July 2009 The Rodriguez Brothers By Carlos Eduardo Jalife-Villalón In the early 1950s, two young Mexican brothers, Pedro and Ricardo...
1962 Tojeiro-Buick Photo: Pete Austin “Just turn the key and it will start,” I was told, as the door of the...
Three-time F1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart will join American racing star Scott Pruett as honored guests at the annual Picnic in the Park during the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Saturday August 15. There they will sit down with racing historian Murray Smith to...
Sir Jackie Stewart This Audi TT is a car capable of being driven on or pretty close to the limit....
Damon Graham Devereux Hill is the only son of a Formula 1 World Champion to have also won the title....
Last weekend’s 20th annual Goodwood Revival once again celebrated motor racing history with its usual full slate of races despite weather conditions ranging from sunshine to heavy rain. While the list of race winners for the September 8-10 meeting can be found below, we will attempt to recap a few...
During the recent Goodwood Revival event, Sir Jackie Stewart had the opportunity to be reunited with his championship-winning Tyrrell 006/2....
It reads like a plot line no real screenwriter would dare pitch: A little-known transmission engineer who has never designed...
Sir Jackie Stewart’s career started in 1963, and though he no longer competes, there is no end in sight to his continuing career in the higher echelons of motorsport. Today, he still plays a major role at Ford and the Jaguar Grand Prix team, serves as President of the British...
Sir Jackie Stewart, BRM P115, Grand Prix of Mexico 1967—his last year with the BRM team. Often I review my...
The British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) recently announced that Sir Jackie Stewart, president of the famous British racing organization since...
Mario Andretti Rick Mears Photo: Jim Hatfield 1 Gates at Indianapolis Motor Speedway open for practice for the first Indy 500 (1911). 4 Jackie Stewart passes his rookie test for the Indianapolis 500 (1966). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) was cosanctioned by the SCCA and CASC; it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited”...
Fifty years after securing his third and final Formula 1 championship, Sir Jackie Stewart got reunited with his Tyrrell 006...
Richard Petty Carl Haas 1 Chuck Daigh, driving a Lotus 19-Climax, wins the USAC-sanctioned sports car race at Mosport, Ontario, Canada (1963). 2 Henry Seagrave drives a Sunbeam to victory in the French Grand Prix at Tours (1923). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Prior to the early ’70s, safety issues were given little attention in Formula One and, by association motorsport in general....
The inaugural season of the Jaguar Heritage Challenge came to a close at Oulton Park September 1 with Mike Wilkinson...
Situated on the edge of the Lincolnshire Fens, the sleepy market town streets of Bourne came alive to the sound of music, or to the noise of roaring racing engines on this occasion, to paraphrase the words of Oscar Hammerstein. The event was BRM Day, the 50th Anniversary celebration of...
The Williams Formula One Conference Centre, Grove, UK was the venue for the 5th bi-annual reunion of the Grand Prix...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC; it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although there was a basic set of rules, the cars had to be two-seaters with bodywork covering the wheels, doors, a windscreen, brake lights and meet various safety requirements....
The matriarch of early American road racing, and a leader in the creation of the International Motor Racing Research Center,...
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series co-sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America and...
Sir Jackie Stewart Alain Prost Photo: Maureen Magee 4 Al Rogers drives a Coniff-Offy to victory in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in Colorado (1950). 5 George Follmer drives a Porsche-powered Lotus 23 to victory in the USRRC Road America 500 in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin (1965). Become a Member &...
The chaotic scene just after the #88 car of Huhn/Schwarz crashed at the Nürburgring in 1970. Photo: Porsche Werk Motor...
Ken Tyrrell once said that, contrary to what had been written about him, he had no special talent for spotting...
VR’s European team will host the reunion of the Nomad-BRM team at the forthcoming Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, the biggest and best such show in the UK, November 10-12. Driver and team owner Mark Konig, designer Bob Curl and mechanic Julian Pratt will unveil the recently restored...
Inclement weather had battered and bruised England during the early summer months, leaving people wondering how Goodwood’s Festival of Speed...
October 2017 Matra Racing DVD, The Rebirth Many years ago I was drawn to the vibrancy of the Matra pit...
Historic motor racing events and festivals allow former Grand Prix drivers, like myself, to be reunited with racing cars synonymous with our career. The 2006 Goodwood Festival of Speed was no exception to this. When I first raced in Formula One with Ken Tyrrell, it was with a Matra. At...