Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
Emerson Fittipaldi has an impish sense of humor and, one day at Brands Hatch, he unloaded it on my poor...
Porsche’s new museum, recently opened at corporate headquarters in Stuttgart, promotes the “Porsche idea” with a trip back in time through the company’s six-decade history to nurture the thought that Porsche cars do not grow old, but instead become classics. The actual Exhibition Area is contained within an architecturally daring...
The Porsche 906 or Carrera 6 was the last street-legal racing car from Porsche. A total of 65 were produced in 1966, allowing the model...
Porsche continued its winning ways last year at the 12 Hours of Sebring, taking the overall victory with the RS...
When Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche unveiled the Porsche 917 at the Geneva International Motor Show on March 13, 1969, little did we know that it would become one of the most successful and famous sports racing cars of all time. Not only did the race car give Porsche its first 24...
I have been asked, a number of times, which branch of motor sport I enjoyed the most: driving, management, or...
Frank Gardner was the classic sportsman, excelling in swimming, rowing, surfing, and boxing before he began to race speedway bikes...
Pete Lyons You know how someone’s opposing opinion, one that seems inconsequential enough to let slide at the time, can keep gnawing on you ’til finally you just gotta explode? That’s what I’ve been nursing ever since a NASCAR telecast last year, when I heard announcer Darrell Waltrip say something...
A new book about Porsche’s extensive use of posters to further their iconic image will make its world debut on...
The new Porsche Museum, located in the heart of the Porsche factory in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany, officially opened to the public...
St. Chamond in the Loire Valley of France was once known as a production center of ribbon and rayon, as well as its railway works. Now, it is best known as the birthplace of the little man who beat the world four times. For Alain Marie Pascal Prost, who was...
Dale Earnhardt Nino Farina 1 Bobby Rahal, Bob Garretson, and Brian Redman drive a Porsche 935 K3 to victory in...
Rodger Ward Jim Hurtubise Photo: IMS 1 Jim Clark wins the South African Grand Prix driving a Ford Cosworth-powered Lotus...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set forth by the FIA (Federation International l’Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
For the 1974 season, Porsche produced yet another evolution of the 911. Developed around the 3-litre RS homologation special, the...
There were a number of outstanding road-race weekends during the fifties. Phil Hill’s win at the first Pebble Beach comes...
Actor and Racer Paul Newman is said to have gotten the racing bug during the filming of the 1969 Universal motion picture Winning. This painting portrays Newman as the fictional character Frank Capua, who in the movie wins the Indianapolis 500. Also depicted in the painting is the 1979 Le...
David McKay Keijo Eric “Keke” Rosberg 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed (1929). 2 Peter Gethin drives a Chevron B26 to...
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...
Roger Penske was honored with induction into the Legends of Laguna Seca during ceremonies preceding this year’s mid-October American Le...
Racing has lost a great friend with the passing of Academy Award–winning actor Paul Newman. Brought into the sport by...
An opportunistic mix of Group 5 endurance racers and Group 7 thundercars enlivened Watkins Glen’s 1970 Can-Am Text and Photos by Hal Crocker His tender, healing hands bandaged and protected by gauze gloves to minimize the pain from his Indy burns, Denny Hulme earned the respect of one and all...
How will history remember Count Wolf-gang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximillian Reichsgraf Berghe von Trips? “Von Krash,” as the dim-witted sniggeringly...
November 2008 Can-Am Thunder DVD By Duke Video As highlighted in this month’s feature on the 1970 Can-Am event at Watkins Glen, the original Canadian-American Challenge Cup series was one of the most unique and awe-inspiring racing championships ever to grace the world motor sport stage. Part of the series’...
With the financial world still reeling from the ramifications of the subprime housing implosion, the four major auctions held in...
The Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and the Sports Car Club of South Africa will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the...
The next installment in Sports Car Digest’s therapeutic look back at classified advertisements features two rare Porsche racing cars offered for sale in the January 1962 Road & Track. The same seller is offering a Porsche 550 RS Spyder and a Porsche 781 RSK....
