October 6th, 1966 saw the opening of the 53rd edition of the “Mondial de l’automobile de Paris”, where the new...
One of the highlights of my many years of racing has to do with the 1966 Trans-Am Mustang that Jerry...
E.D. Martin’s all-conquering Ferrari 315S awaits the start of the Feature Race in April of 1958.Photo: Benita Lane The revised January 1960 layout of the Dunnellon Park course resembled an arrowhead. Program cover for the inaugural SCCA races at Dunnellon. The course was actually 3.4 miles long. Located in North...
Berger drove the Benetton B197 to pole and victory at the 1997 German Grand Prix.Photo: Jim Hatfield The world held...
Photo: Bob Jackson In 1962, I was Jim Hall’s mechanic. There are many stories I could tell about the five years...
Bricklin Company namesake and founder, Malcolm Bricklin. Malcolm Bricklin has more balls than a Christmas tree. Charismatic and effervescent, his personality bubbles over with enthusiasm for his next project, sometimes at the cost of his present project. Jonathan Bricklin, Malcolm’s son said it best: “My father started 30 companies and...
Away from the start of Race 3 at Eagle Mountain in April of 1957, Dave Tallaksen’s 3.4-liter XK-SS (#147) shares...
Following their conquest of Mexico’s Pan-American Road Race in November of 1952, Mercedes-Benz factory drivers Karl Kling and Hermann Lang...
Sixty years ago was when—for me—the world became modern. Many people will laugh at that; some will understand but have a different date in mind; maybe a few will feel as I do. Pete Lyons The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing coupe is—for me—the first GT car of our contemporary era....
When Jack Brabham was demobbed from the Royal Australian Air Force in 1947, even he did not realize he was...
As a racecar driver, Jack McAfee needs no introduction. He was one of the greats of early sports car racing...
As you might expect for a site so named, Trackpedia offers a compendium of nearly 1000 racetracks around the world filled with maps, turn-by-turn guides and explanatory videos to provide an idea of what to expect should you go there to race. For each track there is also information about...
During the November 1952 running of Mexico’s fabled Carrera Pan-Americana, the Karl Kling/Hans Klenk Mercedes 300SL makes a pit stop...
It exploded at me around a blind embankment, big truck, top-heavy, heeling as it hurtled downhill. What its driver saw,...
Richard Attwood started his racing career in 1960 driving a Triumph TR3, but by 1963 had won the Monaco Formula Junior race and was a fast rising star. Success in Formula Two saw Attwood quickly move up to Formula One, with BRM in 1964, but the following years in F1...
