At the 1975 edition of the fabled 24 Heures du Mans, Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell teamed to take thhis...
A record, sellout crowd of 149,000 poured into the Goodwood Circuit, near Chichester in West Sussex, England, last weekend for...
The Earl of March has recently confirmed the theme of the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed, which is “Hawthorn to Hamilton—Britain’s Love Affair with World Motor Sport.” Britain has always played a key role in the global motor racing industry, forging successful relationships with the rest of the motor sport...
1988 Jaguar XJR9 & 1991 Jaguar XJR12 Almost all of Jaguar’s competition effort in the post-war period became directed at a...
1982 Porsche 956 & 1988 Porsche 962 It is now 25 years since the Porsche 956 first appeared and started another of Porsche’s amazing periods of domination, this time in long-distance racing in the Group C and IMSA categories. Having decided that they wanted to win races outright rather than...
1967 Ferrari 312 Chassis 0007 After the smaller 1.5-liter Grand Prix cars of 1961–’65, the return to a larger engine...
Jim Clark Peter Bryant 2 Four-time 500-cc Motorcycle Grand Prix World Champion and auto-racer Mike “The Bike” Hailwood is born...
Ronnie Peterson Giuseppe Campari 1 James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, wins the German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Niki Lauda crashes his Ferrari on the second lap and suffers serious burns that nearly kill him. Six weeks later, Lauda returns to racing (1976). 2 Ronnie Bucknum debuts the Honda RA271...
As preparations proceed for the 2nd Annual Bahamas Speed Week Revival, scheduled for November 24 through December 2 in Nassau,...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has announced that this year’s class of inductees will include Indy 500 winner...
As Historic Sportscar Racing’s Classic 24 Hour at Daytona presented by IMSA, gets ready to roll at Daytona International Speedway next weekend, November 12-15, two sports car racing greats—Derek Bell and Brian Redman—have been added to the lineup of legends taking part in the event. Bell and Redman are both...
Bob Wollek was a champion many times over before he even got into motor racing. He won no fewer than three gold and two silver medals in the World University Games—second only to the Olympics—in downhill, slalom and combined skiing events in 1966 and 1968. When he exploded onto the...
What kind of racing driver is it who forgets how many times he’s won? One of the most successful, of...
Derek Bell initially made a name for himself, racing in open-wheeled cars including Formula 2 and Formula 1. However, it...
Five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell MBE was the featured guest as JD Classics welcomed more than 500 guests to another of its breakfast mornings last weekend. The greatest British endurance racer of all time — who in addition to his Le Mans victories has three wins in the Rolex...
Following the razzmatazz of the Goodwood Revival weekend, Monday morning should have been back to business, but a couple of...
Five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell MBE has been named the winner of the Simeone Foundation Auto Museum’s 10th Spirit...
Hope for Tomorrow will celebrate the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a black tie dinner at London’s The Hurlingham Club on Wednesday May 18. The event is supported by Ford Motor Company, which is celebrating its return to Le Mans 50 years after its famous podium sweep victory in...
The E-Type Club’s three-week Round Britain Coastal Drive in support of Prostate Cancer UK will commence at Goodwood on September...
I grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland, far removed from motor sport, and my parents strongly disapproved of...
July 2010 During the Spa-Francorchamps 750km Race on May 4, 1975, Henri Pescarolo extracts full speed from his Alfa Romeo 33TT12 up the Radillon hill. Pescarolo teamed with Derek Bell to win the Belgian race. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
The Watkins Glen 6 Hours, on July 21, 1973, served as the final round of that year’s World Sportscar Championship...
Nino Farina Jim HallPhoto: Keith Booker 1 Sports car racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and...
Ralph DePalma John Surtees 1 Sportscar racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr. drive a Löwenbrau-sponsored Porsche 962 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1986). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
Graham Hill Frank Costin 1 Guy Frequelin becomes competition chief of Citroen (1989). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell, and Al...
I remember the 1968 Oulton Park Gold Cup Race very well because it was my first Formula 1 drive, and...
As the ninth annual The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering had chosen to honor Ferrari’s limited edition, top-end America and Superamerica models, it was only fitting that the event’s Best of Show award would go to Jack Thomas’ 1955 Ferrari 375 America. Crowds roaming the grounds of the Quail Lodge Golf...
