Bobby Rahal A.J. Foyt 1 Sports car racer James “Hap” Sharp is born (1928). 6 Indy 500 winner Pat Flaherty...
The Henry Ford Museum’s newly restored Lotus 38, the first rear-engined car to win the Indianapolis 500, made its North...
Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans By Preston Lerner and Dave Friedman The story is a familiar one. After Henry Ford II’s attempt to buy Ferrari is rebuffed, he vows to defeat the Italians at Le Mans, creates a bold new car that...
How many of you would journey 500 miles across country to race a freshly built car whose engine had never...
A wide range of opulent Isotta Fraschini automobiles, including the very first and very last cars to wear that badge, will be showcased at next month’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, set for August 20. The luxurious Italian cars will be accommodated with three separate concours classes. One of the featured...
Gilles Villeneuve Carroll Shelby 2 The first South Africa Grand Prix, held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg, is won...
As the 39th annual vintage racecar festival on California’s Monterey Peninsula, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, unfolded this past August,...
Even after almost 40 years of following Formula One, I’m amazed that there are still aspects of the sport that surprise me. Case in point, a recent statement by McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton was being interviewed about his contract negotiations for 2013. Much to my surprise, one of the areas...
One of the most successful relationships in motor sports during the sixties was between Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles. It...
Henry Ford was truly one of a kind: egotistical yet compassionate; rich yet thrifty; genius yet ignorant. No man— industrialist,...
Every year brings new anniversaries to celebrate, and it was in 1911 that Henry Ford established a factory in Trafford Park, Manchester, and soon became Britain’s most prolific carmaker. At first, the UK reflected Detroit with the Model T (approx. 80,000 made) followed by the Model A (14,516 made). Then...
January 2011 Mark Donohue: His Life in Photographs By Michael Argetsinger In our review of Argetsinger’s previous book, Mark Donohue:...
During the late 1920s changes in automobile design began to be seen. After the stock market crash, even Henry Ford – whose disregard for art was very public – had to give up his Model T and allow a little style to creep into his designs in order to encourage...