I recently had the pleasure of chatting with professional race car driver, Max Hanratty. As part of the Fast MD...
Photo Gallery from the Aug. 8–10, 2020, Driver Appreciation Event at WeatherTech Laguna Seca Raceway. [button link=”https://sportscardigest.com//laguna-seca-driver-appreciation-subscriber-photo-gallery/” color=”blue”]Subscribers click...
Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the Aug. 8–10, 2020, Driver Appreciation Event at WeatherTech Laguna Seca Raceway. # 16 – 1964 Shelby Cobra – Lynn Park / # 91 – 1963 Shelby Cobra – Tim Park # 38 – 1966 Marcos 1800 GT – Mike Denman / # 11 –...
Robert Newman You might well ask “Who the hell’s he?” when you read the name at the top of the...
Longtime readers of this magazine will know that we have been one of the few publications—of any kind or genre—that...
This past February, the fifth annual Leadfoot Festival was held at international rally champion Rod Millen’s ranch on the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand. Rod has semi-retired there after his championship-winning career, including toppling the Unser dynasty from Pikes Peak in the United States. Photo: Mark Dunstan What started five...
I wrote in this space, last month, that racecar drivers are just like us in that they too are human...
Mike Lawrence Here is a question to ponder: when was there last welding equipment in a Formula One pitlane, or...
Umberto Maglioli stands beside his Porsche 550A and looks up from the pits during a break in open practice for the 1955 Targa Florio. The car arrived in Sicily with a bare metal body that was painted white before the race. Photo: Porsche Umberto Maglioli was a man who clearly...
By now, I’m sure you’ve heard the disturbing news of Michael Schumacher’s December accident. While snow skiing, off piste, on...
If you think about the classic car community, as a whole it is obsessed with categorizing things. It’s difficult to...
Safe Is Fast is a site presented by the Road Racing Drivers Club and supported by the FIA Institute for Motor Sport Safety and Sustainability that provides advice and answers to common (and probably uncommon) questions faced by aspiring racers. In this case, the word “safe” is really an acronym...
The Anglo-European Trophy, Brands Hatch, September 14, 1963. Tim Mayer was a very talented young American driver and the brother...
In this month’s feature article, we pay tribute to one of Britain’s oldest racing circuits, Donington Park. Founded in 1931...
Vintage Racecar and Historica Racewear, in association with the British Women Racing Drivers’ Club (BWRDC), have introduced the “Champion of Champions Trophy” for the 2013 season, In addition to the Trophy, the overall winner will receive a generous prize fund of £500 cash and £500 credit voucher from Historica. The...
The Royal Automobile Club has awarded the historic Segrave Trophy to John Surtees OBE. Speaking at the award ceremony, RAC...
This September the McLaren Group will observe the 50th anniversary of the company’s founding by Bruce McLaren, but the entire...
Pete Lyons THIS IS OLD news to you, but as I write, we mountain folk are still buzzing about February’s Great Manhunt and Shootout. That burning cabin you saw on TV was about half an hour by road from us in Big Bear—fewer than six miles in a direct line...
The basic site here is very broad-based, but in its “Racing” section is this subsection devoted to Dan Gurney’s career...
October 2009 Fast Ladies By Jean-Françoise Bouzanquet Women play the most crucial role in human life as mothers of us all, and many have enjoyed starring roles as monarchs throughout history, but too many have lived lives subservient to their men. In racing, however, this reality ensures that a woman...
No fewer than 20 4-cylinder Morgans—a potentially record turnout—have been invited to compete for the Morgan Techniques Trophy at the...
Nearly 12 years ago, Parker Johnstone walked away from a strong career as a professional Indy car driver with 2...
Fifty-one years after winning his fifth and final world championship, Juan Manuel Fangio is still my favorite F1 driver. Never mind that I never actually saw him race an F1 car, not for real. But I believe I know what I would have seen. That’s because I grew up feasting...
There are many racing drivers, a lesser quantity of great racing drivers, and a very small number who transcend mere...
You know the eternal pub debate about who is the greatest driver ever, or which was the greatest drive? I’m up for that, provided it is a debate, in a pub, with friends. In the right atmosphere it’s great fun, but it’s best left in the pub. To really know...
August 2004 Champions Forever—The Formula One Drivers This 2002 DVD was originally titled the more lurid “Quick and the Dead”...
