Ed Leavens’ career in racing could be compared to an iceberg where 9/10ths of the details of his career lie...
The name of Noel Macklin is writ large in the history of British sporting cars. Marques such as Eric-Campbell, Silver...
This is the debut showing of Reed Railton’s land speed record car, its tire fairings here removed, in front of the Thomson & Taylor showroom at Brooklands in April 1938. It was called the Railton Special and was powered by two Napier Lion W12 airplane engines. The Special broke the...
Betty Skelton, a pioneer in both aviation and auto racing who was once known as the fastest woman on Earth,...
“Revisited” because this is my second column about Ken. My March 2006 column was the first, but in rereading it...
Thanks to the Ice Age, we were given the Bonneville Salt Flats upon which thousands of land speed racers have enjoyed nearly a century of high-speed, record-setting fun and excitement. The world’s biggest racetrack, some 4,214 feet above sea level, is also the world’s largest natural “dynamometer.” Located immediately east...
