Longtime sportscar entrant and driver Bruce Leven has died at the age of 79. Leven founded Bayside Disposal, the Seattle-based...
Nigel Mansell John Surtees Photo: Pete Austin 2 Paul Tracy wins the CART Champ Car race through the streets of...
September 2017 • John Knepp, who with Don Devendorf founded the Datsun/Nissan performance specialty company Electramotive Engineering, has died at the age of 75. Knepp made his first splash on the American motorsports scene working with Pete Brock’s Brock Racing Enterprises as it built 2.5-Liter Trans-Am-winning Datsun 510s for John...
Bruce McLaren John Fitch Photo: Mercedes 1 Richard Petty wins the NASCAR Winston Cup Talledega 500 in a Dodge Charger...
John Knepp, who with Don Devendorf founded the Datsun/Nissan performance specialty company Electramotive Engineering, has died at the age of...
July 2017 • Two-time Rolex 24 at Daytona winner Preston Henn has passed away at the age of 86 from natural causes. Floridian Henn, a colorful character who made his fortune with drive-in theaters and swap meet flea markets at his movie venues, first began racing in 1977 and subsequently...
Two-time Rolex 24 at Daytona winner Preston Henn (above, right, Hal Crocker photo) has passed away at the age of...
Vaso Bill Vukovich Sr. John Cobb 1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA sports car race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, (1974). 2 Land Speed Record setter John Cobb is born in Esher, Surrey, England (1899). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Fourteen vintage racecar run groups have been set for next summer’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, set for August 17-20, 2017,...
The Racing History Project has announced its event schedule for 2017. Coming off a string of successful fundraisers in Pomona and...
November 2016 FITZ: My Life At The Wheel By John Fitzpatrick John Fitzpatrick started racing in a Mini 850 and...
Jo Siffert Peter Revson 1 Pedro and Ricardo Rodriguez drive a NART Ferrari 250 GTO to victory in the 1000K...
After reading the great Racecar profile of the BMW M3 (VR, August 2016), I had to share my experience with a BMW built for a special category of American competition. This unique BMW competition car has an estimated 1,500 miles since new according to logbook activity and race entry...
I’ve been fortunate to have driven a lot of racecars, both those I’ve raced and those I’ve driven to try...
1970 Phil Henny IMSA GT Chevrolet Camaro (Chassis#124870L515127) Phil Henny is one of those guys you’ve probably never heard of....
BMW has long followed a policy of racing cars and engines derived from production vehicles. Until BMW entered Formula One with Williams using its V10 unit in 2000, every single engine raced by BMW had been derived from a production unit. As the company celebrates its centenary, it seems appropriate...
In this concluding installment of our interview with Trans-Am record-breaker Tom Kendall, we pick up the narrative just after he’s...
Coupe Sport Leicht (CSL) is a name synonymous with BMW racecars. Of all the BMW CSLs, none was as outrageous...
Giuseppe Campari Riddelle Gregory 3 The ISRS race at Zolder, Holland, is won by Didier Theys and Freddy Lienhard, driving a Ferrari 333SP (1997). 4 Giuseppe Campari wins the fifth Coppa Acerbo road race in an Alfa Romeo P2 (1928). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Tom Kendall may be best remembered for his dominant 1997 championship season in the SCCA’s Trans-Am series when he set...
Denny HulmePhoto: Hal Crocker Jim ClarkPhoto: Trevor Taylor Collection 2 The TWR Jaguar XJR-6 is driven for the first time...
Denny Hulme Gianpiero Moretti 1 Gober Sosebee, driving a Chrysler, wins the NASCAR Grand National race at Hayloft Speedway in Augusta, Georgia (1952). 2 Henri Pescarolo and Gerard Larrousse drive a Matra M670B/C to victory in the 1000-kilometer sports car race at Imola, Italy (1974). Become a Member & Get...
Rick Mears will always be known as one of the few men ever to win the Indianapolis 500 four times,...
Eddie Rickenbacker Rick Mears 1 Roberto Lippi drives a Stanguellini to victory in the Formula Junior race at Vallelunga, Italy...
Hermann Lang Vittorio Jano 1 The first Ford GT40 is completed, 11 months after pencil was first put to paper (1964). 3 Peter Bryant, designer of the Ti22, Shadow MkII and Shadow MkIII Can-Am cars, born in London, England (1937). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
We continue our interview with John Grant, now Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club. In Part One we learned...
John GrantPhoto: Kary Jiggle John Grant is the current Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club, and since taking on...
John Greenwood Rick Mears 1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA sports car race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida (1974). 2 Alpine Renault A110s finish 1-2-3 in the Tour de Course rally in France, with Jean-Pierre Nicolas and Michel Vial on board...
