This year’s Monterey Historic Automobile Races marks the 35th running of this classic event. As shown schematically in the Laguna...
Contrary to what many may believe, the first time I drove a Porsche 917 was when I first sat in one to qualify for the 1969 Le Mans 24 Hours. There were three 917s entered for the race: the privately owned John Woolfe car, the Rolf Stommelen/Kurt Ahrens car, and...
The late 1960s brought a host of changes to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The wave of “professionalism”...
(From Left to Right): Steve McQueen, Pedro Rodriguez, Masten Gregory, Peter Revson, Mario Andretti.Photos: Hal Crocker That was Mario Andretti’s...
My story of Formula One came into being after I’d driven my GT40 and got all that out of the way. I thought I could become a decent single-seater driver in the various club events that existed at the time. I was studying Autosport one day in late 1968 and...
While not the greatest racecar of all time, the Cooper 86B-Maserati was that for me, as it gave me a...
What kind of racing driver is it who forgets how many times he’s won? One of the most successful, of...
One of the most versatile drivers motor sport has ever known is to be honored at next year’s Amelia Island Concours, when Vic Elford will serve as Honorary Chairman for the annual affair. The Englishman known as “Quick Vic” by his contemporaries won major events and championships in both racing...
Born in London on June 10, 1935, Vic Elford was one of the fastest drivers in the highly competitive Sixties...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the race that began as the Daytona Continental in 1962 and evolved into today’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, but not all of those races were run for a full 24 hours. The first two runnings had a three-hour duration, while the next two...
Born in London on June 10, 1935, Vic Elford was one of the fastest drivers in the highly competitive 1960s...
HSCC unveils 2-liter sports-racing car series The golden era of 2-liter sports racing cars in the 1970s will be brought...
At the end of 1969, during the height of the Ferrari-Porsche World Sports Car Championship “wars,” Jo Siffert was wined and dined at Maranello by Enzo Ferrari, who offered him a deal for 1970. But it was not only the bravura of the Swiss in a racing car that interested...
Niki Lauda Richard Petty 1 Willy Grover, better known as “W. Williams,” wins the ACF Grand Prix for sports cars...
Jo Bonnier Vic Elford 3 Mosport International raceway in Ontario, Canada, opens with club races (1961). 5 The “Golden Submarine”...
Vic Elford Lucien Bianchi 1 Derek Bell, Hans Stuck and Al Holbert drive a Porsche 962 to victory in the 24-Hours of Le Mans. Jo Gartner dies in an accident during the early morning hours (1986). 1 Rudolph Caricciola, driving a Fanfir, finishes 4th in his first auto race, at...
Big Bangers; that’s what the Brits called Can-Am cars, and they were right. Everything about the Canadian-American Challenge Cup series...
Jim Clark Peter Revson 1 Mercedes-Benz publishes a press release officially describing their W25 Grand Prix race cars as “Silver...
Gilles Villeneuve Al Unser Jr. 1 Jacky Ickx and Dr. Dick Thompson win the 1000 Km of Spa, Belgium, in a Gulf Mirage-Ford M1 (1967). 2 George Follmer drives a Porsche-powered Lotus 23 to win the under-two-liter class of the USRRC race at Riverside, California. Jim Hall’s Chaparral wins overall...
I didn’t think it was a very good thing for a woman to drive those open and powerful cars of...
“Gregg, Peter (FA),” was filed between “Greenwood, John” and “Gregory, Masten.” The file, dog-eared and stained with the outline of...
Porsche has announced that motorsport legend Vic Elford passed away at his home in Plantation, Florida on March 13. The 86-year-old battled against cancer in recent years with the same tenacity and determination that made him one of only four drivers to record six major victories at the Nürburgring during...
With Porsche as the featured marque for the 36th Monterey Historic Automobile Races, attendees were treated to a broad variety...
March 2017 Thrill of the Chase By Colin Crabbe If ever you wanted to know anything—everything—about the Scottish sportsman Colin...
November 2008 Can-Am Thunder DVD By Duke Video As highlighted in this month’s feature on the 1970 Can-Am event at Watkins Glen, the original Canadian-American Challenge Cup series was one of the most unique and awe-inspiring racing championships ever to grace the world motor sport stage. Part of the series’...
October 2007 Porsche 917—The Heroes, TheVictories, The Myth By Jörg Thomas Födisch, Jost Neßhöver, Rainer Roßbach and Harold Schwarz Without...
We were very honored to be given the opportunity to work with Porsche Cars North America to produce this special...
Christmas may come but once a year, but for Porsche-philes it comes but once every three years. As such, Christmas came a little early this year when 350 Porsche racing cars and thousands of owners, fans, and famous drivers gathered at the Daytona Motor Speedway on November 2–4, 2007, for...