This is the debut showing of Reed Railton’s land speed record car, its tire fairings here removed, in front of...
At the Prescott Closed Meeting in 1939, a Bugatti T59 assaults the hillclimb course. Note the dual rear wheels for...
At the Prescott Hillclimb on May 9, 1948, a truly momentous career began with the first hillclimb run (in a Cooper 500 MkII-J.A.P.) for the young Stirling Moss, who ran 4th fastest in class. He was then just 18 years old, but had already begun to gain notice in this,...
March 2009 The Portuguese Grand Prix; Monsanto, August 23, 1959. Shortly before the race Phil Hill and Ferrari’s chief designer...
Autosport Three Hours; Snetterton, 1963 At the Autosport Three Hours race held at Snetterton on September 28, 1963, South African driver...
Richie Ginther rounds La Source in the BRM 57 with which he finished fourth, in terrible, wet conditions. The Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, June 9, 1963. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203)...
The Watkins Glen 6 Hours, on July 21, 1973, served as the final round of that year’s World Sportscar Championship...
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Here we are at the Motor 6 Hour Saloon Car Race at Brands Hatch on July 6, 1963. This Ford Cortina was driven by Jimmy Blumer and Henry Taylor into 10th place overall. Another Cortina finished 3rd overall. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
The Sebring 4 Hours, March 24, 1961. This is the works Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite, which was driven by Bruce McLaren,...
The French Grand Prix; Charade (Clermont-Ferrand), June 27, 1965. The great driver Jim Clark drifting the works Lotus on this...
The Anglo-European Trophy, Brands Hatch, September 14, 1963. Tim Mayer was a very talented young American driver and the brother of Teddy Mayer, who was Bruce McLaren’s partner. Here he is at Druids on his way to a 6th place finish in Ken Tyrrell’s Cooper. Mayer crashed fatally in Australia...
April 2018 Jackie Oliver prepares to take the Gulf Mirage M2-Ford out for practice prior to the 1969 running of...
Modena Aerautodromo, May 1969; Nello Ugolini, second from left, then overseeing de Tomaso’s competition activities, watches Jonathan Williams about to...
November 2008 The Nürburgring 1000-km Race; Nürburgring, June 1, 1958. Phil Hill in the Ferrari 250TR which he drove with Luigi Musso to 5th place. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article...
The Grand Prix de Reims; Reims-Geuex, July 6, 1947. Here is a classic Klemantaski portrait of Prince B. Bira in...
The Nürburgring 1000-km Race; Nürburgring, June 7, 1959. Jean Behra (right) has just leaped out of his Ferrari 250TR/59 as...
September 2017 The well turned out factory team of MGAs lined up prior to the start of the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 26, 1960. Two of the three cars would finish. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
January 2011 In the L&M F5000 Championship round at Michigan International Speedway on May 20, 1973, Peter Gethin raced this Chevron...
The Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo, May 10, 1964. Peter Arundell in the second works Lotus leads Richie Ginther’s B.R.M....
The International Hillclimb course, Klosters-Davos in Switzerland, on August 27, 1961. This BMW 700 was being driven by Mark Aron who was from the town of Zweisimmen in Switzerland. He was third in the class for cars under 700-cc. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High...
Piers Courage raced this Frank Williams-entered Brabham BT26A-Cosworth in the 1969 French Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand’s Charade circuit, but was...
Sebring 12 Hours; March 20, 1971 The Porsche 917K of Vic Elford and Gérard Larrousse, from Hans-Dieter Dechent’s team, finished...
The Nürburgring 1000 km Race; May 31, 1970. Airborne! A Dechent-team Porsche 908/2 driven by Rudi Lins and Willy Kauhsen takes off at Flugplatz. They finished 6th overall behind two factory Porsche 908/3s, two Ferrari 512S spiders and the other 908/2 from the Dechent team. Photo by Yves Debraine. Photo...
The Glover Trophy; Goodwood, April 2, 1956. One of Klemantaski’s great shots: Stirling Moss in his private Maserati 250F really...
Carroll Shelby has just driven Alan Guiberson’s Ferrari 375MM to victory in the Sports Car Races at Torrey Pines, California,...
September 2010 A great idea that failed. Jaguar created special streamlined bodywork for its C-Types for the 1952 Le Mans 24 Hours in an effort to increase top speed. Unfortunately, the new shape did not allow sufficient engine cooling and all three entries retired. While they were still running, Tony Rolt...
During the Brands Hatch Six Hours on April 13, 1969, Chris Amon comes up to Druids, his lone Ferrari 312P...
French Grand Prix; Dijon-Prenois, July 1,1979. Mario Andretti with the unhappy Lotus 80. It was not a success, and the...
June 2008 The Le Mans 24 Hours; Le Mans, June 9-10, 1973: Two N.A.R.T.-entered Ferrari 365GTB/4 Daytonas surge along next to the Ligier-Matra JS2 driven by Jean-Pierre Paoli and Alain Couderc. Daytona # 38 was driven by François Migault and Luigi Chinetti, Jr. while #6 was driven by Milt Minter...