Richie Ginther Sir Stirling Moss 3 Dario Resta dies in a crash during a speed record attempt at Brooklands, England...
Peter Brock Alan Jones 1 Brian Redman finishes 1st and 2nd in the 24 Hours of Daytona when the Gulf...
Andre Boillot Rex Mays 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese GP and his first Formula One world title at Suzuka in a McLaren-Mercedes (1998). 3 Ferrari wins the World Sportscar Championship as the Maserati factory team is destroyed in the final round at Caracas, Venezuela. Afterwards, Maserati abandons their racing...
Dale Earnhardt Nino Farina 1 Bobby Rahal, Bob Garretson, and Brian Redman drive a Porsche 935 K3 to victory in...
Some time ago, Vintage Racecar published ”Absent Friends,” my story of astonishing heroism of another kind. It involved three motor...
Dario Resta competed in the first race ever held on Britain’s hallowed Brooklands circuit on July 6, 1907, and died there trying to set speed records on September 3, 1924. In between the two, his European career had its highs and lows, but his exploits in the United States were,...
The most famous race on earth may have a checkered past as part of the World Championship, but foreign flavor...
Ralph DePalma John Surtees 1 Sportscar racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr....
King George V thought it was very funny. “You’re late, my boy,” he guffawed. The world’s fastest human being had tried to get to Buckingham Palace on time for his own investiture, but he turned up half an hour late. He had been delayed by a slow goods train huffing...
Nino Farina Jim HallPhoto: Keith Booker 1 Sports car racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and...