Triumph—and later Nissan GTP—racing legend Robert “Kas” Kastner has passed away at the age of 92. Born in Batavia, New...
Dennis Firestone I began racing at age 18 in 1962, on TT motorcycles with my brother-in-law, Don Kratofil, and a...
A new and exciting chapter was written in the competition history of Triumph with the Ninth Annual International Triumph Challenge held last August in Topeka, Kansas. Challengers from more than ten states and the United Kingdom competed under the watchful eye of former Standard-Triumph competition boss R.W. (Kas) Kastner on...
Chairman, Endurance Rally Association Fred Gallagher Fred Gallagher grew up in a part of Northern Ireland where those noted for...
The LeMay – America’s Car Museum will have its grand opening on June 2, 2012 in Tacoma, Washington, having completed...
By the early 1950s, several British automotive manufacturers had completely devoted themselves to satisfying the seemingly insatiable postwar appetite for affordable sports cars. One such manufacturer was Coventry’s Standard-Triumph. After a woefully misguided attempt to enter the market with the underpowered and frumpy-looking 1800 Roadster, in 1953 Standard unveiled a...
It’s like a planetary alignment for Triumph fans, only way cooler, since you can actually see it: Hundreds of historic...
Pete Lyons We start the new season with two interesting notes on the subject of pulchritude. Near the end of...
1953 Austin-Healey 100 Is this the ideal sports car of the 1950s? The car that sparked thousands of people into thinking they could buy a production machine and go racing? This 1953 Healey did just that, essentially a production car that found glory at Le Mans and the Mille Miglia....
1960 Kieft Formula Junior The history of British motorsport is rife with postwar racecar manufacturers that saw their genesis in...
I was out walking the other day, and tripped on a grate in the pavement and fell hard… down hill....
Warren Olson arrived in Southern California fresh out of South Dakota in the late 1940s, just in time to take part in the motor racing revolution there that changed motor sport forever in the USA. The list of people and projects he worked with would fill a book. He initially...
Automobile manufacturers have long used racing as a tool for both exploring new technologies and advancing marketing agendas, and one...
This is the sad tale of my first chance to own a sports car and how I blew it—the chance,...
Photo: Hal Crocker It is with a great deal of sadness that I write about Dan Gurney, who died on January 15. We were close friends and our times together go back to 1955 when he raced at Torrey Pines. A number of those among us stood head and shoulders...
The under-2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports;...
As a young mechanic Tony Robinson answered an ad for work with London’s Ray Martin Motors. Little did he know that accepting the position would lead him to work on the Cooper-Alta being built for Stirling Moss, which would, in turn, lead to a lifetime of motorsport with the likes...
Historics or Hysterics? Dear Editor, Bravo Harlan Halsey! A letter—actually a mini-article—over a page in length and I agree with all...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Canadian industries of aerospace and racecar design were at the forefront of a new wave of industrial design. Avro Aviation engineer James C. Floyd had come up with the CF 105 Avro Arrow, a 1500-mph delta-winged fighter aircraft, and Bill Sadler had...
Today the name Rahal is synonymous with motor racing. Bobby Rahal has entered the history books as a top Indianapolis...
Going back to 1953 with the launch of the TR2, Triumph was quick to win the hearts of motoring enthusiasts...
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....
Pete Lyons You know how someone’s opposing opinion, one that seems inconsequential enough to let slide at the time, can...
We all know that life isn’t a bed of roses and, sometimes, we are dealt the cruelest of blows. Don...
Visitors to the 9th annual Put-in-Bay Road Races Reunion, scheduled for August 27-30, 2017, will discover a decidedly Italian flavor at this year’s event as it celebrates racers of vintage Alfa Romeos, Fiats and (who knows?… perhaps even a few Isettas and Siatas). Beyond the tribute to Italy, the event...
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Triumph marque, more than 60 Triumphs took to the track for this year’s SVRA...
With the recent passing of automotive icon Carroll Shelby, it is easy to look at his amazing life through the...