David’s repeated defeats of Goliath this summer—American Le Mans Series victories by Porsche’s RS Spyder over Audi’s much bigger and...
Bruce Leslie McLaren won the first-ever Grand Prix of the United States in 1959, but really established his life’s legacy...
For the last 20 years or so of his life, Rodger Ward and I were friends. Even though I had met him only once during the fabulous fifties when he drove a customer’s Devin SS when I was the Devin distributor. We became close friends when I asked him to...
One of the most enjoyable—at least for me—of fifties events was the Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Races. The last...
July 2007 Porsche 917—Zuffenhausen’s Le Mans and Can-Am Champion Introduction by Karl Ludvigsen By now well-known to the readers of this magazine, the development of the Porsche 917, in 1969, marked Porsche’s “coming of age” in the world of international long-distance sports car racing. Over the next two years, the...
In early April, I made my way to Las Vegas for the inaugural Champ car Vegas Grand Prix. This new...
Turn One at Sebring is one of the fastest corners in North America. It also has the distinction of being...
Sebring, FL March 14–17, 2007 The 1958 Lister Chevy of Udo Horn.Photo: Chuck Andersen Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our...
Sebring, FL March 1–4, 2007 The 1985 Porsche 962 of John Brice belches flames in the Hairpin.Photo: Chuck Andersen Become...
There isn’t much Karl Kainhofer hasn’t done in over 50 years of involvement in motorsports, from motorcycle racing in Austria...
Like any good race-nut, over the years I’ve tried to chip away at my list of the “great automotive wonders of the world” that I want to attend at least once, before I register for that big enduro in the sky. For some reason, I have never managed to get...
1991 Toyota Eagle MKIII GTP It’s amazing how one hair-brained idea can change the course of history. Such was the...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports: the World...
Andre Ribeiro Len Sutton 1 Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at Calder Park in Victoria, Australia (1987). 2 Gilles Villeneuve wins the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami in a Ferrari 312T4 (1979). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
Sebring, Florida October 14–16, 2006 Phillippe Reyns in the 1963 Jaguar XKE Factory Lightweight.Photo: Chuck Andersen Become a Member &...
Turn 17 at Sebring, which ends the back straight—and “begins” the front straight—could actually be called the “World’s Biggest Hairpin.”...
Dave Friedman in his book on American sports car racing in the golden era of racing called Dr. Dick Thompson one of the finest American drivers of his era. Dick started racing with an MGTD in 1952 and leaped into racing from the deep end when he and a friend...
July 2006 Speed, Frozen in Time : Vintage Racecar Images By Jamie Hankin Readers of Vintage Raecar will be familiar...
Sebring, FL March 3–5, 2006 The 1964 Porsche 356C of John Winter leads another 356 and the 1962 Elva Courier...
Sebring, FL March 16–17, 2006 Bill Mazzoni leads a group through Turn 4 in his Chevron B16 during practice.Photo: Fred Sickler / Vintage Velocity Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World...
Frank Williams Erik Carlsson 3 The Intrepid, with Wayne Taylor driving, makes its IMSA GTP racing debut with a 2nd...
Sebring, FL October 13–16, 2005 Eventual winner Tim Lewis, Jr., driving a 1971 Porsche 914/6 GT, leads the opening lap of the Klub Sport Porsche Challenge race.Photo: Chuck Andersen Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited...
The Sunbeam Alpine has always had a slight stigma regarding its competition career. Early on it was labeled the “British...
Briggs Swift Cunningham: one of the greatest racing figures, car engineers and team owners in America. Racing from the ’40s...
Sebring, Florida March 3–6, 2005 John Cloud finished 2nd in the Anglo-American GT race in his 1967 Camaro. Photo: Chuck...
Sebring, Florida March 16–19, 2005 The Alfa Romeo Giulietta of Steve Piantieri is chased by the Lister Knobbley of Howard...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953-1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962-1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964-1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. There was even a European...
