1974 Matra M670B The name Matra became familiar to thousands of motor racing fans from the mid-1960s through the 1970s....
September 2007 BMW Drivers Dear Editor, Read your article on the prewar BMW with great interest. Although I knew he had a prewar racing career, I never knew that Huschke von Hanstein was one of their racing drivers. But what intrigued me more was learning about one of their lesser...
I grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland, far removed from motor sport, and my parents strongly disapproved of...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
1969 Chevron B8-BMW In my book, 2006 was a good year. Got my pensioner’s bus pass, had two cataract operations, made my Le Mans debut…not necessarily in that order! I can only now reveal that it is possible to race at Le Mans with one eye! This may come as...
The 2005 Walter Hayes Trophy meeting at Silverstone took me full circle back to Formula Ford, the formula I started...
Mike Jiggle speaks with the Australian legend about his long career, his tough guy approach and the red underpants that enpowered him to become the 1980 Formula One World Champion. Your father enjoyed a reasonable motor racing career. Was it, therefore, inevitable that you became involved in the sport? Become...
I could talk about David Purley, or Dave as I’ve always known him, all day long, but for the sake...
As you’ll read in this month’s Racecar Profile, I had the good fortune to be given the opportunity to drive...
The Sevenoaks and District Car Club’s efforts to uphold the heritage of London’s Crystal Palace as a venue for motorsport continued in style at the end of May when the organization played host to the fourth annual Motorsport at the Palace event. A huge entry of more than 200 cars...
The Historic Sports Car Club is targeting the 1600-cc Formula 3 cars of the early 1970s for a revival in...
My first exposure to Formula Ford came as a lot of us began hearing about how neat it was in...
Former F3 racer, Bev Bond, who drove for Gold Leaf Team Lotus during the late 1960s, has waged a war on cancer and is trying to get men to go to their doctor sooner rather than later when telltale signs appear. Recently afflicted and now in remission, he wants to...
The Automobile Club de Monaco has announced that the seventh Grand Prix Monaco Historique has been scheduled for May 8–9,...
The author puts his back into steering the Trimax through a left hander at Mallory Park.Photo: Andy Thorpe Was Alvin...
Motor sport anniversaries and centenaries seem to have filled the calendar in the last few years, and as our sport...
There are cars, and there are cars. Some come and stay, many come and pass on. A few appear briefly...
It is early 1964 and having recently qualified as a doctor, I had signed up for a short-service commission as medical officer for the Royal Air Force in Changi, Singapore, to start at the beginning of the summer. But there was a problem; I had an obsession for motor racing....
As far as I’m concerned the greatest racecar I ever drove is the car that gave me the greatest happiness...
Englishman Andy Wallace is one of only eight drivers ever to post at least one victory in each of endurance...
Damon Graham Devereux Hill is the only son of a Formula 1 World Champion to have also won the title. His father, Graham, won the 1962 and 1968 championships and Damon the 1996. The 1994 Grand Prix season outlook seemed bright for Williams with Senna coming aboard to partner Hill...
1935 Sulman Singer We all have defining moments in our lives that remain with us. Moments that leave an indelible...
Following a successful championship year in Formula Three in 2001—winning the British F3, Masters of F3 and the celebrated Macau...
The main thing about the 1953 race at Watkins Glen was the question of whether there would be a race at all. The previous year there had been a fatality on the 6.6-mile course that ran right through town on Franklin Street. The Austin-Healey 100 pace car leads the pack...
Allen Berg Allen Berg began racing as most do, in karts, and soon progressed up the ladder to Formula Ford...
When you first meet Walt MacKay, you are struck by what a quiet, modest man he is. Currently, he runs...
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...