I defected to Ford racing with Alan Mann, driving Lotus Cortinas, Mustangs and Falcons. In formula racing, I was driving...
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From 1964-1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One and the...
October 2016 • Dan Gurney is this year’s recipient of the Peter Bryant Challenger Award for engineering excellence for his role in founding All American Racers and subsequently building Eagle racing cars for more than 30 years. Gurney was honored at a Can-Am Tribute dinner during the Rolex Monterey Motorsport...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was established by the FIA (Federation...
The author’s primary impression of the car is of the need to keep the revs up so that the boost,...
On his way to 5th place overall in the 1955 East London Winter Handicap, John Hanning (Aston-Nash) leads Roy Humphreys (#7 Consul Special) around Weavers’ Hotel corner on the dangerous Esplanade Circuit. South Africa has a rich motor racing history, and during the 1930s a number of International Grands Prix...
Two names have become synonymous with Corvette over the years—Zora Arkus-Duntov and Dick Guldstrand. From the airport circuits of California...
Like his uncle Gianni Agnelli, Ludovico Scarfiotti was a suave, well-mannered gentleman who was no stranger to the privileges of...
Primarily, my racing with BMW was through Teddy Mayer and McLaren, as BMW and McLaren had been partners in a previous racing program when David Hobbs drove for them. The BMW GTP project relied on input from McLaren North America, as it wasn’t something BMW’s headquarters in Munich got too...
As a team manager my experience of driving racing cars is limited, although at the start of my motor racing...
Sex, infidelity, theft, intrigue, a lightly raced car, a tragic airplane crash and a pack of lifelong friends…some famous, some...
Formula 1 in Camera, 1960-69: Volume 2 By Paul Parker Thankfully, renown motor racing photographer Paul Parker has found a new publisher to continue his “In Camera” series, since Haynes no longer publish books of that type. It is a relief to know we’re not being deprived of another peek...
I wrote in this space, last month, that racecar drivers are just like us in that they too are human...
Now Auto Union’s number one driver after replacing the dead Bernd Rosemeyer, Tazio Nuvolari and his Auto Union Type D...
Dennis Firestone I began racing at age 18 in 1962, on TT motorcycles with my brother-in-law, Don Kratofil, and a friend, Tim Shaw, both of whom were truck drivers working with me at my first trucking company, Safeway Delivery. The delivery service had a six-day-a-week schedule so there were some...
My favorite Williams Formula One car that I designed, is the FW08—the car Keke Rosberg used to win the 1982...
Hermann Lang Bernd Rosemeyer 2 Louis de Palma drives a Benz to victory in the Vanderbilt Cup race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
Bugatti type 57 Grand Prix – A Celebration By Neil Max Tomlinson To dispel myths and legends of any subject is a very tall order. As a writer and researcher you stand alone with your head above a parapet just waiting to be shot down once your findings are published....
• Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) has announced that American racing legend Bobby Rahal has entered the second annual Classic 24...
Mike Lawrence Recently, I was contacted by a chap in New Jersey who labored under the impression that I know...
Dr. Lou Sell I got a Brabham in 1967 and it was supplied by the Russell Racing Organisation, which was like a driving school. They bought a bunch of Brabhams, with one for me that cost like half as much, and I ran their name on the side, as long...
Mike Costin Bill Milliken.Photo: Bentley Publishing 1 Dario Franchitti wins the CART Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland, Ohio (2001). 2...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Mike Lawrence Here is a question to ponder: when was there last welding equipment in a Formula One pitlane, or that of any top category? After Innes Ireland drove his Lotus 16 around the bumps of the Monza banking in 1959, no fewer than 40 cracks were found in the...
The 182T, the 182 chassis fitted with the Turbo V-8, first appeared at Monza, near the end of the 1982...
Mike Lawrence At the end of last year, I moved from Chichester to Oxford or, to put it in terms...
Artist Bernard Reeves was inspired to paint this image by a 1930s poster for a shipping line because he was impressed by the graphics of the ship, and he is also a Jaguar enthusiast. Based in Herefordshire, England, Bernard specializes in oil and gouache paintings. His portfolio includes classic, sports and Formula...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
Tony Griffiths.Photo: Kary Jiggle For me, motors and motoring were in my blood and my genes. After the first World...
Paul McMorran The loss of John Crosslé at the end of August 2014 completes the passing of a remarkable generation in motorsport. John had much in common with the contemporaries and friends who founded Lola, Mallock, Chevron and other icons of what many consider a golden age. Eric Broadley, Arthur...
