In the end of May, I had the good fortune to make my way up to the Wine Country Classic...
If you’ve been following the ongoing changes in Formula One over the course of this season, then you’ll no doubt be aware of the hotbed of controversy revolving around advanced electronics, such as traction control, semi-automatic gearboxes, and even launch control for standing starts. Enthusiasts and pundits alike, have expressed...
Have you noticed how old cars are getting faster and faster? I wish I got faster as I grow older....
The man on the other end of the phone seemed quite adamant, “You really can’t fully appreciate the complete history...
There I was driving a 1931 V16 Cadillac built to the command of a maharajah – a car which has been featured on a postage stamp no less. In the back was a member of England’s soccer squad, so I was in Sixth Heaven. It would have been Seventh Heaven,...
Ok, Ok… here’s the pitch. You’ve got this kinda mush-mouthed, body-builder guy who is a washed-up racecar driver, see? We’ll...
It depends which Nelson you mean – and which Victory. In Portsmouth, there once was a station called Radio Victory,...
The pundits, who supposedly know something about these things, say that in racing, rain is the great equalizer. But from what I’ve witnessed during my recent trip to England, I’d say – as far as historic racing goes – it is more likely the great delineator. When one compares historic...
I wrote a book on the history of March, which came out in 1989 under the title, “Four Guys And...
As strange as it may seem, as I write this month’s column, I am looking down on Greenland. That’s right,...
Spring is in the air and historic sports cars are being fettled for the Mille Miglia, except they’re not. They are being fettled for the Mille Miglia Retrospective. Over the years, Retrospective seems to have been dropped by more and more journals and, grumpy old pedant that I am, I...
Motorsport magazine, which I had the privilege to edit in the mid-1980s, recently ran a piece which claimed that 1976...
Think for a moment what makes a driver great – a true champion. Go ahead, I’ll wait…hmmmh, hmmh, hmmmh. Done? What came to mind? Skill? Absolutely. Without doubt the true greats possess an inherent, seemingly hard-wired, ability to know and feel what a car is doing. This has been evidenced...
I am not politically correct. I have never met anyone in motor racing who is. Motor racing and political correctness...
We’re all aware of a history of heart failures in vintage racing, some of them unfortunately fatal. Recently there have...
Is it me? Am I the only person on the planet that feels that parting with a special car is like selling one of your children to medical research? “Johnny… this is Dr. Mindbender, you’ll be living with him from now on at his laboratory. Let us know how you’re...
Every so often you encounter an image which stops you in your tracks. For me it was a photograph of...
There are some extremely important aerodynamic considerations which a driver must be aware of while racing with other cars at...
If you follow the business section of the paper – or the general automotive press for that matter – then you probably know that the much-ballyhooed honeymoon between Chrysler and Daimler-Benz has pretty much come to an abrupt end. A combination of decreased sales, surplus inventory and deep retail price...
I am considering registering my stomach as a trademark. Why not? Damon Hill has registered his eyes as a trademark...
About this time last year, I wrote in this column about, for lack of a better description, securing your nuts....
Hold on a minute, let me just drag this over. Hrrrrmph. One more second while I climb on top. Ok, I’m now firmly entrenched atop my soapbox and ready for this month’s sermon… I mean column. We vintage racers have a problem that for one reason or another we’ve chosen...
Wales is not a country one readily associates with Formula One, but in September, a small group gathered to celebrate...
I don’t know about you, but I’m big into planning. Whether it’s working around the house, restoring a racecar or going to a race, I like to have a game plan. The problem is, I seem to always be overly optimistic as to how long any given task may take....
I was at a race meeting when a hunter/gatherer homed in on me, he had a race program in one...
How To Protect Yourself Once you have selected an overseas car for purchase, it should be inspected before conclusion of...
Salt. Since the earliest days of recorded history, salt has in one form or another shaped the course of human history. In the early days of human civilization, some club-wielding, wife-dragging genius discovered that sprinkling a little of this white, powdery substance on your flame-broiled yak steak made it almost...
