Despite mid-August being a predictably warm and sunny month, nothing was going to stop the climatic conditions, synonymous with the...
1968 Lolita MkI & the 1969 Lolita MkII My first car was a British Motor Corporation Mini. I had just turned...
Our South Pacific Editor, Patrick Quinn, recently caught up with ex-British Motor Corporation works driver John Sprinzel in Sydney, while John was on a brief visit to Australia. John Sprinzel What brings you to Australia, John? Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Sportsman, dilettante, racer, comedian are all words that have been used at some point in time to describe the irascible...
A number of those among us stood head and shoulder above all others during the Golden Age of Motorsports. Juan...
October 2010 Little Bit Effyh Dear Editor, Mark Brinker’s Hidden Treasurers article on the Effyh “Special” brought back some vivid memories. In July 1956, as a teenager, two friends and I drove overnight from Toronto to Wilkes Barre in a TR2 to spectate at Senator Wood’s extraordinary Brynfan Tyddyn road...
Pete Lyons We start the new season with two interesting notes on the subject of pulchritude. Near the end of...
The annual support race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the most important events in all...
Only four names come to mind when one recalls which drivers have driven their self-constructed cars in World Championship Grands Prix. Jack Brabham, Dan Gurney and Bruce McLaren, of course, and they won with them too, but the other was a lesser-known man hailing from the southern tip of Africa....
Photo: Hal Crocker It is with a great deal of sadness that I write about Dan Gurney, who died on...
Silverstone Auctions has opened its catalogue for entries to the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show with a very rare and...
A Triumph TR2, raced in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans, far exceeded its pre-sale estimate for this past weekend’s Silverstone Auction, when it sold for £258,750 ($332,677), setting a new sales record for a TR2. The Triumph TR2 was launched in 1952 and was soon in great demand...