The International Motor Racing Research Center has announced the speakers who will participate at this year’s “Legends Speak.” The interactive...
Masha Pasichnyk is a young Ukrainian artist who is presently visiting the USA to promote her work. She holds a...
In 1928, Ettore Bugatti shone a spotlight on his incomparable racing cars with the hosting of his very own ‘Bugatti Grand Prix’. Contested at Le Mans, the thrilling race would be replicated in 1929 and 1930, before disappearing from the calendar. However, in 1987, the historic event became the inspiration...
The main thing about the 1953 race at Watkins Glen was the question of whether there would be a race...
The 7th running of the fall races at Watkins Glen, N.Y., was held at the Interim Course, a 4.6-mile, 9-turn...
1955 was the last year of racing on public roads for Watkins Glen—September 17. It was the 4.6-mile course up on the hill in Dix Township—the one with the mile and a third steep downhill straight ending in a hairpin turn. If you ran out of brakes or just weren’t...
I have been asked, a number of times, which branch of motor sport I enjoyed the most: driving, management, or...
MG tradition continued at Watkins Glen this past September with SVRA’s 26th running of the historic “Vintage Collier Cup” all-MG...
Historic Sportscar Racing, Ltd. (HSR) and Watkins Glen International Raceway have announced that HSR’s Chemung Canal Trust Historic races June 4–6 will feature a tribute to the 30th anniversary of the International Race of Champions (IROC). Originally the brainchild of Roger Penske and Riverside Raceway General Manager Les Richter, the...
The Historic Formula Super Vee Register is calling for all air-cooled and water-cooled Super Vees and Super Vee Alumni to...
1957 Climax-powered Jomar 1957 Climax-powered Jomar. Photo: Harold Pace You know the story. Start with a svelte English chassis, add...
Photo: Sean Smith Watkins Glen, New York, September 19, 1953. On lap 19, of a scheduled 22-lap race, Walter Hansgen lost the lead of the Watkins Glen Grand Prix. Walt’s car began to run out of fuel—a momentary stumble—forcing him to switch to his reserve tank and allowing the more...
Mario Andretti, winner of the Daytona 500 in 1967, the Indianapolis 500 in 1969 and the Formula One World Championship...
My story of Formula One came into being after I’d driven my GT40 and got all that out of the...
Parnelli Jones “Lofty” England 2 Thirteen year-old Alessandro Zanardi, who will later become a two-time CART Champ Car champion, drives a kart for the first time (1980). 3 Giuseppi Campari gives Alfa Romeo its first GP win when he drives a P2 to victory in the Grand Prix of France...
Giuseppe Campari Riddelle Gregory 3 The ISRS race at Zolder, Holland, is won by Didier Theys and Freddy Lienhard, driving...
Bill Milliken has had an interesting life. As an engineer in both the aviation industry and later consultant to the...
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...
During the 1978 season, Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson dominated the FIA’s Formula One World Championship. From its introduction at...
Bob Schroeder, the only Arkansas-born driver to ever participate in a World Championship Formula One event—the 1962 U.S. Grand Prix...
Bob Tullius “I have often categorized Mosport as the most exciting and challenging track of all,”says Bob Tullius. “In fact it is my personal favorite. Having won six out of the seven times that I raced there may have something to do with the affection for the place however!” In...
The author enjoyed slipping snugly into 2617 and giving it a proper run during an HGPCA test day at Silverstone. Photo: Pete...
John Rice produced a series of a dozen watercolor paintings for a show celebrating memorable moments at Watkins Glen, with...
The OSCA of Al Garthwaite on the starting grid gets last minute advice from the crew.Photo: Ozzie Lyons www.petelyons.com What? You’ve never heard of the Callicoon Races? Ridiculous! You’ve heard of Watkins Glen, Bridgehampton, Elkhart Lake, Put-in-Bay and even Brynfan Tyddyn. But maybe not the races near Callicoon, New York....
Pete Lyons Hail the “Mod Scot!” Such a thought must have flickered through many minds as 27 Group 7 machines...
In our January 2007 issue, Pete Lyons shared some remarks about the grand old Canadian-American Challenge Cup series made by...
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has announced a collaboration with Hagerty and the Blain Motorsports Foundation to produce a new, strictly exhibition series of three races dedicated to cars up to and through World War I. The events will be staged at SVRA weekends scheduled for the Indianapolis Motor...
The United States Grand Prix, Watkins Glen, October 3, 1971. François Cévert guided his Tyrrell 002 to a comfortable first...
The International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC) at Watkins Glen International has announced it will once again offer a Cobra...
Pete Lyons Stirling Moss deliberately steering his Lotus into rain puddles around the Nürburgring—reading about that may have been the first time I ever really thought about racing tires. It was the German Grand Prix of 1961. The 1.5-liter formula had just come in, and the tiny, 4-cylinder Coventry Climax...
