sit there and do not, under any circumstances, move.”...
