Maserati 8CTF Car: Maserati 8CTF/ Engine: Straight 8 / Maker: Maserati / Bore X Stroke: 69.0 mm (2.7 in) /...
1933 Tripoli Grand Prix – The Race That Was Rigged By Alfred Neubauer from Speed was My Life It was...
Richie Ginther Biography Those readers familiar with the Grand Prix History website know that central to this site is the Hall of Fame. Illustrating that section is a famous photograph by Gary Bramstedt entitled Heroes. Amongst such giants of the sport as Clark, Brabham and Hill is a small freckle-faced driver...
The American Grand Prize – The Great Races By Dennis David The Vanderbilt cup under the control of the American...
Lotus 33 Car: Lotus-Climax 33 / Engine: Coventry Climax FWMV 90º V8 / Maker: Lotus / Bore X Stroke: 67.9...
Delahaye 145 Grand Prix Car: Delahaye 145 GP / Engine: 60º V12 / Maker: Delahaye / Bore X Stroke: 75.0 mm x 84.7 mm / Year: 1937 / Capacity: 2,993 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 245 bhp / 183 KW @ 5,500 rpm / Wheelbase: 2,700 mm / Track:...
Antonio Ascari Biography Antonio Ascari was born on the 15th of September 1988 in Bonferraro, Italy, the son of a...
Mercedes 1914 GP Car: Mercedes 18/100 / Engine: Water-Cooled, M93654, Inline-4 / Maker: Mercedes / Bore X Stroke: 93 mm X...
Mercedes W 154 Car: Mercedes W154 / Engine: 600 V12 / Maker: Daimler-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 67 mm X 70 mm / Year: 1938 / Capacity: 2,962 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 425 bhp at 8,000 rpm / Wheelbase: 107.5 inches / Track: 58.1 inches front, 55.6 inches...
Lotus 79 Car: Lotus-Ford 79 / Engine: 900 V8 Ford-Cosworth DFV / Maker: Lotus / Bore X Stroke: 92.5 mm X...
United States Grand Prix – The History, The Circuits, The Drivers & the Cars Road racing in America has taken...
The Canadian – American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) – The Ultimate Guide Introduction John Bishop, Executive Director of the Sports Car Club of America as his Competition Director, Jim Kaser to look into the possibility of forming a professional sports car series, one with a more international flavor than it’s US...
Famous Race Cars on Stamps 50 Jahre AVUS Rennen 1921-1971 – Berlin 1971 Opened in 1921 just outside of Berlin...
Chaparral 2H Looking back over the years you have to wonder how Jim Hall could have gotten it so wrong...
Mors – Dauphin Car: Dauphin/ Engine: 4 Cylinder In-Line / Maker: Mors / Bore X Stroke: 145 mm X 175 mm / Year: 1903 / Capacity: 11,559 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 70 bhp at 1100 rpm Panhard was still reeling from the death of Emile Levassor and...
McLaren M7A Car: McLaren M7A / Engine: V-8 Ford-Cosworth / Maker: McLaren / Bore X Stroke: 85.7 mm X 64.8 mm...
Fiat 130HP F-2 Car: Fiat 130HP / Engine: 4 Cylinder in-line twin block / Maker: Fiat / Bore X Stroke: 180...
Peugeot 1912 L76 Car: Peugeot 1912 L76 / Engine: 4-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Peugeot / Bore X Stroke: 92 mm X 169 mm / Year: 1912 / Capacity: 4,400 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 112 bhp at 2,800 rpm / Wheelbase: 2,700 mm / Track: Front: 1350 mm...
1938 German Grand Prix – A Briton’s Finest Hour By Cyril Posthumus 1939 Was the first year of the new...
The Silver Arrows Story The history of Grand Prix Motor Racing through the lives of its greatest drivers, people and...
1938 Hungarian Grand Prix – Nuvolari Gets His Revenge By Dennis David In 1936 other cars known as die Silberpfeile or Silver Arrows raced in Hungary, that time on a 3.1 mille course within the Budapest Public Gardens. In the previous year the cars from Mercedes-Benz dominated the Grand Prix...
Chaparral 2E In 1966 Chaparral introduced the 2E for the Can-Am series. With its high mounted wing it was the...
1935 German Grand Prix – The Maestro and the Pechvogel By Douglas S. Brown The proud aristocratic German felt that...
Whitney Straight Biography Because of modern commercial, testing and fitness demands placed on current drivers many have decried the current crop as shallow and one-dimensional. Whitney Straight an ex-patriot living in England was anything but that. He raced in more Grands Prix than any American before World War II but...
Renault R26 Car: Renault R26 / Engine: RS26, Mid-mounted 2.4 litre V8 (90°) / Maker: Renault / Year: 2006 / Capacity:...
Renault 1906 Car: Renault 1906 / Engine: 4 Cylinder In-line / Maker: Renault / Bore X Stroke: 160 mm X...
1929 Tourist Trophy – A Great Irish Triumph By the Hon. H.R.S. Birkin The chief threat to a Bentley victory was Caracciola’s 7-litre supercharged Mercedes. My 4 ½-litre Bentley, though supercharged too, stood little chance when we both started from scratch. The Alfas had a handicap of three laps, and...
1921 French Grand Prix – When America Won The Grand Prix By Peter de Paolo After the Pay-off Banquet at...
1993 European Grand Prix – Racing Returns to Donington & We See Some True Senna Magic by Robert S. Butsch...
1934 French Grand Prix – Giants in the Ring By Barré Lyndon Although the French Grand Prix had always been regarded as the most vital race of the year, the entry of the new German cars filled it with greater potentialities than ever before. It was obvious that their drivers...
