In the days before data logging transformed our sport into a science, the judge of all things was the simple...
Part II We concluded last month’s opening segment of John Wright’s interview with Bruce Kessler as he was preparing to...
Bruce Kessler had a meteoric motorsports career, which started with drag racing his mother’s Jaguar XK120, progressed to practicing for the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix, and ended with a horrific crash in a sports car race at Pomona in 1959, and it all happened in the span of six short...
If there is a single quality that best defines Marc Surer it must be determination. When you consider that he...
For this special Porsche issue it was only right to interview the man who, in real terms, helped to put...
When you first meet Walt MacKay, you are struck by what a quiet, modest man he is. Currently, he runs a shop repairing, restoring, and preparing vintage racecars, usually Porsches. Once you dig a little deeper into his background, however, you find a more than merely competent racecar driver, one...
One of a baker’s dozen of American citizens to have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans overall, Carroll Shelby...
Our South Pacific Editor, Patrick Quinn, recently caught up with ex-British Motor Corporation works driver John Sprinzel in Sydney, while...
Bill Milliken has had an interesting life. As an engineer in both the aviation industry and later consultant to the automotive industry, pilot, racecar driver, road course designer, etc., he’s done much in the world of technology. Born in Old Town, Maine, in 1911, Bill was at the forefront of...
Englishman Andy Wallace is one of only eight drivers ever to post at least one victory in each of endurance...
At the tender age of 15, John Fenning started his racing career competing in small, 500-cc racecars, like many postwar...
After church one Sunday in 1957, a 13-year-old Philadelphia boy named Tom Pomeroy was playing with some of his friends, when they discovered an out-of-service subway car parked on a rail siding. Exhibiting his characteristic curiosity, young Pomeroy climbed on top of it to investigate the purpose of the car’s...
Formula Atlantic celebrates its 35th season in 2008, standing as the second oldest training category in the world, behind only British Formula 3. Despite this admirable longevity, however, the series entered its landmark season facing an uncertain future after the reunification of IndyCar racing, following a dozen years of civil...
The French, two-time Can-Am champion and former Ferrari F1 driver speaks with Nasir Hameed about his early days, his time...
British racer Trevor Taylor is perhaps best known for being the Lotus Formula One teammate to Jim Clark in the...
Though historic racers themselves tend not to become “famous,” there certainly are a handful of very talented drivers, across the globe, that have risen to such a high level, as to have garnered their historic “fame.” Certainly, British-racer Martin Stretton must rank near the top of these elite amateur racers....
Nigel Mansell Biography Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE was born the 8th of August 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England. His...
Someone once said that Indy car drivers would be lost if they had to turn right as well as left....
Augie Pabst is one of the practitioners of the skillful art of road racing from the early days of North American road racing. He began as did so many others of his contemporaries in the 1950s, went on to race with Briggs Cunningham’s team, and from there went to the...
Having grown up the son of racer and team owner Reg Parnell, it’s little wonder that Tim Parnell has lived...
In the history of motor-sport safety, few names are as universally recognized as that of Bill Simpson. Initially an active...
During the late 1960s and 1970s, the names of Leo and Ian (aka Pete) Geoghegan became known thoughout almost every household in Australia. In the case of brother Leo, a string of successes in Lotus open-wheelers, back-to-back Australian F2 championships and an Australian Drivers Championship gave him not only Australian,...
Last Month, Mike Jiggle spoke with mechanic-turned-designer Tony Robinson about his early days in motorsport with Stirling Moss and the...
As a young mechanic Tony Robinson answered an ad for work with London’s Ray Martin Motors. Little did he know...
Derek Bell initially made a name for himself, racing in open-wheeled cars including Formula 2 and Formula 1. However, it is long-distance sports car racing, particularly in Porsches, where Bell forged his legacy as a champion with five overall victories at Le Mans, three victories in the 24 Hours of...
Alistair Caldwell joined the McLaren team in their early days as a cleaner and ended up as team manager, winning...
Jim Rathmann’s career in motor racing is marked not only by a hard-fought win in the 1960 Indy 500 but...
Jacques Laffite has enjoyed a reputation for many years as an open and straightforward person, willing to talk seriously about his career and motor racing in general. He was very helpful when VR’s European Editor asked him to contribute to his Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 book, and he was just...
