Harris-Costin Protos F2 Many of the drivers who progressed through the standard single-seater stages of racing in Europe in the...
A.J. Foyt Mike Costin 1 A.J. Foyt drives a Coyote-Foyt to victory in the USAC Championship race at Pocono, Pennsylvania,...
When the lights went out to start the 2013 Le Mans Legends race under rainy skies, Alex Buncombe’s pole-winning ’59 Lister Jaguar Costin slipped almost immediately into the lead and began edging away from the field. At the end of the 45-minute contest that ran as a preliminary for this...
Wooden Memories Dear Editor, Just a friendly correction to your comment in the March “Mail Box” letter on “Wooden Racers”...
Mike Costin Bill Milliken.Photo: Bentley Publishing 1 Dario Franchitti wins the CART Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland, Ohio (2001). 2...
Mike Lawrence There has been some debate within these pages about the wood used to make Frank Costin’s Protos F2 cars. The original (wooden) Marcos was said to have been made from “laminated marine ply,” because Frank’s partner, Jem Marsh, felt that window dressing was needed. Frank told me that...
In this age of hi-tech carbon fiber car and aircraft construction, wood may now seem an odd material to use,...
Mike Costin (left) and Keith Duckworth. A single-seater Brabham arrives in Singapore for the 1969 Singapore Grand Prix. On the nosecone reads “Costin Brabham”, not the customary Repco Brabham badge seen on other Brabham single-seaters. Many would have already heard of the name Costin, some would even have known the...