The Jowett brothers—Benjamin and William—built their first car in 1906, which they drove and tested for four years before going...
Dan Gurney, as American as we make ’em, was once proposed to be President, and I still think our conflicted country would have been the better for it. But Big Dan did achieve immortality as the first American to create an American F1 car. Wonderfully, he called it the Eagle,...
1957 Climax-powered Jomar 1957 Climax-powered Jomar. Photo: Harold Pace You know the story. Start with a svelte English chassis, add...
1931 AJS 9hp Richmond Saloon Mention AJS and most will think of motorcycles, but there was more to AJS than...
Pete Lyons Stirling Moss deliberately steering his Lotus into rain puddles around the Nürburgring—reading about that may have been the first time I ever really thought about racing tires. It was the German Grand Prix of 1961. The 1.5-liter formula had just come in, and the tiny, 4-cylinder Coventry Climax...
1962 Tojeiro-Buick Photo: Pete Austin “Just turn the key and it will start,” I was told, as the door of the...
MG’s fabled Competitions Department enjoyed near constant success on the international racing stage. With victories in road racing, rallying, trials...
Among this year’s anniversaries is that of the Mini Cooper. John Cooper and Alec Issigonis became pals while competing in British hillclimbs in the immediate postwar era. Issigonis had resurrected his Austin-powered Lightweight Special, a single-seater with a monocoque and rubber suspension, while Cooper was developing his 500-cc cars. Issigonis...
It exploded at me around a blind embankment, big truck, top-heavy, heeling as it hurtled downhill. What its driver saw,...
Most people when launching a new product normally try to come up with a new name to reflect innovation. Then...
The 1950s and ’60s were to many involved in Australian historic motor sport, the halcyon years. It was the time of the Australian Special, the racing of early model Holdens and the Tasman Series. Many names came and went, but quite a few remained and are still well known today...
Ever hear the name TVR? Well, without Raymond Saidel, Trevor Wilkinson may never have brought TVR to the production car...
1957 Lotus Eleven LM 150Photo: Shifting Focus It was still very early days for the small, but growing firm of Lotus...
Vintage Racecar’s European team will be out in full force at the 10th Race Retro, at Stoneleigh Park, near Coventry, Warwickshire, from the 22nd to the 24th of February. In deference of the show’s chosen marque, Lotus, the Vintage Racecar stand (E40 Hall 2) will be exhibiting the JPS Lotus...
1972 Lola T290-Tecno Here is your first question for 10 points: How many racing car manufacturers have been going nonstop...
