Bruce McLaren Umberto Maglioli 2 Bruce McLaren is killed in an accident while testing the McLaren M8D Can-Am racer at...
1970 Porsche 908/3 The author puts the 908/3 through its paces on Pierre Bardinon’s private Mas Du Clos circuit in...
The 24 Hours of Le Mans; Le Mans, June 13–14, 1953. The experimental Porsche 550 coupe, which was driven by Hans Hermann and Helm Glœckler, turns through Mulsanne under lovely afternoon skies. They finished 16th overall, just behind their sister car driven by Richard von Frankenberg and Paul Frére which...
At the end of 1969, during the height of the Ferrari-Porsche World Sports Car Championship “wars,” Jo Siffert was wined...
Moss at His Best When it was announced in 1958 that the capacity limit for Formula One would change from...
1969 Mercedes 300 SEL 6.8 AMG 1969 Mercedes 300 SEL 6.8 AMG. Photo: Mercedes-AMG It seems hard to believe that most of the past 50 years of Mercedes-Benz motor sport history is, in large part, due to a small German company that, until recently, was not Mercedes-Benz. The little company...
Porsche assembled a massive armada of 917s for its attack on Le Mans in 1970, its sole intent overall victory....
Contrary to what many may believe, the first time I drove a Porsche 917 was when I first sat in...
For this special Porsche issue it was only right to interview the man who, in real terms, helped to put the Porsche name firmly in motor racing record books as a marque to be respected and feared. In 1970, together with Richard Attwood—some would say a most unlikely pairing—and from...
It was 11 in the morning. A 25-year-old German pastry cook was sleeping after a hard night’s baking. Until the...
Porsches have scored a record 16 overall victories at Le Mans, 14 similar triumphs in the Rolex 24 at Daytona...
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the race that began as the Daytona Continental in 1962 and evolved into today’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, but not all of those races were run for a full 24 hours. The first two runnings had a three-hour duration, while the next two...
Karl Kling was born too late to join Rudolf Caracciola, Manfred Von Brauchitsch and Hermann Lang in their rampage through...
The fifth global gathering of Porschephiles, Rennsport Reunion V, took place before a record crowd of some 57,531 under sunny...
The late 1960s brought a host of changes to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The wave of “professionalism” that was sweeping across other forms of motorsport began to exert its influence at Le Mans. With increased money and prestige now flowing through professional racing, the caliber of teams...
The fifth global gathering of Porschephiles, Rennsport Reunion V, took place before a record crowd of some 57,531 under sunny...
From gas station owner in 1954 to leading Le Mans in 1967, sports car racer Scooter Patrick enjoyed an amazing...
When I first started work for Porsche, I was naturally introduced to their ways of working, which I found in later years to become “the Porsche way.” Years later, I discovered that other automobile companies or racing teams did things a little different. The Porsche way wasn’t just talking around,...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...