After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was established by the FIA (Federation...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first World Driver’s Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
Mike Jiggle speaks with the Australian legend about his long career, his tough guy approach and the red underpants that...
Richard Petty Emilio Villoresi 1 Richard Petty wins the NASCAR Winston Cup Talladega 500 in a Dodge Charger (1976). 2 ...
Bicester is a small market town 12 miles north of Oxford. For centuries nothing much remarkable happened, then an estate of small factory units was built to encourage light industry. First March, then Reynard, turned the town into the world capital of customer racing cars. More than 3,000 single-seaters were...
All right, I suppose I should start off with a confession. I am a mad, keen Austin-Healey enthusiast, and have...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and the CASC; it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although there was a basic set of rules, the cars had to be twoseaters with bodywork covering the wheels, have doors, a windscreen, brake lights and various safety requirements,...
FIA Safety Delegate Any organization is, in truth, only as good as the people in it, and motor sport’s global...
Pete Lyons News that Formula One is so financially distressed… Wait! Let us savor this! Become a Member & Get...
This year, Crosslé, Lola, and Mallock will all celebrate their fiftieth anniversaries. The exact date of each birthday is unknown, as it is difficult to pinpoint when a special builder became a constructor. In the interest of historical accuracy, I have discussed the matter with Eric Broadley, John Crosslé, and...
Lorenzo Bandini Adrian NeweyPhoto: Pete Austin 3 Stanley Dickens and Kunimitsu Takahashi win the 1000-kilometer All Japan Sportscar Championship race at...
It reads like a plot line no real screenwriter would dare pitch: A little-known transmission engineer who has never designed...
On New Year’s Day of 1967 the South African Champion, John Love, was pipped at the post in the season opening South African Grand Prix at Kyalami when his Tasman Cooper faltered in the closing stages whilst comfortably in the lead and was forced to stop for fuel because of...
Tim Schenken I came from the Brabham team in 1971 into the Surtees team for 1972 to partner Mike Hailwood....
I guess the best period in motor racing for me was when I managed to have my first drives in...
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From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
From 1964-1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as stepping stones to Formula One and the...
From 1964-1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Jr. However, with that category’s demise at the end of 1963, F2 was...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One...
From 1964-1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Jr., however with that category’s demise at the end of ’63, F2 was reformed...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
June 2017 The Dutch Grand Prix: Zandvoort, July 18, 1965. John Surtees at speed in Tarzan Corner during practice with...
Jo Siffert Andy Granatelli 1 Al Holbert, Chip Robinson, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr. drive the Löwenbrau Porsche 962 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1987). 5 Malcolm Campbell drives his Napier-Campbell to a World Land Speed record of 256.086 mph (1931). Become a Member & Get...
This portrait of the legendary John Surtees, by mixed media artist Jonathan (Joff) Carter, commemorates the unique, astounding, achievements of...
In the history of racing there have been formulae that quickly become popular and continue to grow, while others are...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V8 of five liters displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics between the governing body,...