1929 Tourist Trophy – A Great Irish Triumph By the Hon. H.R.S. Birkin The chief threat to a Bentley victory...
The Best Race Circuits In Grand Prix History Many of the greatest racing circuits exist only in dim memory brought...
History of Formula 1 – Motor Races 1931 Ogden’s Cigarettes Tobacco advertising and automobile racing goes back a lot further than Marlboro. Cigarette cards came into use in 1879, the year in which several American tobacco manufacturers began putting small card stiffeners into the flimsy paper packs of cigarettes to...
Notable American Grand Prix Drivers Michael Andretti The son of a racing legend, Michael Andretti was the Indy Car Champion...
The 1934 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1934 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: April 8-9, 1934 / Winner: Varzi – Bignami...
Notable Mille Miglia Drivers – The History In our ongoing series on the History of the Mille Miglia, we take a look at the drivers that made these races so special. These are not just the winners, but the men who we remember for doing something special. Albert Ascari Alberto...
Luigi Villoresi Biography Luigi Villoresi was born in Milan, Italy on May 16th, 1909. Nicknamed “Gigi” he came from a...
Luigi Fagioli Biography Luigi Fagioli was born on June 9th, 1898 to a wealthy family in the small city of...
Formula 1 Safety Safety has always been a slightly difficult topic in motorsports. Automobile racing is a dangerous sport, and some say that this danger is part of the sports allure. In fact, Ernest Hemmingway, the famous author once remarked that, “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering;...
David Bruce-Brown Biography Born in 1887 to wealthy merchant parents, he attended the Allen-Stephenson School in New York City, and...
Brabham-Alfa BT46 Car: Brabham-Alfa BT46 / Engine: Flat-12 Alfa Romeo / Maker: Brabham / Bore X Stroke: 77 x 53.9...
René Dreyfus Biography The story begins in 1914 when René was nine years old. The middle of three children he speaks of his early life with fondness, growing up in Nice. He later joined the Moto Club de Nice, which was sort of a junior league Automobile Club de Nice....
1937 Donington Grand Prix – When The Germans Came to Donington by Rodney Walkerley The Donington Grand Prix of 1937...
Enzo Ferrari Biography Enzo Ferrari was born in 1898 in Modena Italy. His father, Alfredo, ran a local metal-blacksmith business...
Mercedes W 25 Car: Mercedes W25 / Engine: 8-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Daimler-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 78 mm X 80 mm / Year: 1934 / Capacity: 3,360 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 354 bhp at 5,800 rpm / Wheelbase: 107.2 inches / Track: 58.0 inches front, 56.0...
1938 German Grand Prix – A Briton’s Finest Hour By Cyril Posthumus 1939 Was the first year of the new...
Mercedes W 163 Car: Mercedes W163 / Engine: 600 V12 / Maker: Daimler-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 67 mm X 70 mm / Year: 1939 / Capacity: 2,962 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 484 bhp at 7,500 rpm / Wheelbase: 107.5 inches / Track: 58.1 inches front, 55.6 inches...
Giulio Ramponi Biography Giulio Ramponi was born in Milan on 8 January 1902. His father died while he was still...
Lotus 72 Car: Lotus-Ford 72 / Engine: 900 V8 Ford-Cosworth DFV / Maker: Lotus / Bore X Stroke: 85.7 x 64.8...
Mercedes W 196 Car: Mercedes W196 / Engine: 8-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Mercedes-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 76 mm X 68.8 mm / Year: 1954 / Capacity: 2,496 cc / Class: Formula 1 / Power: 257 bhp at 8,200 rpm / Wheelbase: 2350, 2210 and 2150 (Monaco) mm / Track:...
Mario Andretti Biography Mario Andretti was born in Montona, Italy, on February 28, 1940, just three months before Mussolini worked...
Can-Am Racing Cars – The Specials Honker II A car named after a truck’s air horn doe not lend itself...
McLaren M8 Robin Herd had left and was replaced by Gordon Coppuck, who had worked earlier for the National Gas Turbine Establishment, as chief designer assisted by Swiss engineer, Jo Marquardt who had worked at Lotus. It was decided early on that Coppuck would concentrate on the rear portion of...
Maserati 250 F Car: Maserati 250 F / Engine: 6-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Maserati / Bore X Stroke: 84 mm X 75...
Horribly Beautiful The story of the Mille Miglia begins in 1921 when the Auto Club di Brescia organized the first...
Mark Donohue Jr. Biography Mark Donohue Jr. trademark was his versatility. He raced and won in sports cars, Indy Cars, stock cars; on both oval tracks and road courses. He was a two-time USRRC Champion, a three-time SCCA Trans-Am Champion, a Can-Am Champion, winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona,...
Penske PC4 Car: Penske PC4 / Engine: 900 V8 Ford-Cosworth DFV / Maker: Mercedes / Bore X Stroke: 85.7 X...
Nelson Piquet Biography Nelson Piquet was born on August 17, 1952 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The son of a...
Baconin Borzacchini Biography Baconin Francesco Domenico Borzacchini, born in Terni, Italy on September 29, 1898 was named by his parents after a Russian anarchist, Mikhail Bakunin. At the age of 14, be began work in a garage as a mechanic. After serving in the Army during WW1, he began racing...