Grover-Williams Louis Stanley 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kayalami track near Johannesburg is won...
If ever a race meeting at Kyalami captured the essence of the circuit’s most memorable races, the Classic Car Africa...
Fon de Portago Michael Andretti 1 Sarah Fisher, the first woman to compete in the Indy Racing League, is born (1980). 2 The first road races are held through the streets of Watkins Glen, New York. They are also the first post-WWII races held in the United States and the...
Quadruple Monte Carlo Rallye winner Walter Röhrl dominated December’s FIA European Rally Championship for Historical Cars event in the Spanish...
1973 Porsche Carrera RS This could be an opera in several parts. It might have been written by Verdi or...
August 2010 The First Ralt? Photo: Pete Austin Dear Editor, Have just been reading the magazine, which I had never seen before. Great read. Thought I would make a small point of correction regarding the Ralt reference on page 53 [Feb 2010]. Ron Tauranac actually built the first RALT in, I think,...
Looking Back on a Brilliant Career… One Photographer’s Personal Recollections of the Most Successful American Endurance Racer of All Time...
The outrageous Group B cars from the World Rally Championship of the 1980s have been added to the Donington Historic...
This original water color painting by Uli Ehret shows the IMSA GTX class Porsche 911 RSR driven by Larry Perkins, Gordon Spice and John Rulon-Miller, braking into Mulsanne Corner during the 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Charles Ivey Engineering team Porsche finished 14th overall and 2nd in class....
As you’ll read throughout this issue, in honor of this month’s Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV, we’re paying our own tribute...
“Gregg, Peter (FA),” was filed between “Greenwood, John” and “Gregory, Masten.” The file, dog-eared and stained with the outline of...
The original idea for this “special” feature had been to do a test on Porsche’s famed Moby Dick…the 935/78 long-tail beast from 1978, the company’s first racecar with water-cooled cylinder heads. However, that particular machine was on tour in China and not due back at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart...
Last month we ran the first half of the tale of Hal Crocker’s relationship with Peter Gregg, encompassing the early...
Evolution of the Porsche 911 In Competition–1965–2010 By Michael Keyser & Bill Oursler With distinction as the longest-lived sports car...
Starting his career in the early ’60s behind the wheel of a Mini, John Fitzpatrick quickly worked his way to the top echelons of the endurance racing world. From winning the British Saloon Car Championship, Fitzpatrick went on to factory rides with Ford and BMW, as well as notching up...
Ralph DePalma John Surtees 1 Sportscar racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr....
Nino Farina Jim HallPhoto: Keith Booker 1 Sports car 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+...
Tom Kendall may be best remembered for his dominant 1997 championship season in the SCCA’s Trans-Am series when he set...
Despite the weather, the IROC Camaro proved capable on both the oval track at Rockingham and Silverstone’s club circuit. Photo: Pete Austin...
November 2016 FITZ: My Life At The Wheel By John Fitzpatrick John Fitzpatrick started racing in a Mini 850 and ended up in a Porsche 956B. In between he drove a variety of Ford Anglias, Escorts and Capris, the occasional Ferrari 250 LM, a couple of BMW 2800 CS and...
Peter Auto’s final event of the 2016 season took place on the weekend of October 22-23 on the Enzo &...
The Brumos Porsche 911 Carrera RSR of Peter Gregg and Hurley Haywood finished 1st overall in the 1975 edition of the 24 Hours of Daytona, leading a sweep of the first six places by Carrera RSRs. The Toad Hall Racing RSR of Michael Keyser, Billy Sprowl and Andres Conteras finished...
Over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the...