More than 80 years ago, two fabulously wealthy young American brothers, accompanied by their butler, flew a primitive plywood-based biplane...
F. Perry hurls his Frazer-Nash around the Chateau Impney course.Photo: Hugh Miller Set in 140 acres of rolling, English, Worcestershire...
As a racecar driver, Jack McAfee needs no introduction. He was one of the greats of early sports car racing in America, with a career spanning from the late 1940s well into the 1960s, but Jack the man was a relatively shy and soft-spoken person. Known fondly as “Jack the...
You’ve just signed super-rookie Mario Andretti as your driver for the 1965 season, and you need a chassis. Everybody’s going...
You’ll probably get stopped at some point and have to pay off the cops. You will almost certainly have to...
Roger Penske was a successful racing driver until he stepped out of the cockpit in 1964 to concentrate on his business interests. He didn’t stay away from motorsports for long, however, because by 1966 Penske Racing was competing in several sports car racing series. By the early ’70s, Penske Racing...
We all know their names, and they all would tell you that we do because they won this one race....
Stirling Moss accepts congratulations upon winning the 1956 Grand Prix of Bari in his works Maserati 300S.Photo: Maserati Archive Maserati...
In the three-liter class, one of sports racing’s most competitive, Britain’s Aston Martin fancied its chances in international racing from 1951 through 1959. It was a saga of rising fortunes that culminated in the beautiful DBR1/300 of 1956-’59. On the 26th of May 1957, English cars and a gent from Huddersfield...
If the name Jean Pierre Kunstle came up in a conversation about sports car racing, it wouldn’t be surprising if...
In addition to being a world-class powerboat racer, Lou Fageol was passionate about cars and racing. His twin-Porsche creations were...
Graham Hill, in the Ron Tauranac–designed Brabham BT36 Formula Two car, leads John Cannon’s March 712 around North Tower Corner during the 1971 Crystal Palace F2 International. Photo: Peter Collins Right, let’s get the name figured out straight away: Ralt stands for Ronald Austin Lewis Tauranac. Who’s he? Well, actually,...
On his way to 5th place overall in the 1955 East London Winter Handicap, John Hanning (Aston-Nash) leads Roy Humphreys...
Dan Gurney has a serious conversation with Cosworth founder Keith Duckworth. Photo: Ed McDonough Collection The 1968 season was a...
Brausch Niemann had a brief but successful career in motor sport and took part in two world championship Grands Prix,...
The finned Cunningham D-Types of Walt Hansgen and Sherwood Johnston, wait with Duncan Forlong’s AC/Bristol and Curtis Attaway’s XK-120.Photo: Bob...
The assembled gladiators, left to right: Alain Mahé, Jean-Francois Piot, Jacques Jauber, Jean Ragnotti, Jean-Louis Marnat, Michele “Biche” Petit, Jean Rédélé, Michel Vial, Marcel Callewaert, Jean-Claude Andruet, Bernard Darniche, Jean-Luc Thérier, Jean-Pierre Nicolas, Ove Andersson and Jean Todt.Photo: Renault communications Two significant anniversaries come along during 2013 for Alpine Renault....
Ever since my VRJ colleague, Pete Lyons, reminisced about his early trips to and ‘round the Nurburgring in the March...
The 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans did not look as though it would be a walkover for Phil Hill,...
Sydney pharmacist John Hallihan is the man who brought a rare D-Type to Australia, in very interesting circumstances. During the obligatory overseas working holiday in the mid-’60s, Hallihan met legendary Jaguar PR Manager Andrew Whyte. Hallihan was keen to buy a ‘cheap’ Jaguar, and asked Whyte if he knew of...
Prior to the Second World War, simply driving a motor car in Europe was almost a noteworthy event, and thus...
Yes, girls, too. In fact, if it hadn’t been for one—Mildred Mary Bruce—the famous Blower Bentley could have stayed an...
Track map from the event program (inset) and an aerial view (main image) taken after several years of racing. The airport’s main runway has since been reconstructed parallel to Hollister, the street on the far left, so the track could no longer be run as it once was.Photo: Michael A....
Forghieri shares a humorous moment with Commendatore Ferrari during testing at Monza. The two first became acquainted when Forghieri was...
When Tom Sneva took the checkered flag on a sun-drenched May afternoon, in 1983, to win the 67th Indianapolis 500...
On New Year’s Day of 1967 the South African Champion, John Love, was pipped at the post in the season opening South African Grand Prix at Kyalami when his Tasman Cooper faltered in the closing stages whilst comfortably in the lead and was forced to stop for fuel because of...
“Gregg, Peter (FA),” was filed between “Greenwood, John” and “Gregory, Masten.” The file, dog-eared and stained with the outline of...
There is a road in Bennington County, Vermont, called Skyline Drive. It takes you to the top of Mt. Equinox....
The resume is impressive—college graduate in physics, aeronautical research engineer, licensed pilot and instructor, NASA Astronaut candidate, but there is more. Now add SCCA sports car competition, the Daytona 24 Hour and Sebring 12 Hour sports car races, IMSA-Firehawk Series, and North Atlantic Road Racing Champion. No, we’re not finished...
