Dan Gurney Biography He drove in the last great era of Grand Prix racing before the advent of tobacco advertising...
A number of those among us stood head and shoulder above all others during the Golden Age of Motorsports. Juan...
Dan Gurney’s motor racing career as a driver, car constructor and team owner is just about as star-spangled as his country’s flag. After Phil Hill, he was the second American to win in Formula 1, and is considered the equal of that other American superstar, Mario Andretti. He is also...
I sit here pondering: “How do you say something about Dan Gurney that hasn’t already been said?” It’s tough. Few,...
John Gunn, an independent entrant who contested some of North America’s most prestigious auto racing championships during a career that...
Tazio Nuvolari James Hunt Photo: Dennis Gray 1 Dick Johnson and John Bowe drive a Ford Sierra to victory in the Toohey’s 1000 at Mount Panorama in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia (1989). 2 Bernd Rosemeyer, driving an Auto Union, wins the last race of the 750kg racing formula, the...
Looking Back on a Brilliant Career… One Photographer’s Personal Recollections of the Most Successful American Endurance Racer of All Time...
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...
Louis Wagner Gaston Chevrolet 2 Jacky Ickx and David Hobbs drive a Gulf Ford GT40 to victory in the Rand...
Harry A. Miller Bobby Allison 1 Dan Gurney drives a Weslake Ford-powered Eagle to victory in the USAC Championship race...
Louis Stanley Rudolf Caracciola 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg is won by Pedro Rodriguez at the wheel of a Cooper-Maserati. First F1 win for Rodriguez and last for Cooper (1967). 3 Sprint car builder and Indy 500 crew chief Wally...
Recently, I was judging at a racecar concours in Southern California, when I ran into an old friend named Dave...
Each year we devote a portion of our February magazine to the issue of safety and safety devices in historic...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has announced its Class of 2011, which will be enshrined during ceremonies in Detroit this August. Alphabetically, this latest class includes: Donnie Allison, winner of 10 NASCAR Cup races and Indy’s 1970 Rookie of the Year; Sid Collins, the original “Voice of the...
The original Trans-Am was part and parcel of one of the things that made the Golden Age golden. Many of...
Parnelli is not his real name. Rufus Jones’ middle name is Parnell. His mother named him after a Judge Parnell...
Formula One crossed an historic turning point on March 2, but I think it is safe to say that almost no one realized it. A new era was ushered in that could, at least in my opinion, change the very face of the sport from this point going forward. Interestingly,...
Rodger Ward Louis Chiron 1 Louis Chiron leads an Alfa Romeo 1-2-3 finish in the French Grand Prix at Montlhéry...
Indy Dear Editor, Just read this months Vintage Racecar while lying in my bed (NASCAR on in the background) at...
Nigel Mansell Stirling MossPhoto: Pete Austin 1 Pietro Laureati wins Italy’s Tolentino Colle Paterno hillclimb driving an Alfa Romeo T33 Stradale (1968). 3 Herb Thomas drives a Hudson Hornet to victory in the NASCAR Southern 500 at Darlington, South Carolina, beating 81 other starters (1951). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Prior to 1980, I had raced in the United States on a few occasions—I’d done Daytona two or three times...
“Gregg, Peter (FA),” was filed between “Greenwood, John” and “Gregory, Masten.” The file, dog-eared and stained with the outline of...
Betty Skelton, a pioneer in both aviation and auto racing who was once known as the fastest woman on Earth, has died at the age of 85. Half a century ago she was setting speed records on the sands of Daytona Beach and Utah’s Bonneville salt flats. She was a...
Last month we ran the first half of the tale of Hal Crocker’s relationship with Peter Gregg, encompassing the early...
Formula One at Watkins Glen By Michael Argetsinger From its dustcover image of the opening lap of the 1967 United...
Lorenzo Bandini Adrian NeweyPhoto: Pete Austin 3 Stanley Dickens and Kunimitsu Takahashi win the 1000-kilometer All Japan Sportscar Championship race at Suzuka in a Porsche 962. It is the 31st (of 35 races) and final win for the 956/962 in Japanese competition (1989). 4 Stirling Moss, driving an Aston Martin DBR2,...
A.J. Foyt Pedro Rodriguez 2 Walter Sobraske, machinist for Miller, Schofield, Offenhauser and Meyer & Drake (later shop forman), born...
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the race that began as the Daytona Continental in 1962 and evolved into...
Ralph DePalma John Surtees 1 Sportscar racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr. drive a Löwenbrau-sponsored Porsche 962 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1986). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...