Like all heroes, Brett Lunger denies being one. To him, running into fire broiling from Niki Lauda’s crashed Ferrari, its...
Tazio Nuvolari James Hunt Photo: Dennis Gray 1 Dick Johnson and John Bowe drive a Ford Sierra to victory in...
I think it is easy for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere to underestimate the global racing contributions of our southern brothers. Only the most knowledgeable northern enthusiasts know about such antipodean series like the Tasman Series, yet even the most ardent anoraks from the north will likely...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
“Sex – the breakfast of Champions” was the legend on the T-shirt the 1976 Formula 1 World Champion wore under...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V8 of 5.0 liters displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics between the governing...
Peter Gregg Dear Editor, I hope this note finds you well. Though I loved your magazine’s Hurley Haywood article, I’m even...
Montjuic translates from medieval Catalan as “Hill of the Jews,” or an alternative derivation may be from the Latin Mons...
Widely experienced chief mechanic and author Sal Incandela has passed away at his home in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson, Nevada. He was 61. During an extensive career in racing as a mechanic, engineer, crew chief and team principal, the Italian-born, French-educated Incandela worked for several championship-winning teams, including...
Although he was first afflicted with the racing “bug” when his father took him to Reims as a child, Alliot did...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was created by the FIA (Federation...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V8 of 5-liter displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics between the governing body, race...
The author rides the iconically liveried Mirage up onto the curb while negotiating a left-hander at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin The...
Here’s a site dedicated to chronicling the first 50 years of Formula Three racing. It covers the formula from its...
This September the McLaren Group will observe the 50th anniversary of the company’s founding by Bruce McLaren, but the entire...
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a...
Circuit 2011 By Dennis Gray With the relatively recent advent of digital cameras, everyone can now take a great picture…but...
• Peg Bishop, wife of John Bishop, passed away on August 20. The Bishops played a central role a golden...
• The 1977 McLaren M26-Ford that James Hunt drove to his final Grand Prix victory in that year’s Japanese Grand Prix, was the top seller at November’s RK Motors Collector Car Auction in Charlotte, N.C., attracting the event’s top bid of $1.2 million. • The Grand Prix Drivers Club (GPDC),...
Tom Havlasek was born in Brno, Czech Republic, and since childhood has enjoyed motorsport, keeping in close contact with it...
• On the occasion of the 45th Anniversary of his 1969 Indianapolis 500 victory, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will honor...
Enzo FerrariPhoto: Ferrari Juan Manuel FangioPhoto: Mercedes 1 Chuck Daigh, driving Frank Arciero’s Lotus 19-Climax, wins both heats of the Player’s 200 sports car race at Mosport, Ontario, Canada (1963). 2 Henry Seagrave drives a Sunbeam to victory in the French Grand Prix at Tours (1923). Become a Member &...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
The Goodwood Road Racing Club’s 73rd Members Meeting, took place last weekend and will likely be long remembered for a...
If he lasted long enough—that is, if he didn’t get killed in the process—canny observers thought this young South African could become a Formula One World Champion. Not even their crystal ball, though, could have predicted how: it was when driving a Ferrari 312T4 at Monza, the holiest of holies...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was established by the FIA (Federation...
On the 40th anniversary of his 1976 World Championship season, James Hunt’s life will be celebrated during this year’s Masters...
The 24th Goodwood Festival of Speed, set for June 23-26, will celebrate the 100th Birthday of Bayerischen Motoren Werke, more commonly known as BMW, by highlighting the German machinery as its featured marque for 2016. As part of the celebration, the German brand will be the focus of the Gerry...