Ralph DePalma Danny Sullivan 2 Indy racer Duke Nalon is born (1922). 3 F1 World Championship debut for George Follmer...
Jim Clark Robert Benoist 3 F1 World Championship debut for George Follmer and Shadow. Follmer brought his Shadow in sixth...
Janet Guthrie Carlos Pace 1 NASCAR racer Dave Marcis is born (1941). 2 Sports car racer Nino Vacarella is born (1933). 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. Our membership removes most...
Though historic racers themselves tend not to become “famous,” there certainly are a handful of very talented drivers, across the...
Jackie Stewart Mario Andretti 1 Gates at Indianapolis Motor Speedway open for practice for the first Indy 500 (1911). 2...
Jackie Stewart Gilles Villeneuve 1 Ayrton Senna dies in a crash during the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, Italy (1994). 1 Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson win the Mille Miglia in just over 10 hours, a record never to be broken (1955). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
When Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth first met at Lotus, little did they think that one day a racing engine...
“At Monaco you get everything that you meet on a public road lampposts, trees, nightclubs, houses, hotels, curbs, gutters, you...
It exploded at me around a blind embankment, big truck, top-heavy, heeling as it hurtled downhill. What its driver saw, way down under his bluff bow, was my little white Volvo 122S hustling uphill just as hard. Obviously, both of us were enthusiasts caught up in the joyous rhythm of...
The inaugural edition of Historic Motorsport International (HMI), a brand-new show dedicated to all forms of historic motorsport, will be...
Nigel Mansell Biography Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE was born the 8th of August 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England. His...
Porsches have scored a record 16 overall victories at Le Mans, 14 similar triumphs in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and eight 12-hour wins at Sebring, and upon all of them can be found the fingerprints of Norbert Singer. A 30-year-old graduate engineer with a Masters in Mechanical Engineer, Aviation...
Wilbur Shaw Denny Hulme 1 Jim Clark wins his third straight USGP at Watkins Glen, this time driving a Lotus-Ford...
Parnelli is not his real name. Rufus Jones’ middle name is Parnell. His mother named him after a Judge Parnell...
Peter Arundell showed promise right from the start of his career, finishing 2nd with his MG TC at a BARC event at Goodwood in 1957. His second year of racing was filled with success competing in many events in a Lotus 11, a marque that would play a pivotal part...
January 2011 Mark Donohue: His Life in Photographs By Michael Argetsinger In our review of Argetsinger’s previous book, Mark Donohue:...
February 2010 The Spirit of Competition By frederick a. Simeone, M.d. Dr. Simeone began collecting cars before he could drive,...
April 2017 Pit and Paddock – Behind the scenes at UK and European circuits in the ’60s and ’70s By Peter Darley Peter Darley served as Team Lotus’ official photographer during the glory days of the ’60s and ’70s, and while his images may have enjoyed widespread dissemination in period,...
November 2008 Can-Am Thunder DVD By Duke Video As highlighted in this month’s feature on the 1970 Can-Am event at...
August 2008 Inside IMSA’s Legendary GTP Race Cars The Prototype Experience By J. A. Martin and Michael J. Fuller Among...
September 2007 Graham Hill Scrapbook, 1929–1966 By Philip Porter Over the past couple of years, we’ve brought you reviews of Porter’s previous “Scrapbooks” devoted to the life of Sir Stirling Moss. Each of these has been a ravely reviewed inside look into various periods in Moss’s life. As good as...
Brian Redman – Daring Drivers, Deadly Tracks By Brian Redman with Jim Mullen It’s always good to see a new...
Bruce McLaren Scrapbook – A Pictorial Celebration of a Kiwi Legend By Jan McLaren and Richard Becht Bruce McLaren was...
1964 Cooper–Maserati T61P By the time Roy Salvadori chased Bruce McLaren to the checkered flag at the Daily Express International Trophy meeting at Silverstone on May 2, 1964, sports car racing had already begun to change significantly. Roger Penske often gets the credit—or the blame—for what led to the real...
The Brabham BT24 was one of three cars that contested the 1967 Formula One racing season for the Brabham-Repco team....
I became involved in motor racing with some very good friends at the Midland Racing Partnership, located in my hometown...
“Dinosaurs,” we called them, ridiculing their bulk, their weight, their mindless loyalty to outmoded dogma. Indy Roadsters; they were rife with front engines and beam axles and no clue about “Modern Engineering.” Hopelessly old-fashioned, they should be rolled aside and forgotten. That’s what we said at the time. Pete Lyons...
Richard Attwood started his racing career in 1960 driving a Triumph TR3, but by 1963 had won the Monaco Formula...
Longtime Indianapolis 500 car entrant Rolla Vollstedt, perhaps best remembered for bringing Janet Guthrie to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in...
Despite the weather, the IROC Camaro proved capable on both the oval track at Rockingham and Silverstone’s club circuit. Photo: Pete Austin Since the dawn of motor racing there have been those who continually ask the question, “Who is the best driver?” Some give very qualified opinions, others are dogmatic that the...