The Historic Formula Super Vee Register will hold its 2004 Reunion Event at the June 25–27 International Vintage Racing Festival...
1969 Chevron B8-BMW In my book, 2006 was a good year. Got my pensioner’s bus pass, had two cataract operations,...
I would rather be remembered as somebody who did some work against cancer than the driver who won the Belgian Grand Prix,” said Gunnar Axel Arvid Nilsson. Nevertheless, he should also be remembered—in the words of Nick Jordan, mechanic to Gunnar’s rival Tony Brise in Formula Atlantic—as “one of the...
Al Unser Jr., David Hobbs, and Les Richter (l to r above) headline the 2009 class of inductees to the...
My story of winning the 1981 Macau Grand Prix actually began two weeks before, when I first raced the Hayashi 220P-Toyota at Suzuka, Japan. I had never seen the car before and really never heard of Hayashi, a wholesale wheel manufacturer. My involvement came through Vern Fotheringham who was their...
As outlined in this month’s Racecar Profile, the Formula Super Vee series served as an important rung on the racing...
As you’ll read in this month’s Racecar Profile, I had the good fortune to be given the opportunity to drive...
When Jack Brabham was demobbed from the Royal Australian Air Force in 1947, even he did not realize he was about to establish an Australian motor racing dynasty, but that is exactly what he did. Jack would win no fewer than three Formula One World Championships, the last in 1966...
As far as I’m concerned the greatest racecar I ever drove is the car that gave me the greatest happiness...
Last month we presented the first half of European Editor Mike Jiggle’s interview with engine wizard John Judd, and the...
It started with a phone call from the photographer/journalist Bernard Cahier. He said, “Carl Haas has a problem. Brian Redman flipped his car at the Mont Tremblant Can-Am. Are you interested in driving for Lola Cars in the States?” I talked to Carl Haas the next morning and he said...
News emerged last week that former Super Vee champion and Indycar racer Bill Alsup (above, David Hutson photo) had died...
Former Super Vee champion Herm Johnson has passed away at the age of 63. After winning the SCCA National Championship in Super Vee at the 1976 Runoffs, Johnson moved into the professional ranks, contesting both the SCCA’s road-circuit-based Bosch/VW Super Vee championship and USAC’s oval-centric Mini Indy series, winning nine...
If I asked you to pick a brand associated with high performance and motorsport, chances are good the name Volkswagen...