I had just been discharged from the Army and was pursuing my education with the help of the GI Bill....
On Saturday March 10th, Southern California sports car legend Jack Ernest McAfee died at the age of 84 from liver...
Art Evans Fifty years ago, the world-famous Laguna Seca race course was created by a tree. It’s interesting as well as tragic to see how it happened. Interesting in that a lot of circumstances had to come together; tragic in that it involved the death of a good friend. First,...
One of the most enjoyable—at least for me—of fifties events was the Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Races. The last...
John Von Neumann is an important name in the history of the second half of the twentieth century. A Princeton professor, he was an eminent mathematician and physicist, instrumental in the development of computer science, a participant in the Manhattan Project to develop the atom bomb and a Nobel laureate....
When Porsche introduced the 4-cam racing engine, it was a sensation. Porsche Spyders with this engine soon dominated their class....
During the early fifties, road racing in the United States took place, for the most part, at airports. While airports have a number of advantages, they lack the interest and drama of actual roads. Without the authority to utilize public highways, venues were hard to come by. As road racing...
I have included a few remembrances about Lance in some previous Vintage Racecar columns, but because he was such a...
David McKay Keijo Eric “Keke” Rosberg 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed (1929). 2 Peter Gethin drives a Chevron B26 to victory in the sports car race at Welkom, South Africa (1972). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article...
There were a number of outstanding road-race weekends during the fifties. Phil Hill’s win at the first Pebble Beach comes...
During the early fifties, one of the biggest sports stars in the United States was Sam Hanks. Notice I said...
Pete Lyons The little Speedster stared out the dealership’s window like a puppy, its big eyes pleading mournfully: Won’t you take me home? A young couple kept stopping by to gaze in at the radiant red roadster. “Every week—sometimes more often—we fell in love with it.” Become a Member &...
A number of those among us stood head and shoulder above all others during the Golden Age of Motorsports. Juan...
As a racecar driver, Jack McAfee needs no introduction. He was one of the greats of early sports car racing...
Photo: Hal Crocker It is with a great deal of sadness that I write about Dan Gurney, who died on January 15. We were close friends and our times together go back to 1955 when he raced at Torrey Pines. A number of those among us stood head and shoulders...