The noise! It took my breath away. A BMW M12 4-cylinder or Honda V-6 at around 10,000 rpm. Totally ear-splitting...
Philanthropist Peter Mullin is founder of the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, California, as well as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Petersen Automotive Museum. VR: Tell me how you first became enamored with cars. Like so many of us, I would imagine you were bit by the bug...
De Palma, his riding mechanic alongside, guides his factory Vauxhall over the 37.631-km Circuit de Lyon during the 1914 French...
Widely experienced chief mechanic and author Sal Incandela has passed away at his home in the Las Vegas suburb of...
Karl Kling David Brown 1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio race in Italy (1907). 2 Sports car and F1 racer Willy Mairesse commits suicide in his hotel room in Ostend, Belgium (1969). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
This past July, Britain’s Beaulieu could have been mistaken for one of its French counterparts, as around 200 French vehicles...
Which sub-one-liter competition engine has the most international road racing victories of all time? OSCA? Bandini? Crosley? Abarth? Nardi? Moretti?...
My very first experiences in a racing car were in a Lotus Seven. In fact, prior to purchasing the Lotus I went to Lotus and asked for a job. I thought I must know how they build these cars if I’m going to race them. I was conscious too that...
Debutante’s Ball On a list of the greatest Grand Prix races will be the names of several which will strike...
On the whole, French racing drivers are quite friendly toward each other and generally there is a good rapport and...
The author found the Amon AF101 quite enjoyable to drive at Donington, now that it has been extensively developed—note particularly the twin canard fin nose treatment.Photo: Pete Austin One of the problems in writing this profile is the temptation to indulge in a long list of Chris Amon misfortunes—and there...
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