I have to say, that when it comes to motorsport, my wife has been amazingly tolerant of my little affliction....
I recently had one of those “milestone events” that if a man is really lucky, might happen just once or...
From time to time, event organizers make the mistake of asking me to speak or MC at their event. You can’t really blame them, they don’t know any better. The most recent example of this poor judgment was the second annual Riverside Reunion, held here in Southern California. I was...
As you’ll read on the Vintage Roadcar side of the magazine this month, I recently had a very interesting and...
The man on the other end of the phone seemed quite adamant, “You really can’t fully appreciate the complete history...
I think it is easy for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere to underestimate the global racing contributions of our southern brothers. Only the most knowledgeable northern enthusiasts know about such antipodean series like the Tasman Series, yet even the most ardent anoraks from the north will likely...
I don’t know about you, but I’m big into planning. Whether it’s working around the house, restoring a racecar or...
As you’ve hopefully noticed over the past couple of years, we’ve been bringing you quite a bit of content from...
Can you hear that creaking sound? That’s the sound of me opening Pandora’s Box once again. At the risk of alienating oh, maybe 95% of our readership—I’m going to go out on a limb here and state that, in my opinion, Formula Ford drivers are among the best drivers in...
I’m always a little bit shocked when I see the worlds of modern and historic racing intersect. Recently, I was...
Just as we went to press last month, we heard the tragic news of Dan Wheldon’s fatal accident in the...
If you read my column this month on the other side of the magazine, you’ll see I take a little, personal look back at the strange treatment that the Datsun 240Z has received over the past 30 years in the classic car and historic racing world. Considered a virtual pariah...
As you’ll read elsewhere in this issue, we sadly report that the elder statesman of American motorsport, John Fitch, has...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher As historic racers, to some extent our “Holy Grail” is to find a racecar with real, documented...
With Ferrari being the featured marque at this month’s Monterey Historic Automobile Races, we thought it would be interesting to take a somewhat unconventional look at what is perhaps the world’s most famous racecar manufacturer. As such, in this issue we examine the history of Ferrari’s first 3-liter Grand Prix...
Casey Annis / Editor I was very interested to read James Beckett’s profile last month on the Martini F3 car,...
The Internet has changed our lives in so many ways. In just the past 20 years, the Internet has both opened up the expanse of our immediate world and at that same time made it all closer to hand than we ever could have imagined. It is as a result...
This month’s Racecar Profile is really interesting to me because I think it typifies the diversity and general accessibility of...
While this news has been somewhat eclipsed by the virtual implosion of the U.S. auto industry, after more than a...
As historic racing participants we often go to great lengths—and spend a great deal of time—attempting to recreate racing history. We spend countless hours researching our cars’ histories; we spend thousands of dollars restoring our cars to period-correct configuration and—with those who are more zealous—we even go so far as...
As we cloased for press with this issue, it was announced that ’60s Italian flash-in-the-pan ATS (Automobili Turismo e Sport)...
By now you will likely be aware that this month marks the 100th anniversary of that most hallowed of American institutions, the Indianapolis 500. No other race, or racing venue, can lay claim to as long and illustrious a record—nor such a single-minded commitment to a single format of highly...
As strange as it may seem, as I write this month’s column, I am looking down on Greenland. That’s right,...
This past weekend my younger daughter turned 21 and during a brief lull between morning Mimosas and evening Margaritas, she...
As I follow the recent political soap opera, which has become Formula One, I can’t help but think of the famous quote by George Bernard Shaw, “We learn from history that we learn nothing from history.” In case you’ve missed it (or more likely, lost interest in caring), Formula One...
It was really very gratifying to have received so much positive feedback on the “Absent Friends” feature that we ran...
A year or so ago, I wrote here about the number of inquiries I was receiving on my view of...
Once upon a time, it used to be that the most talented drivers made it into Formula One. Quaint notion, I know, but that was way back in Ye Olde Times. Then it came to pass that most drivers couldn’t make it into Formula One on talent alone… they also...
