When the lights went out to start the 2013 Le Mans Legends race under rainy skies, Alex Buncombe’s pole-winning ’59...
Mike Costin (left) and Keith Duckworth. A single-seater Brabham arrives in Singapore for the 1969 Singapore Grand Prix. On the...
Mike Costin Bill Milliken.Photo: Bentley Publishing 1 Dario Franchitti wins the CART Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland, Ohio (2001). 2 Pierre Veyron wins the voiturette race at Albi, France, driving a Bugatti Type 51A (1933). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
A.J. Foyt Mike Costin 1 A.J. Foyt drives a Coyote-Foyt to victory in the USAC Championship race at Pocono, Pennsylvania,...
Wooden Memories Dear Editor, Just a friendly correction to your comment in the March “Mail Box” letter on “Wooden Racers” where you state that the Protos F2 car was made of balsa wood. I can assure you the monocoque was made of birch plywood. As an enthusiastic 14-year-old in 1967,...
Mike Lawrence There has been some debate within these pages about the wood used to make Frank Costin’s Protos F2...
Harris-Costin Protos F2 Many of the drivers who progressed through the standard single-seater stages of racing in Europe in the...
In this age of hi-tech carbon fiber car and aircraft construction, wood may now seem an odd material to use, but remember the days when it was very much a favored material for all sorts of things, houses and bonfires included. Still good for those, but the days of wooden...