On July 5, Rodger Ward, two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and the oldest living winner of the 500, passed...
The happy driver you see here is not Henry Gritzback, aka “Grampa.” How I came to know that is a...
Monte Carlo, Monaco May 15–16, 2004 Paul Osborn, in the ex-Schumacher F2000 Brazilian GP winner, leads a 312T5 during the Ferrari Tribute.Photo: Peter Collins 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...
Watkins Glen, NY June 3–6, 2004 The Morgan trike of Jeff Jacobsen. Photo: Jim Hatfield Become a Member & Get...
The 4th Grand Prix Historique de Monaco, held May 15–16, was again over-subscribed and Jean Sage, former team manager for...
September 2004 Lotus Seven & The Independents By Dennis Ortenburger In 1957, Colin Chapman introduced the Lotus Seven and, in so doing, ushered in the concept of the “kit car”—that is a car that could be bought in component form and assembled by the owner. Amazingly, 47 years later the...
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA June 5–6, 2004 The 1958 Lister-Jaguar of Mark Colonna. Photo: Jim Williams Become a Member &...
1971 Tecno F2 The brothers Pederzani—Gianfranco and Luciano—ran a hydraulic pump company in Bologna. In 1962, they started up a...
I guess I have done most types of motorsport at one time or another…trials, sprints, rallies, hill-climbs and races. I...
Can you hear that creaking sound? That’s the sound of me opening Pandora’s Box once again. At the risk of alienating oh, maybe 95% of our readership—I’m going to go out on a limb here and state that, in my opinion, Formula Ford drivers are among the best drivers in...
Jochen Rindt Richie Ginther 3 Ferdinand Porsche is born in Maffersdorf, Bohemia (1875). 3 First race at Monza, Italy, a...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
A Bugatti feast is to be savoured on the roads of the Targa Florio, Sicily, where Ettore’s famous cars won an incredible five years in succession from 1925–’29. The Bugatti Club of Italy is organizing a coming together of the 60 cars that best represent the whole range of Molsheim...
The legendary Mario Colucci has died at the age of 78. He was the man who converted most of the...
I first became interested in Formula One when my husband took me to the Monaco Grand Prix in 1982—the race...
A new vintage racing club has been formed, the Vintage Racer Group, with the intent of serving the growing demand for historic racing in the northeastern United States. Announced by Bob Girvin during the New Hampshire Vintage Festival on May 22, the club intends to conduct four to six events...
Tears streamed down a thousand faces in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris on September 9, 1945. Tears for the...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI May 14–16, 2004 The 1963 Bobsy SR1 of “Duck Waddle.” Photo: Mark Scheuern Become a...
Bob Bondurant’s racing career has had many diverse facets including stints in small-bore production cars, big bangers such as the Corvette and Cobra, Formula One and finally Can-Am where his active career as a driver came to a nearly tragic end at Watkins Glen. However, in typical Bondurant fashion, he...
Summit Point Raceway, W.VA. May 16–19, 2004 The 1972 MGB GT of Les Gonda. Photo: Louiseann & Walt Pietrowicz Become...
Silverstone, England June 5–6, 2004 European Sports prototype trophy race. Carlos Barbot (ex-Bonnier) Lola T70 Mk.3B leads Sean Walker’s 1970...