Speaking from his ancestral home of Inveraray Castle in Scotland, The Duke of Argyle has announced the creation of a...
I’ve had a dream, one of the rare ones I remember clearly and can’t stop thinking about. That must mean...
February 2018 Remembering Bob Photo: Bob Tronolone Dear Editor, Many thanks for bringing up the heartbreaking story on photographer Bob Tronolone in your December editorial. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only....
Despite the weather, the IROC Camaro proved capable on both the oval track at Rockingham and Silverstone’s club circuit. Photo: Pete Austin...
Mike Hailwood Lucien Bianchi 3 Future Indianapolis car racer Joe Leonard wins the Daytona 200 motorcycle race on the beach...
It was indeed a sad day for Australian historic racing enthusiasts when word came of the untimely passing of John Dawson-Damer at the 2000 Goodwood Festival of Speed. In his lifetime John had gathered together what was without doubt the most impressive private collection of Lotus competition cars in the...
A film festival that celebrates the life of the two-time World Champion racing driver, Jim Clark, will take place at...
It exploded at me around a blind embankment, big truck, top-heavy, heeling as it hurtled downhill. What its driver saw,...
This son of a German garage owner had never raced a car until May 26, 1935, at the superfast Avus circuit near Berlin. But by the end of 1936, he was the king of all he surveyed—the 1936 European Champion, with six Grand Prix victories to his credit. All scored...
Monday March 2, 2015 was indeed a sad day for Australian historic motor sport enthusiasts when Leo Geoghegan (78), one of...
Andre Ribeiro Len Sutton 1 Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at...
Lotus was the star of the 1957 London Motor Show, which was remarkable since prior to that Lotus only made competition cars. Every year, the organizers donated a stand to a company which had flown the flag and Lotus had taken two class wins at Le Mans, plus a 1-2...
Moss at His Best When it was announced in 1958 that the capacity limit for Formula One would change from...
Jim Clark Peter Bryant 2 Four-time 500-cc Motorcycle Grand Prix World Champion and auto-racer Mike “The Bike” Hailwood is born...
How amusing, I often smile, that a breed of racer I associate with conservatism generally speeds around to the left. But we don’t do politics here, just history, so let’s have a look back at interesting times when oval drivers first tried their hands at turning both ways. The big...
Viva Veloce! was an apt slogan for the 18th Goodwood Festival of Speed on the first weekend of July as...
The British Grand Prix; Silverstone, June 20, 1963. Graham Hill really trying hard with his BRM 57 absolutely on the...
Longtime Indianapolis 500 car entrant Rolla Vollstedt, perhaps best remembered for bringing Janet Guthrie to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1976 as the first female driver to be entered for the Indianapolis 500, passed away Sunday, October 22 in Portland, Oregon, at the age of 99. Passionate, articulate, outspoken and...
Chris Lawrence, synonymous with names such as Lawrence Tune, Deep Sanderson, Monica and Morgan passed away in late August. While...
I was born in Capetown, South Africa, a very long way from the epicenter of motor racing, Central Europe. Motorsport,...
It’s been a long time coming, but Crystal Palace will once again play host to a national motorsport event with a two-day sprint event over the May 30–31 Bank Holiday weekend, reigniting the spirit of racing at the Park. Organized by Sevenoaks and District Motor Club, with the support of...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
Lotus legend Jim Clark – a national hero, one of the greatest drivers of his generation and a true motorsport...
Mario Andretti Photo: Pete Austin Jim Hall Photo: Keith Booker 2 Achille Varzi is killed when his Alfa Romeo 158 crashes in heavy rain during practice for the Swiss Grand Prix at Bremgarten (1948). 4 A.J. Foyt wins the Firecracker 400 NASCAR stock car race at Daytona, Florida (1964). Become...
Raymond Mays demonstrates the BRM V16 during an “Ancien Pilotes” demonstration race in the late 1960s. Photo: J Pearson Archive Aspiration...
Starting his career in the early ’60s behind the wheel of a Mini, John Fitzpatrick quickly worked his way to...
Though often overlooked by many historians, the history of Australian road racing is rich with a long and varied selection of series, drivers and interesting cars. This month’s featured Web site is the project of an Australian race mechanic from the ’50s and ’60s and is in the form of...
1960 Kieft Formula Junior The history of British motorsport is rife with postwar racecar manufacturers that saw their genesis in...
Walter Hayes Jim Clark 1 Count Eliot Zborowski killed in accident during La Turbie Hillclimb at Nice, France (1903). 1...
David Wishart Hobbs was born into an Australian immigrant family in the British West Midlands city of Leamington Spa, five days after the Nazis invaded Poland to ignite World War II. His father Howard had invented the Mechamatic gearbox that not only provided his family with sustenance, but ultimately determined...