“Gentleman” racers Jack Sears and Peter Riley were BMC works drivers in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Jack drove...
Even now, three years after his death, I walk to my mailbox in California hoping to miraculously find a letter from Huschke there. For almost three decades, we maintained a very lively correspondence. His notes, cards and letters arrived from all corners of the world. He wrote the most wickedly...
Did your heart rev up when you heard Dan Gurney was trying to resurrect his old Eagle F1 team? Dan...
January 2003 Race Driver By Lansharks Considering how long the personal computer has been around, it seems surprising that no...
There have been classic races at Le Mans, and races for classics, but the 2002 Le Mans Classic was about as close as you could come to seeing the “old days” recreated at the Le Sarthe circuit. The Peter Auto organization took on a tremendous task of trimming the entry...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Lance...
This month’s featured Web site is an impressive and extensive archive of photos and results from the last 40 years...
Lime Rock, CT Aug. 30-Sept. 2 The ex-Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-Type of Lou Sellyei, Jr.Photo: Walt & Louiseann Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you...
Revenge in Italy – doesn’t that conjure up images of Machiavelli and the Duchess of Malfi? A little known early...
I swear to you, I don’t know how it could have happened. I had been so diligent, for so long...
1910 LANCIA TIPO DA CORSA CHASSIS 307 A little earlier this year (VRJ, Sept. 2002), we had the exceptionally rare pleasure of not only testing but competing in the iconic Lancia D50 Grand Prix car. Clearly, it was one of those once-in-a-lifetime affairs. Such is the keen enthusiasm of some Lancia...
The second annual London to Lisbon rally was flagged off from London’s Hampton Court on October 5, kicking off nine...
Summit Point, W. VA. Oct. 3-6 Dick Tillinger, in his 1963 Datsun SRL311.Photo: Walt & Louiseann Pietrowicz Become a Member...
When I was at school I used to sit at the back of the French class and I always looked busy though I hardly learned a word of French. I looked engrossed in my work because I was designing an Austin Seven-based 750 Special which would make me the next...
Almost a month after announcing, at the USGP, that he was attempting to create an All-American Formula One team for...
The final round of the seven race FIA Thoroughbred Grand Prix (TGP) season was run at Estoril, Portugal, on October...
In late October, the FIA’s Formula One commission removed Belgium’s historic Spa-Francorchamps circuit from the 2003 Formula One schedule due to the country’s ban on tobacco advertising. Considered by many to be, next to Monaco, one of the last true racing circuits left on the Formula One calendar, Spa’s high...
Indianapolis, IA Sept. 27-29 The Shadow of Tom Claridge leads the Ferrari 312T5 of Bud Moeller through the infield.Photo: Dick...
Older racing Porsches from the ’50s-’70s are one of my favorite cars to paint. This painting shows the great Jean...
Le Mans, France Sept. 21-22 The Lotus Elite of John Gray was one of many cars in the Plateau 4 for cars built between 1962 and 1965.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited...
Bernd Rosemeyer Ferdinand Porsche 6 Chris Amon wins the Pukekoke, New Zealand, Tasman Cup race (1968). 7 Gioacchini Colombo joins...
After a hard-fought season of single-seater racing, Monoposto racing announced the winners of the 2002 national championship. In the Formula...
Cameron R. Argetsinger has been named president of the International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen. The appointment to lead this important facility dedicated to the preservation of the history of motorsport brings Argetsinger full-circle, as he was the founder of racing in Watkins Glen after World War II....
