Die Silberpfeile – The Silver Arrows Teams The Fuhrer has spoken. The 1934 Grand Prix formula shall and must be...
Ferrari Dino 246 F1 Car: Ferrari Dino 246 F1 / Engine: Dino Type 246 65º V6 / Maker: Ferrari / Bore...
Maserati 250 F Car: Maserati 250 F / Engine: 6-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Maserati / Bore X Stroke: 84 mm X 75 mm / Year: 1957 / Capacity: 2,490 cc / Class: Formula 1 / Power: 270 bhp at 8,000 rpm / Wheelbase: 89.8 inches / Track: 51.2 inches Front, 49.2 inches Rear...
The Important People Behind The Silver Arrows As part of our ongoing series, we take a look at the history...
Jim Hall Biography Jim Hall was born on the 23rd of July, 1935 in Abilene, Texas, the 2nd of three...
Era R2B “Romulus” Car: ERA R2B / Engine: Straight 6 / Maker: ERA / Bore X Stroke: 57.5 mm / 90.8 mm / Year: 1935 / Capacity: 1,488 cc / 90.8 cu in / Class: Voiturette / Power: 166 bhp / 124 KW @ 6,500 rpm / Wheelbase: 2,438 mm (96 in)...
Alain Prost Biography But for a twist of fate Alain Prost might have become a professional footballer instead of a...
Horribly Beautiful The story of the Mille Miglia begins in 1921 when the Auto Club di Brescia organized the first...
City to City Motor Races It began with demonstration runs such as one that took place on the 22nd of July, 1894 in front of a fascinated public for these strange carriages that drove themselves or at least seemed to. The trail as it was called would cover the distance...
Ferrari 156 Car: Ferrari 156 / Engine: 120 degree V6 / Maker: Ferrari / Bore X Stroke: 73 mm X 58.8...
Jean-Pierre Wimille Biography Jean-Pierre Wimille was born in Paris, in 1908. His father, Auguste Wimille, was motoring correspondent for the Petit...
Ateliers Decauville Aine The Decauville family from Normandy, settles South of Paris in the seventeenth century. Armand-Louis-Victor began cultivating sugar beets in 1850. Later he built a distillery and a refinery producing alcohol. In 1853, wishing to expand its operations, Armand Decauville created workshops in Petit-Bourg where he devoted himself...
Delage 15 S8 Car: Delage 15 S8 / Engine: Inline-8; DOHC, 2 Valves per Cyl; Roots Supercharger / Maker: Delage...
1903 Paris to Madrid – The Race to Death By Charles Jarrott PARIS-BORDEAUX! The very name conjures up old memories...
Peter Revson Biography He was born IN 1939, a heir to the Revlon cosmetics fortune but died a respected professional race car driver. “I really feel he was one of the top six drivers in F1,” former McLaren team manager Teddy Mayer once said to Autoweek. “Revvie,” as friends, teammates...
Ferrari F2002 Car: Ferrari F2002 / Engine: Ferrari type 051 90° V10, Naturally Aspirated / Maker: Ferrari / Bore X...
Race Car & Racing Development This article will discuss the art as well as the science of race car driving as it evolved through the history of motorsport. When four-wheel brakes were still a rarity and suspension was considered a black art. From the time that drivers held a tiller...
Alfa Romeo P2 Car: Alfa Romeo P2 / Engine: 8-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Alfa Romeo / Bore X Stroke: 61.0...
Strangest Formula 1 Records The Longest Gap Between First and Second Place Two-time world champion Jim Clark is widely considered to be...
Chaparral 2J Legend “according to Jim Hall” has the idea for the Chaparral 2J came to him through a child’s drawing that was sent to him as part of the fan mail that made its way to Midland. Whether true or not it must be remembered that Hall, always self...
1933 Tourist Trophy – Sensation at Syracuse By Richard Hough “It seems perfectly apparent,” wrote Sammy Davis after the 1932...
Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B – Car Profiles He seemed to be well positioned at Fiat, then the leading racing...
George Follmer Biography Follmer was born in Phoenix on January 27, 1934, but it was not long before his father, an engineer for a company that made flour mills, moved the family to suburban Los Angeles. “I did okay in high school, when I focused on books instead of girls,”...
1955 Syracuse Grand Prix – Sensation at Syracuse By Peter Lewis In October 1955, with nearly ten years of motor...
1922 Grand Prix de l’Automobile Club de France The Grand Prix of the French Automobile Club, the world’s most prestigious...
Cisitalia D46 Car: Cisitalia D46 / Engine: Inline-4 / Maker: Cisitalia / Bore X Stroke: 68.1 x 74.9 mm / Year: 1946 / Capacity: 1,089 cc / Class: Voiturette / Power: 62 bhp at 5,500 rpm / Wheelbase: 79.1 inches / Track: Front: 48 inches Rear: 44.1 inches / Weight:...
Williams FW14B Car: Williams FW14b / Engine: 670 V10 / Maker: Williams – Renault / Year: 1991 / Capacity: 3,493 cc /...
500 Miglia di Monza – The Race of Two Worlds By Dennis David In 1954, redevelopment of the Autodromo Nazionale...
1968 German Grand Prix – Jackie Stewart’s Greatest Race By Jackie Stewart For Grand Prix drivers the German Grand Prix each year is a very special event because the Nurburgring is certainly the most difficult, the most treacherous, and the most demanding of the tracks that the circus travels to...
