Monte Carlo, Monaco May 27-28 The 1963 Lotus 27 of Tony Thompson is chased through La Rascasse by the 1963...
Robert Benoist Björn Waldegård 3 First race held at Monza, Italy, a Grand Prix Voiturette race, is won by Pietro...
Monte Carlo, Monaco May 15–16, 2004 Paul Osborn, in the ex-Schumacher F2000 Brazilian GP winner, leads a 312T5 during the Ferrari Tribute.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our...
Monte Carlo, Monaco May 15–16, 2004 Caption.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
There is always an argument at the Monte Carlo Historic Rally as to whether the drivers or the cars are...
Monaco January 27–February 2, 2005 11-time American rally champion John Buffum was 2nd overall in the Plymouth Barracuda S with co-driver Ralph Beckman. This photo was taken near the village of Tregance. Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Our Ed McDonough spoke with Patrick Tambay at the start of this year’s Monte Carlo Historic Rally, followed his progress...
He was elusive. Confined to a wheelchair, but more difficult to pin down than most people with the full use...
Monte Carlo, Monaco January 26–February 1, 2006 The team of Craff/Wibaux corner their Alpine 1600S on the Col de Pertuis.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes...
The Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo, May 22, 1955. The start of a dramatic race. Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling...
Monte Carlo, Monaco May 20–21, 2006 Historic setting for Tipo B Alfa Romeos!Photo: Keith Booker Become a Member & Get...
The noise! It took my breath away. A BMW M12 4-cylinder or Honda V-6 at around 10,000 rpm. Totally ear-splitting in any environment, but here, at Pau, in the Parc Beaumont, the noise bounced around between the Armco barrier and the park benches, but then was trapped under the trees...
The statistics alone grab your attention. Those who travel the furthest—from Oslo—have 3,500 kilometers to drive; the rest, from Barcelona,...
Monte Carlo, Monaco January 25–31, 2007 Choc’s BMW 2002 Tii.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
Rick Mears Alain Prost 1 John Surtees drives a Ferrari 312 to victory in the nonchampionship Syracuse Grand Prix in Italy (1966). 2 The Junior Car Club holds its first high-speed trials at Brooklands in England. Of the 48 entries, 22 win gold medals and 5 win silver medals (1925)....
Louis Chiron Biography Born in August 1899, the son of a French hotelier in Monaco he became that principalities most...
I was born in Capetown, South Africa, a very long way from the epicenter of motor racing, Central Europe. Motorsport,...
As a young mechanic Tony Robinson answered an ad for work with London’s Ray Martin Motors. Little did he know that accepting the position would lead him to work on the Cooper-Alta being built for Stirling Moss, which would, in turn, lead to a lifetime of motorsport with the likes...
In 1980, people laughed when they heard Audi was developing a four-wheel-drive rally car. Hadn’t Ford tried that with their...
My father ran in the first NASCAR Cup race in 1949, when I was 11 years old, but I went...
1984 Toleman TG184-01 When the Grand Prix circus returned to Europe after the American races in 1984, Ayrton Senna was still a Formula One newcomer. The Toleman team had been struggling for three years and had only begun to get a few results toward the end of 1983. While the...
It’s time to talk NASCAR. It usually is. NASCAR’s calendar is the longest in racing, so it has the shortest...
Having grown up the son of racer and team owner Reg Parnell, it’s little wonder that Tim Parnell has lived...
Monte Carlo, Monaco February 1–6, 2008 Eric Comas Alpine A110 1800 tackles the climb to the Col d’Echarasson.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads,...
The Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo, May 22, 1966. Jackie Stewart at the Loews Hairpin on his way to a...
Ove Andersson, the man responsible for shaping the global motor sport presence of Toyota in both rallying and Formula One,...
Monaco, Monte Carlo May 10–11, 2008 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on partner products....
British racer Trevor Taylor is perhaps best known for being the Lotus Formula One teammate to Jim Clark in the...
I stood back watching, as Monterey feted the Fangio marque. Fangio marque? Yes, Juan Manuel Fangio is the only person,...
I write this month’s column from Monterey, as myself, most of our staff, and about 3,000-pounds of magazines are here for the annual Monterey Historics pilgrimage (of which, there will be a full report in next month’s issue). This year, because we had so many of our people up for...
