The first production model Maserati Tipo 60 “Birdcage” (Chassis #2460) in unrestored, original condition will be offered for sale at...
The historic racing scene has brought many excellent cars back to the circuits over recent years, although quite a lot...
Although all paintings are unique, periodically an artist is given the opportunity to work on a special project. When the owner of this 1960 Maserati Tipo 60 consulted with me about creating a paint- ing of his car, I knew this was just such an occasion. The piece we discussed...
A.J. Foyt Peter Gregg 4 Six-time IMSA Camel GT champion and two-time SCCA Trans-Am champion Peter Gregg is born in...
Vic Elford Lucien Bianchi 1 Derek Bell, Hans Stuck and Al Holbert drive a Porsche 962 to victory in the...
In terms of greatest racecars of all time, clearly, Mercedes had some extremely innovative cars like the one Moss drove in the Mille Miglia [300SLR–Ed]. Then Jim Hall came along with some of the first winged cars and, of course, Colin Chapman first developed the underbody down force cars—that was...
Billy Krause started his racing career driving midgets on California oval dirt tracks. He went on to race his own...
Robert Benoist Mika Hakkinen 1 Stefan Bellof dies from injuries sustained in the crash of his Porsche 956 during the...
Bobby Allison Bill Kraus 1 Stefan Bellof dies from injuries sustained in the crash of his Porsche 956 during the World Endurance Championship race at Spa, Belgium. The Martini LC2 of Bob Wolleck, Mauro Baldi, and Ricardo Patrese is awarded the win after the race is stopped (1985). 2 Bill...
Overview of the Maserati Birdcage Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Harry Miller Keke Rosberg Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
How amusing, I often smile, that a breed of racer I associate with conservatism generally speeds around to the left. But we don’t do politics here, just history, so let’s have a look back at interesting times when oval drivers first tried their hands at turning both ways. The big...
Some of the greatest racecars, in my opinion, would have to be the Mercedes and Auto Unions of the 1930s....
Tazio Nuvolari always used to say that if your car burst into flame, jump out and save yourself before it...
If I said to you the words “historic racing” and “green,” what comes immediately to mind? A British racing green Jaguar? The infield grass at your favorite track? All the money you spent on your last racing engine? Any of these would seem valid to me. But would you have...
On June 7–8, 1958, the Texas Region of the SCCA hosted a weekend of sports car racing 10 miles north...
CAMORADI—an acronym for Casner Motor Racing Division—was formed by Lloyd “Lucky” Casner in late 1959. The intention was to win...
I drove the Birdcage Maserati for Lucky Casner’s Camoradi Team on three occasions in 1960, beginning with the 1,000 kilometers of Buenos Aires where Masten Gregory and I led until the gearbox failed. At Sebring I was teamed with Stirling Moss and we had built up a substantial lead, but...
1960 Maserati Tipo 61 “Birdcage” Across the annals of automotive history, few families can lay claim to more engineering genius...
The Lotus 19 took sports car racing to a whole new level upon its debut in 1960, rendering rivals such as the Cooper Monaco and Maserati Birdcage obsolete overnight and leading photojournalist Pete Biro to label it the “Birdcage Cleaner.” A real “wolf in sheep’s clothing,” it was essentially a...
November 2009 Quixx Plexiglas & Acrylic Scratch Remover As any racer knows, scratches are an inevitable part of racing. In...
Stirling MossPhoto: Keith Booker I have had many co-drivers in my career…John Fitch, Juan Fangio, Peter Collins, Harry Schell, Tony...
For only the second time in the 37-year history of summer’s annual vintage racecar festival at Laguna Seca on California’s Monterey Peninsula, this year’s event celebrated a man rather than a marque. Just as Juan Manuel Fangio was honored in 1991, so was Dan Gurney the event’s featured guest in...
USAC Road Racing Fades as the SCCA Overcomes Its Aversion to Racing for Money When we left the USAC road...
1990 Penske PC19-Ilmor Chevrolet I first saw Roger Penske racing a Maserati Birdcage at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut. He...
• It’s always nice when the CEO of a major automaker shows an interest in motor sport, and an excellent example of this phenomenon took place at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion when BMW North America chief Ludwig Willisch drove a 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL—one of the five team cars...
Carlo Chiti Emerson Fittipaldi Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
At the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 25, 1961, John Fitch shared this Briggs Cunningham-entered Maserati T61 “Birdcage” with...
For perhaps the first time in motorsport history, a podium found its three steps occupied by father-son driving pairings. Last October’s Stirling Moss Trophy race at the Algarve Classic Festival in Portugal was won by the father and son team of Gabriel and Dion Kremer, their Lotus 17 Prototype chased...