There was the time I went to the Targa Florio and was strolling by a restaurant in the night-dark streets...
The passing of any legend will always generate a fresh wave of interest in his or her biographical history, and...
Third-time charm! That’s what we Can-Am fans were hoping for 40 Septembers ago. On the first of this month in 1968, our beloved Big Bangers would bellow to life for their third season. Maybe this time the grandly unrestricted sports cars, stunningly powerful and torque-rich machines that were faster than...
It is with great regret that we report racing great Phil Hill passed away this morning, August 28th, due to...
This year’s Monterey Historic Automobile Races marks the 35th running of this classic event. As shown schematically in the Laguna...
On this, the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Monterey Historics, I thought it would be interesting to look back and see how it all started. The date was August 10, 1974. August 10 that year fell on a Saturday. There was no Sunday racing even though California has no “blue laws”...
Carroll Shelby once remarked, “There are only two people I can think of who could sit down, take a welding...
While the postwar American sports car scene was inspired by European road racing, it was different in many respects. In...
During the early fifties, road racing in the United States took place, for the most part, at airports. While airports have a number of advantages, they lack the interest and drama of actual roads. Without the authority to utilize public highways, venues were hard to come by. As road racing...
April 2008 The French Grand Prix; Reims, July 3, 1960. Phil Hill’s Ferrari 246/F1 rounds the Thillois hairpin at the...
Moss at His Best When it was announced in 1958 that the capacity limit for Formula One would change from 2.5 liters to 1.5 liters for the 1961 season, many constructors thought the changes would never be implemented and that the “lack of power” from smaller engines would not be...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
January 2008 Bugatti T35 by CMC We all seem to love highly detailed scale models of iconic racecars. Most highly...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although there was a basic set of rules, the cars had to be two-seaters with bodywork covering the wheels, have doors, a windscreen, brake lights and various safety requirements. However, there...
On August 4, 2007, an icon of American racing and my dear friend, John Fitch, turned 90 years old! In...
Antonio Brivio Mario Andretti 1 A.J. Foyt wins the USAC Championship race on the dirt track at Sacramento, California (1967)....
John Von Neumann is an important name in the history of the second half of the twentieth century. A Princeton professor, he was an eminent mathematician and physicist, instrumental in the development of computer science, a participant in the Manhattan Project to develop the atom bomb and a Nobel laureate....
August 2007 Cars at Speed By Robert Daley Some 46 years ago, Cars at Speed by Robert Daley first appeared...
The Nürburgring 1000-km Race; Nürburgring, June 7, 1959. Jean Behra (right) has just leaped out of his Ferrari 250TR/59 as...
Art Evans Fifty years ago, the world-famous Laguna Seca race course was created by a tree. It’s interesting as well as tragic to see how it happened. Interesting in that a lot of circumstances had to come together; tragic in that it involved the death of a good friend. First,...
Sexual debauchery, a regime’s imminent downfall and a kidnapping fit for a gentleman were some of the highlights of the...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
The Dutch Grand Prix; Zanvoort, May 22, 1961. Phil Hill on his way to his World Championship with his Ferrari 156/F1 among the sand dunes of Holland. An excellent shot by Robert Daley. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA.,...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although...
Phil Hill was the honored guest at the Goodwood Circuit Revival Meeting held September 1–3. The 1961 World Drivers Champion...
Victory Lane LLC, the creator of a new lifestyle development for motor sports enthusiasts, announces that it has engaged American racing legend Phil Hill to be a member of the development board of advisors and to be its motor sports icon. Hill gained his fame as a three-time winner of...
Here’s a big four-oh for me: That many years ago this month the Can-Am began, and basically so did my...
Mario Andretti at speed in his Ferrari 312B with flat-12 engine. Andretti was the race favorite having won the opening...
Antonio Ascari Pedro Rodriguez 2 Camille Jenatzy, driving a Mercedes 60 HP, wins the Gordon Bennett race. He covers the 327.5 miles of the Athy circuit in Ireland at an average speed of 49.2 mph (1903). 2 Twenty-two-year-old Peter Ryan dies from injuries suffered the day before in a crash...
