Brausch Niemann had a brief but successful career in motor sport and took part in two world championship Grands Prix,...
Masha Pasichnyk is a 23-year-old artist from Kiev, Ukraine, who is visiting the USA at present. Her interest in car...
T Top cars have been around since the 1940s. They were originally designed to offer a convertible-like experience in various vehicles without the costly and time-consuming process of removing the entire roof. Even today, t tops are still popular, and for a good reason. Today we share some of the...
A beautifully restored Lotus Elite Series 1 will be available in an upcoming auction with Stratas Auctions commencing on the...
Then. Buying the proverbial project racecar in a box is always a tricky proposition. But is it easier or harder...
Heavy Duty Lightweights 1961 Jaguar XKE “Coombs Lightweight” & 1963 Jaguar XKE “Qvale Lightweight” Photo: Pete Austin The year 2011 marks 50 years of the E-Type Jaguar or, as some of you know it better, the XKE. It’s a bit unsettling to find myself being unphased by remembering things that happened 50...
The British Grand Prix; Silverstone, July 10, 1965. Tire smoke fills the air as the field moves off with Jackie...
The French Grand Prix; Charade (Clermont-Ferrand), June 27, 1965. The great driver Jim Clark drifting the works Lotus on this...
It’s the swinging ’60s in London, you’re the daughter of an industrialist, your husband disappeared over the Amazonian rain forrest, presumed dead, you are an adventurer, expert fencer, a certified genius specializing in chemistry, and a master of martial arts and you can pretty much kick anyone’s ass, and look “marvy”...
Colin Chapman began building and racing his own cars in the late 1940s. Over the next 10 years, his Lotus...
Sex, infidelity, theft, intrigue, a lightly raced car, a tragic airplane crash and a pack of lifelong friends…some famous, some...
As a team manager my experience of driving racing cars is limited, although at the start of my motor racing career I did have a go at rallying and circuit racing. It was soon apparent I wasn’t going to be too successful at either discipline. To cement my decision to...
French Grand Prix; Dijon-Prenois, July 1,1979. Mario Andretti with the unhappy Lotus 80. It was not a success, and the...
In my time as a racing driver I have had the opportunity of driving many types of racing car. I...
Long ago when racecars used tires with tread, I owned a couple Lotus cars. While stationed in Germany, I bought a 1968 Lotus Europa and picked it up at the factory. After returning from Vietnam, I bought a 1956 Lotus 11 LM that I raced in the early ’70s. Then...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
The 29th Lotus Owners Gathering, known by Lotus insiders as LOG 29, will take place May 28th – June 1st in Birmingham, Alabama. Lotus Limited, America’s largest Lotus car club, hosts the annual national meet to celebrate all things Lotus. Lotus enthusiasts from all across the country converge to enjoy...
Last weekend’s 20th annual Goodwood Revival once again celebrated motor racing history with its usual full slate of races despite...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
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 Driver’s Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
After some fifty years of automotive racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
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...
This year’s Monterey Historic Automobile Races marks the 35th running of this classic event. As shown schematically in the Laguna...
The Lotus Elan was launched in October 1962 at the British Motorshow, making next month the car’s 50th anniversary. The...
Going into the new season, they looked to be in a strong position. Their car was the fastest in the field, they had two front-line drivers – one the reigning Champion and the other more than capable of winning races given the opportunity. What could possibly stop them continuing where...
When Formula Junior came to the UK shores, to replace the now out-dated 500-cc Formula Three racing, I felt that...
Mainstream media are chattering these days about “green” cars. Like it’s some new idea. Well, I’ve been a fan of...
Jochen Rindt (right) and Lotus boss Colin Chapman celebrate the Austrian’s 1970 British Grand Prix victory. Photo: Maureen Magee The poet Robert Browning wrote “how sad and bad and mad it was—but then, how it was sweet.” In today’s world, preserving the past for future generations is something that has a...