The author’s primary impression of the car is of the need to keep the revs up so that the boost,...
Primarily, my racing with BMW was through Teddy Mayer and McLaren, as BMW and McLaren had been partners in a...
I wrote in this space, last month, that racecar drivers are just like us in that they too are human and suffer many of the same issues and problems that we all do. Of course, our image of the professional racecar driver tends to be more along the lines of...
• Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) has announced that American racing legend Bobby Rahal has entered the second annual Classic 24...
The International Motor Sports Association has announced a partnership with Historic Sportscar Racing to present HSR’s Classic 24 Hour at...
1985 Lola T711-Chevrolet Photo: Kary Jiggle Most sports go through periods of change for whatever reason. Sometimes, these changes are to liven things up when things get a little stale, or as a response when it is perceived that the public is losing interest. Other times it’s driven by sponsors...
Photo: Hal Crocker In the world of motor sports, the wind genie escaped from his bottle during the mid-1960s, and...
Brian RedmanPhoto: John Zimmermann Honored with his own night by the Road Racing Drivers Club this year at Long Beach,...
holman-moody: The Legendary Race Team By Tom Cotter and Al Pearce This second edition of a book originally published more than a decade ago chronicles one of America’s all-time great racing teams. The story begins in 1957 when two guys with a shared dream became partners and shortly found themselves...
Tim McGrane is the Executive Director of the Blackhawk Automotive Museum in Danville, California. VR: How did you get started...
Drinking & Driving Photo: The Klemantaski Collection Dear Editor, In my dreams! The photo of the Aston at Spa in...
Gilles Villeneuve Patrick Tambay 1 Patrick Tambay drives a Ferrari 126C2 to victory in the Grand Prix of San Marino in Imola, Italy (1983). 6 Albert Divo, driving a Bugatti 35B/2.3, wins the Targa Florio (1928). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
This September the McLaren Group will observe the 50th anniversary of the company’s founding by Bruce McLaren, but the entire...
My first racing was in motorcycles on a Triumph 350. That would be in 1958 while I was in Japan...
Michael Andretti Al UnserPhoto: Jim Hatfield 1 Jody Scheckter drives a Ford-powered Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African Grand Prix (1975). 2 Michael Andretti drives a Swift-Ford to victory in the CART Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead, Florida. First CART win for Swift in their first...
In addition to being a successful real estate developer, Ted Gildred was appointed Ambassador to Argentina during the Reagan administration....
Pete Lyons Partway through an evening of kind words, warm recollections and congratulations, the moderator came on the mic and...
• Simpson Performance Products has expanded its line of racing safety products with the acquisition of HANS Performance Products, makers of the HANS Device Head And Neck Restraint System. HANS Performance Products, formed in 1991 by five-time IMSA driving champion Jim Downing and HANS inventor Dr. Robert Hubbard, will be operated...
As accustomed as we may become to losing our racing compatriots, there remain times when a death still comes as...
Small independent shops are keystones of the automobile restoration industry, and among the more notable of these is Cavaglieri Restorations, recently relocated to a new 4,000-square-foot facility near Van Nuys airport in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley. Proprietor Joey Cavaglieri’s early automotive experience came as a racing mechanic, beginning with Pete...
The World Championship for Makes was one of the several names the FIA adopted for its global sportscar championship through...
When Jack Brabham was demobbed from the Royal Australian Air Force in 1947, even he did not realize he was...
Longtime SCCA stalwart Andy Porterfield died in mid-April at the age of 80 from complications following heart valve surgery. Beyond being honored with the club’s premier award, the Woolf Barnato Trophy, in 2009, Porterfield’s list of on-track accomplishments are highlighted by an unprecedented 22 Southern Pacific Division championships, back-to-back B-Production...
When Peter Gregg did his deal to race BMWs in IMSA in 1976, he asked me to take over in...
Niki Lauda Richard Petty 1 Willy Grover, better known as “W. Williams,” wins the ACF Grand Prix for sports cars...
Alain ProstPhoto: Maureen Magee Mike SpencePhoto: John Fenning Collection 1 Ivor Bueb wins the 1500-cc sports car race at Brands Hatch, England, driving a Copper-Climax (1955). 3 Brian Redman drives a Chevrolet-powered Lola T-600 to victory in the 100-mile IMSA sports car race at Laguna Seca, California (1981) Become a...
Terror Over Brussels Dear Editor, I must urge you to reconsider the excellent winter vegetable the “brussel sprout” and draw...
John Cannon Jean Pierre Jabouille 2 Jochen Rindt, at the wheel of a Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23, wins the Pau Grand Prix Formula 2 race in Pau, France (1967). 3 Leo Kinnunen drives a Porsche 917/10 to victory in the 300-kilometer Interserie race on the Nürburgring in West Germany...
