Mark Donohue Bruce McLaren 1 “Big Daddy” Don Garlits becomes the first dragracer to run the 1/4 mile at more...
I have just watched “The Italian Job,” the 1969 original. At the time of writing, the remake has not hit...
Canadian Bill Brack was running a Lotus 41 in 1968, as well as the “Hot Wheels” Mini Cooper, and I acted as his sponsor-hunter and team manager. The toy company Hot Wheels was our sponsor. We did displays introducing the new products all across Canada, in fact we basically introduced...
I would rather be remembered as somebody who did some work against cancer than the driver who won the Belgian...
I became involved in motor racing with some very good friends at the Midland Racing Partnership, located in my hometown...
Foretelling the future is impossible, yet that is what executives in car companies have to do. When I was a kid, by the year 2000, cities would be traversed by monorails, and we’d all have our private helicopters and wear one-piece jumpsuits. The nearest to disharmony would be at meal...
1968 Lolita MkI & the 1969 Lolita MkII My first car was a British Motor Corporation Mini. I had just turned...
The Earl of March has announced the theme of the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed, scheduled for July 3–5, as...
Mini’s fiftieth anniversary will be celebrated in four classes at this year’s Silverstone Classic, with a 48-car grid in two races during the weekend of July 24-26, 2009. Entries have been pouring in for the various classes: the modified, fast and furious Mini Se7en; the even more powerful 125mph Mini...
The third edition of what has already become the legendary MINI United Festival was recently held from May 22 –...
With the 12th annual Goodwood Revival set for September 18–20, the organizers are planning to celebrate a pair of prominent...
For two consecutive years—1969 and 1970—Porsche won the World Manufacturers Championship. Brian Redman was an important part of the teams, and his teammate was always Jo Siffert. In 1969, they drove 908/1s and 908/2s for the factory. In 1970, John Wyer’s Gulf team ran the Porsche effort in 917Ks and...
The MINI brand turned 50 years old on August 26, 2009. Fifty years ago to the day, the British Motor...
When Alec Issigonis was requested by British Motor Corporation (BMC) in late 1956 to develop an economical but nevertheless fully-fledged...
Story and photos by Simon Wright To celebrate the 50th Birthday of the Mini, the IMM2009 meeting and Mini 50th Anniversary event was held in Cofton Park, right next to the Longbridge factory in Birmingham, UK where most of the Minis were built. The Birmingham Mini Owners club organised this...
Rally legend Paddy Hopkirk reopened the Kop Hillclimb after 84 years, speeding up the hill in a 2009 Mini after...
My time with the BMC competitions department saw me racing the big Austin Healeys, and later racing at Le Mans...
Masters Historic Racing has launched its latest tin-top series, thought to be the first ever ‘one make’ historic series, catering solely for FIA specification Pre-1966 Minis. The series will have rounds at Masters Festivals and Top Hat meetings in 2010, with a particular highlight being the two races at the...
In what is believed to be one of the few one-make series in historic racing, Masters Historic Racing has launched...
Bob Holden For anyone involved in motor sport within Australia, the name of Bob Holden has been a prominent one...
1985 Audi Quattro E2 Simply put, when the Audi Quattro appeared, it immediately had its detractors. The immense power output with much of the weight at the front looked impossible to take seriously. Then it ran, and the detractors quickly went quiet. It was indeed a beast of a car...
A quartet of Minis leads the field away from the start of the touring car scratch race for the H.M.V....
Among this year’s anniversaries is that of the Mini Cooper. John Cooper and Alec Issigonis became pals while competing in...
Some 45 years after making headlines at the Monte Carlo Rallye, the iconic Mini name is back on the World Rally Championship stage. Recently launched at the Mini spiritual home at Cowley, Oxford, England, the Mini John Cooper Works WRC team made its racing debut at the Rally d’Italia Sardegna...
Starting his career in the early ’60s behind the wheel of a Mini, John Fitzpatrick quickly worked his way to...
The LeMay – America’s Car Museum will have its grand opening on June 2, 2012 in Tacoma, Washington, having completed...
For three short years, in the early 1960s, Christabel Carlisle, now Lady Watson, was the name on the lips of everyone who attended race meetings in the UK. At that time, it was controversial for women to race cars. However, from out of nowhere she was an instant success. During...
Tony Robinson: The Biography of a Race Mechanic By Ian Wagstaff Everyone knows that the best racing stories are those...
MG’s fabled Competitions Department enjoyed near constant success on the international racing stage. With victories in road racing, rallying, trials...
My driving roots were from my Dad and my brother who both raced. I was brought up with and around cars. The day I turned 17, the first thing I did was to go and buy my driving license—it’s what you did back then. You put your money on the...