From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
The 1965 Le Mans-winning NART Ferrari 250LM driven by Jochen Rindt and Masten Gregory and currently owned by the Indianapolis...
The 1970 Monaco Grand Prix had a dramatic ending when leader Jack Brabham made a mistake at the last corner—the Gasworks Hairpin—and slid into the barrier! Jochen Rindt drove an astonishing race, closing in on “Black Jack” lap after lap, in his Gold Leaf Team Lotus type 49C, and took...
Mark Donohue Jean-Pierre Beltoise 2 Juan Pablo Montoya wins the CART Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix at Nazareth Speedway in...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
1967 Brabham BT24-Repco Sometimes all your birthdays and Christmases come at once. Shaking down the BT24 on Australia’s legendary Phillip Island circuit revealed it to be a nimble, responsive and forgiving beast. Photo: Casey Annis Picture the scene: It is February 2006 and the Vintage Racecar team has gathered at the...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One...
It was indeed a sad day for Australian historic racing enthusiasts when word came of the untimely passing of John...
Grand Prix racing comes with a new look in 2009. Among other significant technical changes—wider cars, grooveless slicks, and Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (think “electric power-to-pass”)—there are new aero rules intended to improve a car’s ability to overtake another. Pete Lyons Included is this fascinating detail: Front wings will be...
Rubens Barrichello Nigel Mansell 1 Al Holbert drives a Chevrolet-powered March to victory in the IMSA Camel GT race at...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category that began the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula...
Tazio Nuvolari always used to say that if your car burst into flame, jump out and save yourself before it...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Junior. However, with that category’s demise at the end of 1963,...
I can still hear my father, Walter Hayes, saying to me: “Sit there and do not, under any circumstances, move.”...
Vincenzo Lancia Keith Duckworth 2 Jochen Rindt drives a Lotus 72-Ford to victory in the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim...
Jack Brabham Richard Petty 1 Dereck Bell, Hans Stuck, and Al Holbert drive a Rothmans Porsche 962 to victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Jo Gartner dies in an accident during the early morning hours (1986). 4 Rick Mears drives a Penske PC-18 to victory in the CART...
For many years now, I have been synonymous with sports cars and sports car racing. Of course, when I started...
The Formula Junior Category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an...
Jochen Rindt Richard Attwood 2 Dave Heinz and Dave Yarborough drive a Jaguar XJS from the U.S. Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast in a record 32 hours and 51 minutes to win the fifth and final Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash (1979). 3 Vern Schuppan and Naohiro Fujita...
The noise! It took my breath away. A BMW M12 4-cylinder or Honda V-6 at around 10,000 rpm. Totally ear-splitting...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
Louis Renault Colin Chapman 2 Tom Green drives Walt Arfons’ “Wingfoot Express” to a World Land Speed Record of 413.20 mph (1964) 2 The first post-WWII road race in the United States is run through the streets of Watkins Glen, New York (1948). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
From 1964–1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Jr. However, with that category’s demise at the end of 1963, F2 was...
Thirty-five years after Jochen Rindt won the Formula One World Championship title posthumously for Team Lotus, two of his most...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
