Tony SouthgatePhoto: Pete Austin At the end of the 1972 season, I left BRM to join Don Nichols and his...
Don Nichols Don Nichols is one of only three Americans ever to field a winning car in a World Championship...
Formula One, Can-Am and F5000 entrant and constructor Don Nichols passed away on August 21, at the age of 92. Nichols was one of only three Americans ever to field a winning car in a World Championship Formula One Grand Prix—omitting, of course, the 10 years when the Indy 500...
Don Nichols’ new AVS Shadow Mk. 1 made its first public appearance at the Labatt’s Blue Trophy race at Mosport, June...
Some of the biggest names in Formula 5000 history will gather for a panel discussion in the paddock at Mazda...
Peter Bryant, best known in motor racing circles as the creator of the Titanium-chassied Ti22 Can-Am car, died of a heart attack at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 31, 2009, four days short of his 72nd birthday. He had just spent the previous weekend participating in the Legends...
Pete Lyons Partway through an evening of kind words, warm recollections and congratulations, the moderator came on the mic and...
In retrospect, the end of the 1973 Can-Am championship was the pinnacle of the series. Porsche’s turbocharged “Panzer” 917/30 had...
December 2016 Jomar Legacy Dear Editor, My name is Alex Saidel and my father built the Jomar racecars that jump-started the TVR car company from 1955 to 1959. Over the past 25 years, I have been finding and restoring Jomar alloy-bodied racecars, as well as the fiberglass-bodied roadcars. There are...
When the sports car scene started to heat up again in ’65-’66, I went to work for Motorsport Design in...
The Can-Am Reunion Dinner scheduled for the Saturday of Monterey Classic Car Week, August 20 at the Monterey Plaza Hotel, has announced the addition of three key Can-Am competitors to its program. They are: Shadow Cars founder and driving force, Don Nichols; the driver who started a record 53 consecutive...
Mika Hakkinen Dario Franchitti Photo: Richard Dole 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, and his first...
Although my home was near to the Zandvoort circuit in Holland, my family had nothing to do with the motor...
Once upon a time it was not unusual to find American constructors on Grand Prix entry lists… With February’s announcement of a new American constructor preparing to contest the Formula One World Championship in 2010 and subsequently landing a spot on the official FIA entry list, came a resurgence of...
A panel discussion featuring some of the biggest names in Formula 5000 history will take place in the paddock at...