When Jack Brabham was demobbed from the Royal Australian Air Force in 1947, even he did not realize he was...
Away from the start of Race 3 at Eagle Mountain in April of 1957, Dave Tallaksen’s 3.4-liter XK-SS (#147) shares...
It exploded at me around a blind embankment, big truck, top-heavy, heeling as it hurtled downhill. What its driver saw, way down under his bluff bow, was my little white Volvo 122S hustling uphill just as hard. Obviously, both of us were enthusiasts caught up in the joyous rhythm of...
During the November 1952 running of Mexico’s fabled Carrera Pan-Americana, the Karl Kling/Hans Klenk Mercedes 300SL makes a pit stop...
E.D. Martin’s all-conquering Ferrari 315S awaits the start of the Feature Race in April of 1958.Photo: Benita Lane The revised...
October 6th, 1966 saw the opening of the 53rd edition of the “Mondial de l’automobile de Paris”, where the new Maserati Mexico made its debut. The Mexico, designed by Vignale, was an exquisite car with sleek and immaculate lines: it was an elegant 2+2 coupé in pure Maserati style, but...
Following their conquest of Mexico’s Pan-American Road Race in November of 1952, Mercedes-Benz factory drivers Karl Kling and Hermann Lang...
Photo: Bob Jackson In 1962, I was Jim Hall’s mechanic. There are many stories I could tell about the five years...
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...
Bricklin Company namesake and founder, Malcolm Bricklin. Malcolm Bricklin has more balls than a Christmas tree. Charismatic and effervescent, his...
Sixty years ago was when—for me—the world became modern. Many people will laugh at that; some will understand but have...
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...
Berger drove the Benetton B197 to pole and victory at the 1997 German Grand Prix.Photo: Jim Hatfield The world held...
As a racecar driver, Jack McAfee needs no introduction. He was one of the greats of early sports car racing...
One of the highlights of my many years of racing has to do with the 1966 Trans-Am Mustang that Jerry Titus (1928-1970) drove to victory for Ford and Shelby. Ford was tied up at the end of the series with Dodge, and as a result Shelby built this special, one-off...