“I find Richie Ginther interesting. Good, competent, intelligent and safe. He can drive big cars and small cars and it...
“…several thousands of blue eyes stared incredulously at the remains of the red racing car… they searched in vain among...
Enzo Ferrari referred to him as the “Prince of Destruction”, and was delighted. Keke Rosberg, no cream puff himself, referred to him as, “the hardest bastard I ever knew.” Niki Lauda said he was, “a perfect racing driver with the best talent of all of us. He didn’t race for...
“Prelude – anticipating 7:22, May 1, 1955. Jenkinson and Moss reflect the tension before the start of an all-out, record-setting...
Ferrari had a way with the small-bore cars. The 166 Barchetta, the TRC, the 196 S Dino, the 206 SP –...
Perhaps no one ever looked so much the part of the romantic ’50s driver as did the Roman Luigi Musso. Elegant, somewhat aristocratic, and (sadly) disdainful of his peers, he really did have the look. Teamed at Ferrari with the outgoing and boisterous Mike Hawthorn, he was never able to...
“If Moss’s win in the Rob Walker-entered, 2-liter T-45 Mk3 Cooper at Argentina in early 1958 came as a surprise,...
In 1966 Ford made good on the early promise of the GT40, winning both LeMans and the Constructor’s Championship for Sports-Prototypes. Enzo Ferrari responded by assigning Mauro Forghieri the task of designing what was to become the P4 for the 1967 season. Franco Rocchi designed one of the great engines...
The 1954 Carrera Panamericana developed immediately into a fight between two Ferraris: the year-old 375MM of Phil Hill and Richie...
Archie Scott Brown in the 1957 Lister Jaguar before Appendix C Regulations ruined its looks with a set of bug-eye headlights. Originally conceived by a customer in 1956, and with the prodding of BP who saw the potential and needed someone to battle the ESSO-backed teams of Aston and Ecurie...
It’s probably to the good that Innes Ireland, Duncan Hamilton and Augie Pabst were never at a party together –...
Like many of his compatriots of the pre-corporate days of racing, Ireland lived and raced for the same reason – to have FUN. Capable enough to have defeated Stirling Moss in fair fights twice in the same day, he gave Team Lotus its first Grand Prix victory and knew the...
Or was it the other way around? Small matter. Rufus Parnell “Parnelli” Jones was not what you wanted in your...
A wonderfuly “human” being, Shaw pursued auto, powerboat and airplane racing for 35 years. He won Indy three times; convinced...
Younger brother of Pedro, the fiery Mexican was his country’s motorcycle champion at age 15, graduated to sports cars at 16 and was a Ferrari F1 driver at 19. My favorite vignette of the Rodriguez brothers was the Targa Florio, in 1960 I think, between them, they’d rolled their 196...
For all the effort, expense and heartache generated by the committee at BRM, it fell to the clear, single-minded vision...
Another man I’d like to know more about – born in Paris of wealthy American racing parents – “Arree” was...
Two more intelligent partners would be hard to imagine – Roger Penske and Mark Donohue. Obsessive in their search for the “unfair advantage,” these two THOUGHT their way to the front as few have before or since. Nice guys don’t always finish last. For commissions contact: Walter Thomason Studios, 125...
Alfa Romeo may have produced an ungainly looking, graceless racing car, but none come to mind…I’m a pushover for Alfas...
My first trip to Westwood (remember Westwood?) in B.C. with my freshly reconstructed Lotus Eleven was a heady time –...
Seen during morning practice at the Gibraltar GP of 1963, this unidentified, but high-spirited driver was going like Jack-the-Bear: literally clawing his way around the circuit in a very hairy drive. While his private-entry Type 37 Bugatti was much admired and beautifully turned out, its performance was nonetheless dated, being...
The Lola T70 certainly had a rich and storied racing career. This ex-Foyt T70 is seen here doing battle during...
Dr. Guiseppe Farina—we also know him as “Nino,” “Il Dottore,” “The Great Farina” and countless unmentionable names used by competitors and teammates. Although there was nothing subtle about Farina’s aggressive driving style, many aspiring newcomers emulated his way with a car. Rather than seating himself with the steering wheel buried...
Tazio Nuvolari was truly a pure racer. Although he initially raced motorcycles, he eventually migrated over to four-wheeled machinery. Nuvolari...
One of the most beautiful front-engined Grand Prix cars ever built, the Maserati 250F carried Juan Manuel Fangio to his...
Nothing is quite as dramatic as the sight of an endurance racecar prancing on during the night portion of an endurance race. Pedro Rodriguez is pictured here putting his Gulf-liveried Porsche 917 through its paces. The dreamy quality of this image is in sharp contrast to the barking song that...
