It was a hell of a party, part Mexican fiesta, part class reunion, part a gathering of the VFW, all...
The late, great automotive writer and author Dean Batchelor would be proud. Named as winner of the Motor Press Guild’s...
Cadillac is gonna do what?! I’m sure I’m not the only one who said that after hearing that Cadillac was going to send a car to compete at the 2000 24-Hours of Le Mans. And why not? When you hear the name Cadillac, one thinks of cushy, luxurious sedans. Okay,...
The truth is, I might have missed him amongst Moss, Brabham, Trintignant, Shelby, Ward and all the other motor racing...
I woke up the next morning feeling like I’d been in a fight. My arms and sides were bruised and...
Our journey began at Bellefille, an incredibly beautiful chateau about 20 clicks west of Le Mans. Bellefille, literally, “beautiful girl,” for the proprietress of the chateau sometime in the 13th Century, was our home during the week of the 24-Hours of Le Mans. While it was difficult to leave the...
Being a dedicated student of the arcane (or having entirely too much time on my hands), I once calculated that...
It is regarded as the classic 1950s Grand Prix car. It was never the fastest; never the most powerful. Two...
“It’s pretty loud,” he warned, as the starter slowly cranked. The big Buick coughed a couple of times, belching vapors out toward the street until the starter seemed ready to quit. And suddenly it lit, bah-boom, boom, boom, boom, like an artillery barrage. “Jesus!” I uttered, involuntarily jumping back and...
A French Kiss with Death. Is that a great title or what? It’s the name of Michael Keyser’s new book...
It’s a dirty job being an automotive and racing writer but, you know, somebody’s got to do it. A couple of weeks back, my work consisted of flying into Daytona for the first day of the Rolex 24-hour race, then flying back to Miami, where I spent a day on...
John Fitch is a genuine American hero, and a survivor. If they made a movie about his life, Jimmy Stewart...
We posed the question two issues back, “Who are the two Americans who would have been most likely to succeed...
