My first race was a small event at a BARC Goodwood Members Meeting, at the wheel of my Jowett Jupiter....
Primarily, my racing with BMW was through Teddy Mayer and McLaren, as BMW and McLaren had been partners in a...
Dennis Firestone I began racing at age 18 in 1962, on TT motorcycles with my brother-in-law, Don Kratofil, and a friend, Tim Shaw, both of whom were truck drivers working with me at my first trucking company, Safeway Delivery. The delivery service had a six-day-a-week schedule so there were some...
Photo: Mike Jiggle At the end of 1981 when our (Jaguar) turnaround story was just unfolding, a most remarkable man...
Dr. Lou Sell I got a Brabham in 1967 and it was supplied by the Russell Racing Organisation, which was...
Nigel Bennett The UK branch of Firestone Racing Division was formed because the U.S. factory had been supplying racing tires to Ferrari and Lotus in Formula One, as well as some sports car teams and private owners in Europe, and obviously the cost of shipping large quantities of tires to...
The year was 1965 and I was going to drive a ’64 Porsche 904 owned by Porsche Car Pacific, the...
The 1985 and 1986 seasons were to live in my memory as the two most successful and enjoyable of my...
Tony Griffiths.Photo: Kary Jiggle For me, motors and motoring were in my blood and my genes. After the first World War, my father had a motorcycle business that later grew to having both Ford and Austin dealerships in Birmingham. They were on the old Aston Road, which is now the...
Paul McMorran The loss of John Crosslé at the end of August 2014 completes the passing of a remarkable generation...
The Hansgen Family has a long history in the automotive trade, tracing back to this comprehensive service facility in Westfield,...
Southgate’s sleek Jagusr XJR-6 draws a crowd in the paddock at Brands Hatch for the World Endurance Championship round in September of 1985.Photo: Pete Austin The first time I met Tom Walkinshaw was in 1984. I had been invited to meet him at Tom Walkinshaw Racing’s (TWR) headquarters in Kidlington,...
Inoue is shown here in the Hart-powered Footwork FA16 at Silverstone’s 1995 British Grand Prix where he spun into retirement...
Sullivan’s best GP came in the tight and twisty streets of monaco where he started at the back of the...
Joy RaineyPhoto: Pete Austin I suppose every time you win something, it’s quite a boost, like when I first broke the outright ladies record at Shelsley Walsh. I used to do that on a fairly regular basis, but overall I think I hold that record; I lost it once, but...
Tony RobinsonPhoto: Ian Wagstaff At the end of last year I lost a true friend, Ken Gregory. Ken was one...
Photo: John Zimmermann My first intro-duction to the Birdcage Maserati was at Riverside, California, in 1959. The car had been...
Photo: Pete Austin I think I was among the first group of drivers who found a route to motor racing through karting, which now seems the established way. This group would include drivers like Ayrton Senna, Stefano Modena, Alex Zanardi and others who came to motor racing in the 1980s....
Jack Brabham Biography Jack Brabham was a second generation Aussie who’s grandfather came from the Cockney area of East London....
Photo: Bob Jackson In 1962, I was Jim Hall’s mechanic. There are many stories I could tell about the five years...
Nate JonesPhoto: John Zimmermann I first got involved with the Long Beach Grand Prix after a phone call from my friend John Queen, who said, “Hey Nate, my son Jack has met this Englishman here in Long Beach who thinks we ought to have a Grand Prix like Monaco going...
Dr. Stephen E. OlveyPhoto: Dan R. Boyd USA LAT Photographic I met Alex Zanardi back in the late ’90s when...
Martin BrundlePhoto: Mike Jiggle In 1982, BP took me to F3 full-time. I finished 2nd in my first F3 race...
Rob DysonPhoto: Regis Lefebure Going into the Los Angeles Times Grand Prix at Riverside in April of 1986, one of our Porsche 962s had been wrecked, so we got a new tub from the factory but it needed all the other parts from our wrecked car. In essence we were...
Carol Spears In the late ’60s, a boyfriend introduced me to motor racing. Until then it had been all horseback...
Hugh DibleyPhoto: Glynn Jones It all began as an end-of-season sojourn in the sun. The Bahamas Speed Week had been...
Cedric SelzerPhoto: Mike Jiggle At the beginning of the 1963 season we had a choice, whether we wanted to work in Formula One or at Indianapolis. I had a long think about this and decided to stick to Formula One. I didn’t fancy the idea of being in one place...
Robin DonovanPhoto: Mike Jiggle Unlike many other Le Mans drivers, I didn’t ever sleep during the whole 24 hours. Adrenalin...
After leaving Lotus, I was “sucked in” by Don Nichols and rejoined Shadow. He said James Hunt would be our...
Chris MeekPhoto: James Beckett Collection When Mallory Park was purchased, including the estate, in 1983, I cemented a long relationship with the circuit that went back to the 1950s. My first race was in 1957 with my first win on Whit Monday 1959 in an Elva Courier. The last race...
