October 2003 Daytona 24 Hours By J.J. O’Malley In the world of professional sports car racing, only two events have...
While often overlooked in the annals of motorsport history, from 1963 to 1988 the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) provided...
The 10th edition of the Goodwood Festival of Speed continued its tradition of bringing huge crowds onto the grounds of Lord Charles March’s Sussex home, Goodwood House, though the large space devoted to modern F1 cars has begun to squeeze out some the historic machines. Goodwood Festival brought together some...
Eighty-six-year-old sports car racing legend John Fitch will attempt to enter the record books one more time when he takes...
Sir Stirling Moss had a fall from his motor scooter on Thursday, July 17 while crossing Lambeth Bridge in London....
Recently FIA president Max Mosley suggested that the FIA might revive the F2 category as a way of stimulating competition in F1. “I can see the system used in football being introduced,” Mosley told Auto, Motor, und Sport. “The best F2 team could then be promoted to F1, while the...
The 18th annual OLD/NOW Car Festival was held on the Childrens Day public holiday at Tsukuba circuit, an hour and...
Uwe Meissner, of Germany’s Modena Motorsport, held his annual Ferrari Driving Days at the Nürburgring on June 23–24 and more...
Despite dreary weather for much of the weekend, Virginia International’s Gold Cup Historic Races was judged an unqualified success by its organizers attracting a record entry of 229 cars, an increase of nearly 69 percent over the previous year’s event. Much of the increase was attributable to the large 77-car...
A historically unlikely motorsport marriage was consummated at the end of July. Former Ligier and Williams Formula One driver Jacques...
The roar of Can-Am thunder will once again reverberate through the hills of Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California, when...
1968 Lotus 49 – Cosworth DFV Chassis 49/R4 There are few racing cars which have the reputation of scaring the living daylights out of the entire opposition. Pre-war there was the Auto Union and the Mercedes-Benz W163. After the war came the all-conquering Alfa Romeo ‘Alfetta’ 158 and 159, the...
The Life & Times of American Sports Car Racing Entrepreneur John Edgar, Part 2 In Part One of this story...
Keith Duckworth and Mike Costin are the founders of Cosworth, one of the longest surviving and most famous names in...
Sadly, there aren’t many “perks” associated with my line of work—terrible hours, constant deadlines—I know, “Boo, hoo. Welcome to the real world!” However, every now and again—if you’re a good boy and are in the right place at the right time—nice people will let you drive their cars. OK, who...
I drove for Colin Chapman for about four years because I was a junior driver in the Lotus team, so...
Champ Car racing is in the middle of an ongoing drama, which can be best described as character building. Starting...
Jaguar had entered three XK120s for the 1950 Le Mans race and while two cars finished 12th, and 15th respectively, the third, which retired with clutch failure, had been running as high as 2nd at one point. These results encouraged a purpose-built car for the following year, the C-type. Using...
Al Holbert Clay Regazzoni 3 Brian Redman wins the F5000 race at Pocono, Pennsylvania, in a Lola T330. Jody Scheckter...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Le Mans, France June 14, 2003 Overall winner Willie Green at the wheel of his 1971 Ligier JS3.Photo: Greg P....
Donington Park, U.K. May 26, 2003 Ron Maydon sandwiched by John Mould’s Brabham BT23C and Rob Harvey’s Chevron B17C.Photo: Peter...
Pocono, PA The DeTomaso Formula Junior of Jerry Russo. 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 enjoy unlimited access to all our...
Oran Park, Australia The 5.3-liter Chevy Nova SS of Ross Muller leads the way from the 3.7 slant-six Chrysler Valiant...
Lime Rock Park, CT The 1956 Jaguar XK140 roadster of Ian Ross Jenkins. Photo: Walt & Louiseann Pietrowicz Become a...
September 2003 Jean-Pierre Wimille by Jean-Michel Paris & William D. Mearns This has been one of those long, awaited books about which many ask, “Why wasn’t this written before?” The depth of detail in this account partly answers that question, because the authors have taken years to amass the story...
Few would argue with the fact that Scottish racing great Jim Clark ranks as one of the greatest Formula One...
One of the most significant of all Lotus Grand Prix cars, the ex-Innes Ireland Lotus 21 chassis 933, will go...
The Automobile Club De L’Ouest (ACO) held it’s 2nd bi-annual Le Mans Legends race on June 14, this year featuring Le Mans veteran and Le Mans specification “sister cars” from the years 1959 to 1971. Qualifying was held for the 47 entered Legend cars on Thursday for one hour before...
