Rob DysonPhoto: Regis Lefebure Going into the Los Angeles Times Grand Prix at Riverside in April of 1986, one of...
On June 7–8, 1958, the Texas Region of the SCCA hosted a weekend of sports car racing 10 miles north...
Haskell Wexler is an Oscar-winning cinematographer, taking home the coveted golden trophies for his work on Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Bound for Glory. Not many car enthusiasts, however, know about his racing experiences. Wexler took driving lessons from Carroll Shelby, but gave it up when he discovered just...
Harsh Truth Photo: Allen Kuhn Dear Editor, It is a given that retired race drivers have a propensity for telling...
Three-time Indy 500 winner and King of the Hill at Pikes Peak Bobby Unser will be the guest of honor at the fourth annual Legends of Riverside, scheduled for March 31–April 1 at the Riverside International Automotive Museum in the California city. “Riverside was a fantastic race track,” noted Unser,...
Back in the free-and-easy days when you still could cozy up to naked racecars right out in plain sight, some...
Bruce Kessler had a meteoric motorsports career, which started with drag racing his mother’s Jaguar XK120, progressed to practicing for...
By now everyone should be familiar with YouTube as a source for long-lost films from the old days, and these two new links take you back in time to a position trackside at two of America’s favorite racing grounds, Watkins Glen (not Kent, Washington as suggested) and Riverside. The first...
Dam Problems Dear Editor Pete Lyons article (Fast Lines, Dec. 2012) was interesting because I was involved with both Jim...
The term “icon” is so over-used in today’s sensationalist society that when we encounter someone or something that truly merits...
Pete Lyons Take something for granted, and we risk having it ripped away. For me, foolish me, Peter Bryant was always going to be there. An interesting guy, a very human guy, fun, warm, witty—often scandalously so—bright and innovative, astoundingly energetic. A ball o’ fire whose boisterousness could be alarming,...
Nigel Mansell Bernd Rosemeyer 2 PJ Jones drives a Toyota Eagle MkIII to victory in the final IMSA GTP race,...
Bruce BurnessPhoto: John Zimmermann When last we left Bruce Burness (April VR) he had just initiated his lasting association with Trevor Harris where they performed what he called “the ultimate male-bonding experience.” In this second part of VR Associate Editor John Zimmermann’s interview, Burness discusses the achievement he considers the...
Louis Renault Colin Chapman 2 Tom Green drives Walt Arfons’ “Wingfoot Express” to a World Land Speed Record of 413.20...
It is well known that some great stock car road racing took place at the Riverside International Raceway. Dan Gurney enhanced his record as an all-around champion there. Some assume that post-WWII stock car road racing started at Riverside, but that’s not true. There were five stock car events on...
From gas station owner in 1954 to leading Le Mans in 1967, sports car racer Scooter Patrick enjoyed an amazing career. Perhaps best remembered for his prowess and speed at the wheel of Otto Zipper’s many Porsches in the ’60s, Patrick also enjoyed racing success in a wide variety of...
January 2001 Riverside Raceway Palace of Speed By Dick Wallen Perhaps no other track in the West conjures more memories...
Two events, one forever unforgettable, the other somewhat less memorable, shared the same Sunday, 40 years ago. Heading up the...
From time to time, event organizers make the mistake of asking me to speak or MC at their event. You can’t really blame them, they don’t know any better. The most recent example of this poor judgment was the second annual Riverside Reunion, held here in Southern California. I was...
Learning to race on a road course can be daunting. Even though it was almost 50 years ago, I remember...
Another of racing’s good guys left us on December 7, when Bill Scott lost his battle with cancer. The man...
1964 Elva-Porsche One of the most important characteristics of a performance or racing car is the power-to-weight ratio. The goal is to maximize power, but not at the expense of too much weight or unreliability. Not enough power means you can’t keep up with other cars. Add in the engine...
• Due to a scheduling conflict with the World Endurance Championship, the date for this year’s fifth Rennsport Reunion at...
The Lotus 19 took sports car racing to a whole new level upon its debut in 1960, rendering rivals such...
We concluded last month’s opening segment of John Zimmermann’s interview with David Hobbs as he was preparing to turn his attention toward North America. Even though he would still contest a number of major races in Europe, the main focus of his competitive efforts turned toward the USA where he...
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