Like many other sports during WWII, automobile racing experienced a hiatus. Soon thereafter, however, competition resumed. The Formula One World...
A historic 1952 Jaguar C-Type Sports Racing Car that was driven to victory in 1952 by the legendary Phil Hill to claim the Jaguar C-Type’s first North American racing victory has joined the starting line-up for RM Auctions Sports & Classics of Monterey event, to be held August 13th –...
Aston Martin entered the1959 sports car season targeting just a single race, Le Mans, but walked away the deserving winner...
My racing Astons started in 1953, and although the first year brought some results, there wasn’t a win until 1955,...
During the fifties, Aston Martin produced sports cars with the designation, DB, which, of course, stands for David Brown. In addition to the 2-door hardtops—called saloons by the factory—a series of open sports cars, actually sports racers (later called sports racing cars), were constructed, raced by the factory and sold...
A short time after we went to press last month, it was announced that a new American Formula One team...
Bill Milliken has had an interesting life. As an engineer in both the aviation industry and later consultant to the...
Five-time IMSA champion Jim Downing, one of the creators of the HANS Device, is the latest recipient of the Road Racing Drivers Club’s Bob Akin Trophy. The award was presented by RRDC president Bobby Rahal and committee chair Archie Urciuoli. Each year the Akin Trophy honors the driver who best embodies...
March 2009 The Portuguese Grand Prix; Monsanto, August 23, 1959. Shortly before the race Phil Hill and Ferrari’s chief designer...
Lyn St. James Jim Clark Photo: Trevor Taylor Collection 2 Rupert Manwaring, team manager and assistant team manager for several...
January 2009 The Father, the Son, and the 2900B Dear Editor, Your news article (VR, November 2008) on the Alfa Romeo 2900B that won the first Watkins Glen race in 1948, states that its driver was Stephen Griswold. In fact, the winning driver was Frank T. Griswold, father of Stephen,...
There were a number of outstanding road-race weekends during the fifties. Phil Hill’s win at the first Pebble Beach comes...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC, and quickly became known as the “unlimited” series....
Grand Prix racing comes with a new look in 2009. Among other significant technical changes—wider cars, grooveless slicks, and Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (think “electric power-to-pass”)—there are new aero rules intended to improve a car’s ability to overtake another. Pete Lyons Included is this fascinating detail: Front wings will be...
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ex-Phil Hill 1963 ATS F1 The 1961 Formula One World Champion Phil Hill did not learn that most of the important...
The more in-depth summaries of the life and career of Phil Hill have focussed on three significant aspects: the racing accomplishments, the complex nature of the man, and the fact that he was an underrated driver. Phil died of respiratory complications due to Parkinson’s disease on August 28, 2008. He...
The planning for this issue was complete and work well under way, when, on August 28, we received the very...
How will history remember Count Wolf-gang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximillian Reichsgraf Berghe von Trips? “Von Krash,” as the dim-witted sniggeringly called him? As a journeyman? Or as a true gentleman who all but won the Formula One World Championship for drivers? The latter, I believe, would be a fair entry...
On August 28, we lost our great and good champion, Phil Hill. The entire world of motor sports is saddened....
For the 1955 season, Monza was refurbished and the Milan Auto Club considered an oval race. Contact was made with USAC, which had taken over Indy car racing from the AAA. USAC’s Duane Carter was interested because he wanted Indy car races in Italy (Monza), Germany (Avus), and France (Monthlery)....
“Phil Hill, World Champion Formula One 1961” Water Color Painting by Uli Ehret Weinheim, Germany Limited edition prints available e.g....
November 2008 The Nürburgring 1000-km Race; Nürburgring, June 1, 1958. Phil Hill in the Ferrari 250TR which he drove with...
