A 1965 Porsche 911 finished first after battling fiercely for the top position against three Sunbeam Tigers through mountains and...
He was elusive. Confined to a wheelchair, but more difficult to pin down than most people with the full use...
His signature sky blue helmet firmly strapped to his head, Alberto Ascari poses for a Pirelli publicity picture before the 1952 Italian GP at Monza. Photo Pirelli One spring day in 1961, two boys gazed enraptured through a light post-and-rail fence at a fantastic motor race that was going on...
Danny Margulies was but a boy when he visited his home Grand Prix of Bucharest in 1937 and first opened...
Derek is the epitome of the driver who should have won the Formula One World Championship, but was just about always with the wrong team at the wrong time. He drove for some of the great names in the sport, like Renault and Lotus, but not when they were on...
The only time I ever met Eddie Cheever was one weekend when we were at the Hockenheim circuit, in Germany,...
I stood back watching, as Monterey feted the Fangio marque. Fangio marque? Yes, Juan Manuel Fangio is the only person,...
One of my favorite motor racing personalities was Piers Courage, a talented young gentleman racer, as well as a member...
Pirelli is to once again sponsor the Classic Marathon rally, 25 years after it first supported the famous event in...
I have a Minichamps model of the legendary Lancia Stratos HF rally car in Alitalia’s green and white colors sitting on my desk and every time I look at it, Italy’s “Il Drago” or “the Dragon” comes to mind. That was world rally champion Sandro Munari’s nickname because, according to...
Red Line Oil Most classic car enthusiasts would sooner pour water into their crankcase before using synthetic oil in vintage...
It took a racing department of 240 people and a huge budget to put Michael Schumacher on top of the...