Our journey began at Bellefille, an incredibly beautiful chateau about 20 clicks west of Le Mans. Bellefille, literally, “beautiful girl,”...
Cadillac is gonna do what?! I’m sure I’m not the only one who said that after hearing that Cadillac was...
I woke up the next morning feeling like I’d been in a fight. My arms and sides were bruised and muscles I didn’t even know I had ached – but hell, I’d do it all over again in a heartbeat. When you get the chance to ride in a true...
It’s a dirty job being an automotive and racing writer but, you know, somebody’s got to do it. A couple...
“It’s pretty loud,” he warned, as the starter slowly cranked. The big Buick coughed a couple of times, belching vapors...
The truth is, I might have missed him amongst Moss, Brabham, Trintignant, Shelby, Ward and all the other motor racing luminaries at Monterey if someone hadn’t pointed him out. “That’s Norman Dewis,” my friend said, pointing to an amazingly spry white-haired man of small stature holding court with an enthralled...
A French Kiss with Death. Is that a great title or what? It’s the name of Michael Keyser’s new book...
John Fitch is a genuine American hero, and a survivor. If they made a movie about his life, Jimmy Stewart would have played him. You know, a handsome, lanky six-footer, thoughtful, modest, brave and true in the face of a challenge or worthy cause. Truth is, Fitch has been accepting...
We posed the question two issues back, “Who are the two Americans who would have been most likely to succeed...
The late, great automotive writer and author Dean Batchelor would be proud. Named as winner of the Motor Press Guild’s...
It was a hell of a party, part Mexican fiesta, part class reunion, part a gathering of the VFW, all rolled into one. The place was the Petersen Automotive Museum and the occasion a reunion of the drivers and other participants in the extraordinary series of endurance races known as...
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...