Works Sunbeam Rapier As a 1960 Sunbeam Rapier drifted through long fast bends on the top of the Downs above...
In the last installment of our interview with Indy 500 Champion Rodger Ward, Casey Annis talks with Ward about his many experiences and accomplishments as a road racer. VRJ: I’d like to switch gears a bit and talk about your road racing career. I don’t think a lot of people...
Ok, Ok… here’s the pitch. You’ve got this kinda mush-mouthed, body-builder guy who is a washed-up racecar driver, see? We’ll...
I always think I have to be cautious when I talk about “great cars” or “my best cars,” because the...
It depends which Nelson you mean – and which Victory. In Portsmouth, there once was a station called Radio Victory, named after Horatio Nelson’s flagship, the pride of Portsmouth and still a commissioned ship of what remains of the Royal Navy. I was the first English “journo” to interview Nelson...
Younger brother of Pedro, the fiery Mexican was his country’s motorcycle champion at age 15, graduated to sports cars at...
2 Swede Savage dies from injuries suffered in a wreck 33 days earlier during the Indianapolis 500 (1973). Pedro Rodriguez...
Dan Gurney once tried to show me how to wring the neck of a recalcitrant racecar to squeeze out that last tenth of a second, and I blew it. The lesson, I mean. Couldn’t take in a thing… except something important about Dan Gurney. You don’t get a lot of...
Road Atlanta, GA Apr. 26-29 The 1923 3-liter Blower Bentley of Bob Reed. Photo: Walt & Louiseann Pietrowicz Become a...
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July 2001 Alberto Ascari By Karl Ludvigsen This book is yet another in the critically acclaimed series of books from...
This month’s featured Web site is devoted to the long and rich history of the Sunbeam marque. Founded as early...
Many enthusiasts are aware of Ettore Bugatti’s marvelous sports cars and exemplary GP cars. However, not many people know that in the late 1930s, Bugatti planned on building record-braking airplanes, as well. Therein hangs a tale. Ettore Bugatti departed from his usual creation of advanced racecars and hired Louis de...
This year’s Concorso Italiano, to be held Friday August 17, will feature the long partnership between Ferrari and the Pininfarina...
The Ford Motor Company has announced a two-day festival to celebrate its 100th anniversary in motorsport. The Oct. 13-14 event,...
Henry “Smokey” Yunick, one of motorsport’s great innovators and most colorful personalities, recently passed away from leukemia. Starting in the ’50s, Yunick built a reputation as an original innovator and a master of developing horsepower. Yunick’s many achievements as a mechanic and a racecar preparer include winning the Indianapolis 500...
A consortium of Southern California Devin racecar enthusiasts have banded together to purchase the entire automotive estate of famed car...
