“Dinosaurs,” we called them, ridiculing their bulk, their weight, their mindless loyalty to outmoded dogma. Indy Roadsters; they were rife...
Prior to 1959, I ran pretty well on the mile tracks with the dirt cars, but at Indianapolis, I never...
My first experience with a front-engine roadster was when I first went back east to race. I wound up driving a lay-down roadster that was built by Quin Epperly. Actually, in my rookie year—my first year there was 1960—I almost won the race at Milwaukee. I was leading in the...
Jim Rathmann’s career in motor racing is marked not only by a hard-fought win in the 1960 Indy 500 but...
Talking with famed Indianapolis chassis builder A. J. Watson, the question arises about the front, twin air inlets—the signature of...
Alpine and Renault – the Sports Prototypes Vols. 1 & 2 By Roy Smith Originally published in 2010, the story of Alpine and Renault is a culmination of a Sherlock Homes style of research, study and investigative interviews with those luminaries who designed, built, tested, raced and had “hands on”...
Photo: Dan R. Boyd Legendary car builder A.J. Watson, whose front-engined roadster designs helped define an era at the Indianapolis...
Primarily, my racing with BMW was through Teddy Mayer and McLaren, as BMW and McLaren had been partners in a previous racing program when David Hobbs drove for them. The BMW GTP project relied on input from McLaren North America, as it wasn’t something BMW’s headquarters in Munich got too...
The author’s primary impression of the car is of the need to keep the revs up so that the boost,...