September 2009 Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed By Michael Argetsinger The difficulty in chronicling a career as diverse as...
Two months before the end of WWII, an American P-51 Mustang was shot down over Germany. The pilot was Captain...
July 2009 Making the List Dear Editor, I read your magazine religiously and find it to be without question a super quality publication. Admittedly, I was disappointed that my 2-liter Bristol-powered Tojeiro did not find itself on your “Under 2-Liter Sports Racer” list. It has an extensive race history and...
Arthur Francis Riley, endurance-race driver, and owner of Art Riley Motors in Port Washington, N.Y., for a quarter of a...
There is a man who is not only unknown to the general public but also to much of the racing...
Motor racing’s senior statesman, 92-year-old John Fitch, is being threatened with the loss of his home near Lime Rock where he has lived for more than 50 years. The house was built before the American Revolution. The state now claims, however, that a pair of 1,000-gallon underground heating oil tanks...
During the early fifties, one of the biggest sports stars in the United States was Sam Hanks. Notice I said...
Despite mid-August being a predictably warm and sunny month, nothing was going to stop the climatic conditions, synonymous with the...
On August 28, we lost our great and good champion, Phil Hill. The entire world of motor sports is saddened. He was a wonderful and honorable friend who will be sorely missed. After hearing of Phil’s passing, it was inevitable that many of us were on the phone with one...
On August 4, 2007, an icon of American racing and my dear friend, John Fitch, turned 90 years old! In...
Sports car racing driver, team manager and safety engineer John Fitch has been inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame, along with seven others. Fitch was the first SCCA national champion, in 1951, and won the Argentine Grand Prix in the same year. In the 1952 Mexican Road Race, he...
One of the most enjoyable—at least for me—of fifties events was the Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Races. The last...
The rules were: One lap of Lime Rock, driving backwards from a standing start. You could bring any car, use...
In several sections of this month’s issue, you’ll find coverage of just a small sampling of the constellation of events that now make up the week of the Monterey Historics. It seems like every year, in this column, I make some comment on how it couldn’t possibly get any bigger...
Whether or not most of us realize it, a most unusual man is among us. Until the late ’50s, he...
Tazio Nuvolari John Fitch 1 The Ford Sierra Cosworth is homologated for Group A Touring Car racing (1987). 2 Jochen...
John Fitch Tony Adamowicz 2 Tony Adamowicz, racer and founding vice president of the Polish Racing Drivers Association, is born (1941). 4 Six-time IMSA Camel GT champion and two-time SCCA Trans-Am champion Peter Gregg is born in New York City (1940). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
Readers may recall that last month we brought you the story of John Fitch’s planned attempt to break an existing...
Eighty-six-year-old sports car racing legend John Fitch will attempt to enter the record books one more time when he takes...
Luigi Villoresi John Fitch 1 The Ford Sierra RS500 is homologated for Group A touring car racing (1987). 1 F1 racer Patrick Depailler is killed in a crash during testing (1980). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article...
American racing pioneer John Fitch’s contributions to Lime Rock Park, (and sports car racing in general) will be recognized when...
For a “round peg,” John Cooper Fitch fits remarkably “squarely” in the pigeonhole marked “True American Hero.” In his 85...
Alan Jones Tazio Nuvolari 1 Dutch F1 privateer Carol de Beaufort is fatally injured in a practice crash for the German Grand Prix (1964). 1 F1 driver Patrick Depailler is killed in a crash during testing (1980). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
John Fitch is a genuine American hero, and a survivor. If they made a movie about his life, Jimmy Stewart...
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