Goodwood’s 76th Members’ Meeting, set for March 17-18, 2018, will offer a pair of new races, named for American racing...
One week after the 1966 12 Hours of Sebring, the racing world experienced another tragic weekend, this time in France,...
Fifty years after its first victory, to the day, Ford returned to Le Mans and won again, this time in the GTE Pro class with its EcoBoost GT piloted by Sébastien Bourdais, Joey Hand and Dirk Müller. Unlike 1966, Ferrari pushed them all the way this time, and by finishing...
October 2017 Matra Racing DVD, The Rebirth Many years ago I was drawn to the vibrancy of the Matra pit...
1978 Eagle DGF There is a historical trope in the racing world, which suggests that a talented craftsman could build a simple, small displacement racecar—like a Formula Ford—and his prototype’s success would catapult that individual into becoming a major racing car manufacturer, eventually reaching the pinnacles of the sport, F1...
Environment affects evolution. Case in point: racing sedans. European sedans, contending with high fuel costs and operating on winding and...
August 2017 The Belgian Grand Prix; Spa-Francorchamps, June 18, 1967. Dan Gurney braking for La Source on his way to...
John Surtees Photo: Mike Jiggle I first drove what was to become Graham Hill’s 1966 American Red Ball Special Indy winner at the Brickyard, in a test organized by George Bignotti, during the latter months of 1965. George was the very distinguished chief mechanic who, I believe, holds the record...
It is an unfortunate fact of life that as we age, so we lose more and more friends to the...
Joe Leonard who, like John Surtees, won major championships on two and four wheels, passed away last Thursday at the age of 84 following an extended illness. Leonard, a San Diego native who moved to San Jose, California, as a 16-year-old to chase his racing dream, established himself as one...
Last year the SCCA marked the 50th anniversary of its inaugural Trans-American Sedan Championship event at Sebring, Florida, on March...
The concept of the annual Road Racing Drivers Club dinner in Long Beach was expanded this year to recognize the...
1967 Shelby King Cobra Can-Am If you were Carroll Shelby, 1966 was a pretty good year. Coming off his Cobras winning the 1965 FIA GT championship, Shelby took over command of Ford’s struggling GT40 program and in 1966 finally handed Henry Ford II the 24 Hours of Le Mans victory...
Only four names come to mind when one recalls which drivers have driven their self-constructed cars in World Championship Grands...
April 2017 Pit and Paddock – Behind the scenes at UK and European circuits in the ’60s and ’70s By...
The new-and-improved Petersen Automotive Museum continues to impress with its selection of interesting exhibitions, including the latest titled “The Eagles...
The “Eagles Have Landed” exhibit honoring Dan Gurney at LA’s Petersen Automotive Museum opened last Friday night with a reception...
The Petersen Museum on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles is preparing to open a new exhibit honoring Dan Gurney called “The Eagles Have Landed.” The exhibit in the museum’s Charles Nearburg Family Gallery will showcase the diversity of the various racing cars constructed by Gurney’s All American Racers in nearby...
His nickname was always “Tony A-to-Z,” in part because his last name was Adamowicz, but in larger part because his...
Mike Hawthorn George Follmer 1 Paul Frere drives an Ecurie Belge Cooper T51-Climax to victory in the 80-lap Formula Libre South...
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC; it was nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although there was a basic set of rules, the cars had to be two-seaters with bodywork covering the wheels, have doors, a windscreen, brake lights and various safety requirements, otherwise there was no...
The Petersen Automotive Museum awarded motorsports icon Dan Gurney with the Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award at its 22nd...
Many were the similarities shared by young American racer Bobby Marshman and the Scottish Legend Bobby Marshman Photo: IMS Colin Chapman...
Mika Hakkinen Dario Franchitti Photo: Richard Dole 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, and his first Formula One World Championship, in a McLaren-Mercedes (1998). 2 Craig Breedlove sets a new Land Speed Record in the Spirit of America Sonic 1 at Bonneville by running 555.48 mph/888.76...
The Petersen Automotive Museum honored motorsports legend Dan Gurney with its 2016 Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award — in...
Legendary automotive journalist Brock Yates, creator of the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash among other things,...
October 2016 • Dan Gurney is this year’s recipient of the Peter Bryant Challenger Award for engineering excellence for his role in founding All American Racers and subsequently building Eagle racing cars for more than 30 years. Gurney was honored at a Can-Am Tribute dinner during the Rolex Monterey Motorsport...
