This new book from Dalton Watson about the Porsche 917—one of the most successful and iconic racing cars of all...
The world may be in an economic downturn, but there wasn’t much sign of that at the 2009 edition of...
A special era in the history of the Porsche 917 stems from a private conversation held between Porsche team manager Rico Steinemann and the legendary John Wyer the night before the running of the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1969. Steinemann had been authorized by Porsche management to offer J.W....
I have been asked, a number of times, which branch of motor sport I enjoyed the most: driving, management, or...
What a question! It’s all so difficult because I’ve driven many varied cars across several eras of racing. Technology and...
Celebrating 70 Years of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance The competition for a spot on the show field of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance can be fierce. Tougher still is the contest to win one’s class and go on to compete for Best of Show. Each year just one car...
When Porsche decided to wage a complete assault on overall victory at Le Mans in 1970, they entered the French...
Tom Havlasek wanted to paint a “psychedelic” 917 because he’d already done the Gulf, Martini and Salzburg liveries, some more than once. His goal is to have a collection of all the 917 liveries painted, and so one day he awoke feeling like painting a “Hippie”. Thoughts of that car...
Contrary to what many may believe, the first time I drove a Porsche 917 was when I first sat in one to qualify for the 1969 Le Mans 24 Hours. There were three 917s entered for the race: the privately owned John Woolfe car, the Rolf Stommelen/Kurt Ahrens car, and...
A GT40 hot on the “Longtail” of a Porsche 906/6 as they leave the Esses. Photo: Roger Dixon During the 1960s...
The late 1960s brought a host of changes to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The wave of “professionalism”...
I couldn’t quite pinpoint why, during the research and writing of this profile, that I kept hearing the Lennon/McCartney hit “Come Together” somewhere in the back of my head. I have often used the metaphor of how some of the most interesting motor racing tales are based on an almost...
Imagine it’s 1973 and you’re an aspiring racer/car builder. Working out of your little shotgun shack, single-car garage, you’ve welded...
1982 Porsche 956 & 1988 Porsche 962 It is now 25 years since the Porsche 956 first appeared and started...
(From Left to Right): Steve McQueen, Pedro Rodriguez, Masten Gregory, Peter Revson, Mario Andretti.Photos: Hal Crocker That was Mario Andretti’s comment after the drive of his life…an impossible dream. He said so after he had just won the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring for Ferrari in the most incredible nail-biter...
Hermann Lang Paul Tracy Don “The Snake” Prudhomme Peter Brock 1 The Lancia 037 rally car makes its competition debut...
Patrick Depailler “Lofty” England 1 James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, wins the German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Niki Lauda...
A.J. Foyt Giuseppi Campari 1 A.J. Foyt, driving a Coyote-Foyt, wins the USAC Championship race at Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas (1976). 3 Giuseppi Campari drives an Alfa Romeo to victory in the European Grand Prix at Lyon, France (1924). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
Jerry Titus Frank Biela Photo: Stefan Warter 1 George Follmer drives a Ford-powered Lotus 70 to victory in the L&M...
Jackie Oliver Nigel Mansell 1 Dutch F1 privateer Carol de Beaufort is fatally injured in a crash during practice for...
Luigi Villoresi John Fitch 1 The Ford Sierra RS500 is homologated for Group A touring car racing (1987). 1 F1 racer Patrick Depailler is killed in a crash during testing (1980). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article...
The last car ends its cool-off lap, sending one last snap of delicious sound echoing away across the raceway. This...
Bruce Canepa takes out one of Porsche’s most legendary race cars for a quick spin on public streets!...
In our January 2007 issue, Pete Lyons shared some remarks about the grand old Canadian-American Challenge Cup series made by 14 influential men who were there. Ten drivers—including two Can-Am champions, a couple of designers, a crew chief and a master photojournalist gathered at last year’s Amelia Island Concours for...
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup was an “unlimited” racing series co-sanctioned by the SCCA in America and the CASC in Canada....
Due to the aerodynamic instability of the 917 in the 1969, two separate configurations were used in 1970. These were...
Charlie Kemp was born in Mississippi, and his inimitable southern drawl once led Carroll Shelby to say that had Charlie raced as slowly as he talked he’d never have won anything! Charlie did win, however, and he won big. He finished 3rd in his very first race in a jalopy...