Despite mid-August being a predictably warm and sunny month, nothing was going to stop the climatic conditions, synonymous with the...
A number of those among us stood head and shoulder above all others during the Golden Age of Motorsports. Juan...
There is a man who is not only unknown to the general public but also to much of the racing community. He was, however, of vital importance to modern American road racing. With the exception of those who organize races, he is virtually anonymous. Jim Haynes, however, is my own...
As you’ll read elsewhere in this issue, we sadly report that the elder statesman of American motorsport, John Fitch, has...
In several sections of this month’s issue, you’ll find coverage of just a small sampling of the constellation of events...
Photo: Casey Annis The story of the Corvette and how it came to race at Le Mans is one in which the dreams of a number of individuals intersect, over a prolonged period of time. While each of these dreamers came from vastly different backgrounds and held often times very...
Alan Jones Tazio Nuvolari 1 Dutch F1 privateer Carol de Beaufort is fatally injured in a practice crash for the...
Readers may recall that last month we brought you the story of John Fitch’s planned attempt to break an existing...
At the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 25, 1961, John Fitch shared this Briggs Cunningham-entered Maserati T61 “Birdcage” with Dick Thompson, but they retired in the early going, sidelined by a broken gearbox. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
The 23rd annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for March 11, 2018, on the grounds of the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island...
The rules were: One lap of Lime Rock, driving backwards from a standing start. You could bring any car, use...
John Fitch is a genuine American hero, and a survivor. If they made a movie about his life, Jimmy Stewart would have played him. You know, a handsome, lanky six-footer, thoughtful, modest, brave and true in the face of a challenge or worthy cause. Truth is, Fitch has been accepting...
Photo: Hal Crocker It is with a great deal of sadness that I write about Dan Gurney, who died on...
During the early fifties, one of the biggest sports stars in the United States was Sam Hanks. Notice I said “sports,” not motor sports. He was one of the best-loved sports figures to come out of Southern California. For many of us enthralled with racing, he was our hero. Sam...
Whether or not most of us realize it, a most unusual man is among us. Until the late ’50s, he...
John Fitch has been named as the honored guest for the Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association’s 2010 Elkhart Lake Vintage...
John Fitch lived a life filled with adventure and invention that is difficult to capture in a brief such as this. For starters, his namesake ancestor built the first successful steamboat 11 years after the Declaration of Independence severed the bond between colonial America and Mother England. In his own...
John Fitch Tony Adamowicz 2 Tony Adamowicz, racer and founding vice president of the Polish Racing Drivers Association, is born...
Part II We concluded last month’s opening segment of John Wright’s interview with Bruce Kessler as he was preparing to...
August 2010 The First Ralt? Photo: Pete Austin Dear Editor, Have just been reading the magazine, which I had never seen before. Great read. Thought I would make a small point of correction regarding the Ralt reference on page 53 [Feb 2010]. Ron Tauranac actually built the first RALT in, I think,...
April 28, 1957 may not be remembered as a day that changed history, but to a group of scrappy, stubborn...
For a “round peg,” John Cooper Fitch fits remarkably “squarely” in the pigeonhole marked “True American Hero.” In his 85...
September 2009 Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed By Michael Argetsinger The difficulty in chronicling a career as diverse as Mark Donohue’s is that there are so many tales to tell it becomes difficult to know, as Bob Seger says, “what to leave in, what to leave out.” Become a...
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