Jack Brabham met Ron Tauranac when Ron showed up as a customer for Jack’s machine shop in Australia in 1950....
Just about everything there is to write has been written about American racing legend Mario Andretti, but we would be remiss here not to spotlight this charismatic man and his remarkable achievements. We are talking about a motor racing galaxy, not just a star, someone so talented and versatile that...
Al Unser Photo: Mike Thomsen Mario Andretti Photo: BRDC 1 Willi Kauhsen drives a Porsche 917/10 to victory in the...
After concluding arrangements with Patricia and Amanda McLaren, widow and daughter of the late Bruce McLaren, TMP, the company that...
Mercedes W125 Car: Mercedes W125 / Engine: 8-Cylinder In-line Supercharged / Maker: Daimler-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 94 mm X 102 mm / Year: 1937 / Capacity: 5,660 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 646 bhp at 5,800 rpm / Wheelbase: 110.2 inches / Track: 58.0 inches front, 55.6...
“Where have all the young teams gone?” the words of that famous song with a one word alteration could well...
Being a driver for Scuderia Ferrari, I must say, is the most amazing job any driver can have. The opportunity...
I first watched Niki Lauda as he “learned his trade” in his days with March and BRM, before he won...
Niki Lauda came back into Grand Prix racing, because he could! It has been suggested that he needed the money,...
Although my home was near to the Zandvoort circuit in Holland, my family had nothing to do with the motor industry or motor racing. However, as a young boy I became involved with the ground staff at the track. My job was to help out at the Skid Control Center,...
Enzo Ferrari telephoned his driver Peter Collins before the 1956 Grand Prix of Italy for one of “those” conversations. The...
Imagine driving your homebuilt special, powered by a modified production car engine, in two World Championship Grands Prix and finishing...
Phil Hill Biography Overshadowed by his fellow Americans Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt it was Phil Hill who became America’s first World Champion after the death of the popular German driver Wolfgang von Trips. Born in Florida his family would soon move to Santa Monica, California. Hill soon immersed himself...
The Hill Family and L.A.’s Petersen Automotive Museum marked the 50th Anniversary of Phil Hill’s 1961 World Championship for Ferrari...
1983 Tyrrell 012/01-Cosworth The Tyrrell proved to be nimble and responsive around the dunes of Zandvoort. Photo: Pete Austin Since the...
March 2017 Thrill of the Chase By Colin Crabbe If ever you wanted to know anything—everything—about the Scottish sportsman Colin Crabbe, it will be in this book, a most personal account of apparently everything that ever happened to him. And, of course, he led a full life, the arc of...
The Argentine Temporada Motor Races – 1950 to 1960 By Hernan Lopez Laiseca Originally organized as a way to prove...
Formula 1: All the Races, 1950-2015 By Roger Smith With the Formula One World Championship celebrating its 65th year and...
AutoArt Mercedes-Benz 190SL As discussed in this month’s “Roadcar Profile,” in 1954, when Mercedes-Benz was laying the groundwork for a production sports car, the famed 300 SL “Gullwing” was not Daimler-Benz’s first choice. Under Technical Director Nallinger, plans were already afoot to build a smaller sports car, on a platform...
The Ferrari 330 P4 was the Scuderia’s weapon of choice for the 1967 World Manufacturers Championship. The car’s 4-liter V-12...
John Michael “Mike” Hawthorn won the Formula One World Championship in 1958, and in doing so became the first British...
Like many other sports during WWII, automobile racing experienced a hiatus. Soon thereafter, however, competition resumed. The Formula One World Championship series was initiated in 1950 and became the ultimate goal for both drivers and constructors. At the same time, Southern California became a hotbed of the car craze. Road...
The original idea for this “special” feature had been to do a test on Porsche’s famed Moby Dick…the 935/78 long-tail...
Not only did Rubens win 11 Grands Prix, competing in more of them than any other driver, came 2nd in the 2002 and 2004 Formula One World Championships and win a couple of national and world titles, he also beat The Stig. Who, you might ask, is that? Well, he’s...
Despite the weather, the IROC Camaro proved capable on both the oval track at Rockingham and Silverstone’s club circuit. Photo: Pete Austin...