From 1964–1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula One and...
The only time I ever met Eddie Cheever was one weekend when we were at the Hockenheim circuit, in Germany,...
I’ve been fortunate to have driven a lot of racecars, both those I’ve raced and those I’ve driven to try to teach them manners, to shake them down for people who own them and have maybe just had them put together. So, I would have to say Alfa Giuliettas are...
As you’ll read on the Vintage Roadcar side of the magazine this month, I recently had a very interesting and...
After church one Sunday in 1957, a 13-year-old Philadelphia boy named Tom Pomeroy was playing with some of his friends,...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Junior. However, with that category’s demise at the end of 1963,...
Nelson Piquet Biography Nelson Piquet was born on August 17, 1952 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The son of a...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One...
1981 Ralt RT3. Photo: Peter Collins If you were racing a Formula Three car between late 1979 to the end of 1984 there really was only one car to choose—the Ralt RT3. Designed by Ron Tauranac, the Ralt RT3 was a class apart. From its first appearance in 1979 to its...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
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Jack Brabham met Ron Tauranac when Ron showed up as a customer for Jack’s machine shop in Australia in 1950....
From 1964-1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula One and...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Junior, but with that category’s demise at the end of 1963,...
If I asked you to pick a brand associated with high performance and motorsport, chances are good the name Volkswagen...
1984 Toleman TG184-01 When the Grand Prix circus returned to Europe after the American races in 1984, Ayrton Senna was...
Graham Hill, in the Ron Tauranac–designed Brabham BT36 Formula Two car, leads John Cannon’s March 712 around North Tower Corner during the 1971 Crystal Palace F2 International. Photo: Peter Collins Right, let’s get the name figured out straight away: Ralt stands for Ronald Austin Lewis Tauranac. Who’s he? Well, actually,...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One...
From 1964-1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as stepping stones to Formula One and the...
Famed racing car designer Ron Tauranac has passed away at the age of 95. Tauranac first came to fame in 1962 when he teamed up with World Champion Jack Brabham to create the later’s eponymous Formula One car, which would eventually win the World Championship in 1966 and 1967. Tauranac...
Prices – Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month...
My story of winning the 1981 Macau Grand Prix actually began two weeks before, when I first raced the Hayashi...
This year, Crosslé, Lola, and Mallock will all celebrate their fiftieth anniversaries. The exact date of each birthday is unknown, as it is difficult to pinpoint when a special builder became a constructor. In the interest of historical accuracy, I have discussed the matter with Eric Broadley, John Crosslé, and...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as steppingstones to Formula One and...
As you’ll read in this month’s Racecar Profile, I had the good fortune to be given the opportunity to drive...
Allen Berg Allen Berg began racing as most do, in karts, and soon progressed up the ladder to Formula Ford and Atlantic, then won the Tasman Series down under before tackling British F3 during perhaps its best season ever. A single season of F1 peaked his career, before a Mexican...
Following a chance trip to Monza with a friend, Almo Coppelli found a passion for a sport that would totally...
Tony Hulman Jerry Titus Photo: Doug Stokes 1 Jeremy Dale, driving a Spice-Oldsmobile, wins the IMSA WSC race at Phoenix,...
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,...