In 1958, former Huntington Park High School friends Larry Kent and Ray Weaver decided to take a shot at the...
This month’s Hidden Treasure begins with the sound of J. Why do I bring this up? Because for years I’ve...
The Silverstone Classic, firmly established as “the world’s biggest classic racing festival,” celebrates 21 years since its inception this July 22-24. This is the event that started the British boom in historic racing festivals. Under the same management that successfully ran the event last year, an entry of 1200 drivers...
Formula Junior Historics North America has announced an eight-race slate of events for 2016 with support from Bonhams, Passport Transport...
Organizers of the FIA Lurani Trophy for Formula Juniors have announced that they are canceling the 2020 championship due to...
Pre-event publicity for the Silver Anniversary edition of the Silverstone Classic didn’t include anything about the British summer weather, but unfortunately inclement weather did play a major part in the weekend celebrations on two of the three days, with only Saturday being a sun day. Rain began falling in the...
I can think of very few businesses—aside from magazine publishing—where the odds are more stacked against you than being a...
The J. Frank Harrison story Given today’s racing environment with its multi-million-dollar corporate budgets, it can be hard to imagine...
When Formula Junior came to the UK shores, to replace the now out-dated 500-cc Formula Three racing, I felt that it was time to build a single-seater chassis for myself. It was at the same time I had decided to leave my £18-a-week job at Rotax and set up my...
Frankly, I was surprised at how easily it drove after some previous experiences I had with other open-wheelers. Owner Ed...
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Canadian industries of aerospace and racecar design were at the forefront of...
News has come from the Mayo Clinic that American racecar driver and designer Bruce Eglinton has died at the age...
Bruce Kessler had a meteoric motorsports career, which started with drag racing his mother’s Jaguar XK120, progressed to practicing for...
For three short years, in the early 1960s, Christabel Carlisle, now Lady Watson, was the name on the lips of everyone who attended race meetings in the UK. At that time, it was controversial for women to race cars. However, from out of nowhere she was an instant success. During...
This year, Crosslé, Lola, and Mallock will all celebrate their fiftieth anniversaries. The exact date of each birthday is unknown,...
Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) has confirmed that it is committed to featuring Formula Junior run groups at three of...
That’s some ride from West Lothian, Scotland to winning the great Indianapolis 500 three times, not to mention four IndyCar Series Championships. It’s a ride Dario Franchitti took from 1996 until 2013. On the way Dario, born in Bathgate, West Lothian on May 19, 1973, and whose family has profound...
We concluded last month’s opening segment of John Zimmermann’s interview with David Hobbs as he was preparing to turn his...
David Wishart Hobbs was born into an Australian immigrant family in the British West Midlands city of Leamington Spa, five...
This month’s Racecar Profile is really interesting to me because I think it typifies the diversity and general accessibility of motorsport to the “average Joe” in the ’50s and ’60s. In this case, the car in question is one of only three Formula Juniors built by an enterprising enthusiast in...
Duncan was initially entranced by record keeping and statistics in racing events. This interest morphed into a desire to race...
Ed Leavens’ career in racing could be compared to an iceberg where 9/10ths of the details of his career lie...
1960 Kieft Formula Junior The history of British motorsport is rife with postwar racecar manufacturers that saw their genesis in the hands of a dedicated engineer or enthusiast. Names like Colin Chapman (Lotus), John Cooper (Cooper) and Eric Broadley (Lola) are just a few of such individuals that set out...
1962 Tojeiro-Buick Photo: Pete Austin “Just turn the key and it will start,” I was told, as the door of the...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheel racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Junior. However, with that category’s demise at the end of 1963, F2...
From 1964-1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One and the...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
For the Anerley Trophy Formula Junior race at Crystal Palace on June 3, 1963, the Start of the first heat featured the Brabhams of Frank Gardner (25), Paul Hawkins (26) and Denis Hulme (24) on the front row. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
