On June 7–8, 1958, the Texas Region of the SCCA hosted a weekend of sports car racing 10 miles north...
1964 Elva-Porsche One of the most important characteristics of a performance or racing car is the power-to-weight ratio. The goal...
From a European perspective, during the 1990s Reynard had expanded as far as it could go with the various F3 and F3000 Championships. My appetite was for a further challenge in single-seaters, I had little interest in sportscars, and so, the logical next step for us was to look at...
Last year the SCCA marked the 50th anniversary of its inaugural Trans-American Sedan Championship event at Sebring, Florida, on March...
To Salute Dan Gurney’s selection as Featured Guest for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, we asked the All American Racer...
Roger Penske’s video remembrance of driver and Penske teammate Craig Fisher, who passed away in August at 82. [button link=”https://sportscardigest.com//craig-fisher/” color=”blue”]Click here to read our interview with Craig Fisher[/button]...
May 2011 Among the traditions of the Indianapolis 500 is the annual Front Row photo op on the Monday after...
The epic battle between Ferrari and Cobra had begun, but initially the Italian cars were still the best. The winner...
There isn’t much Karl Kainhofer hasn’t done in over 50 years of involvement in motorsports, from motorcycle racing in Austria to being Porsche’s man in the USA, to his involvement in virtually every facet of Penske Racing. Born just before the Second World War in Vienna, Austria, Kainhofer became involved...
Vic Elford Lucien Bianchi 1 Derek Bell, Hans Stuck and Al Holbert drive a Porsche 962 to victory in the...
December 2010 Driving his unique Zerex Special, a converted Cooper Formula One car, Roger Penske was a force in sports...
To say that Roy Gane has strong opinions would be to say that Cadbury’s makes chocolates. It’s evident as soon as you open a conversation with Roy that he has strong opinions on people in racing, races, racecar preparation and on racing politics. Perhaps it’s because he has done nearly...
Sunoco was approached by Roger Penske, in the fall of 1965, to sponsor his newly formed racing team. After the...
October 2016 Formula One The Knowledge By David Hayhoe If ever you wanted to study the records of the past...
Ed Leavens’ career in racing could be compared to an iceberg where 9/10ths of the details of his career lie beneath the surface. He raced from the mid-1950s to around 1962, but he gave it all up for his business of selling cars in London, Ontario, Canada. Here was a...
We all know their names, and they all would tell you that we do because they won this one race....
Carlos Sainz Al Unser Jr. 2 Three-time Formula One World Champion Jack Brabham is born (1926). 3 Pierro Taruffi drives...
Last month we ran the first half of the tale of Hal Crocker’s relationship with Peter Gregg, encompassing the early years of Peter’s racing career. This month Hal tells the rest of the story. Peter GreggPhoto: Hal Crocker Being a photographer himself, Peter Gregg was appreciative of my skills. At...
Giuseppe Campari Riddelle Gregory 3 The ISRS race at Zolder, Holland, is won by Didier Theys and Freddy Lienhard, driving...
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the race that began as the Daytona Continental in 1962 and evolved into...
Famed racer, team owner and international businessman Roger Penske is the honoree of the Silver Anniversary Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance on March 5-8, 2020. Now in its 53rd season Team Penske is one of the most successful racing teams in history. Cars owned and prepared by Team Penske have produced...
Bruce Leslie McLaren won the first-ever Grand Prix of the United States in 1959, but really established his life’s legacy...
Ronnie Peterson Giuseppe Campari 1 James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, wins the German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Niki Lauda...
1967 Lola T70 Spyder 1967 Lola T70 Spyder. Photo: Casey Annis The names Roger Penske and Mark Donohue are almost synonymous with the term Can-Am. While these two would totally dominate the Can-Am series in its later years with the mighty Porsche 917, they also played major roles in the...
Roger Penske was honored with induction into the Legends of Laguna Seca during ceremonies preceding this year’s mid-October American Le...
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Canadian industries of aerospace and racecar design were at the forefront of a new wave of industrial design. Avro Aviation engineer James C. Floyd had come up with the CF 105 Avro Arrow, a 1500-mph delta-winged fighter aircraft, and Bill Sadler had...
Roger Penske Fred Offenhauser 3 Paul Goldsmith drives Smokey Yunick’s Pontiac to victory in the last stock car race on...
Briggs Cunningham was one of the most important figures in U.S. road racing during the era of the 1950s. He raced automobiles and yachts, manufactured sports cars, established a significant auto museum and distributed Jaguars. His overriding goal was to win Le Mans with an all-American car driven by Americans....