1952 Ferrari 500/625 Ascari. Taruffi. Villoresi. Farina. Hawthorn. Trintignant. Maglioli. Gonzales. Mieres. Whitehead. Siracusa. Pau. Marseilles. Bremgarten. Sables d’Olonne. Naples....
Few would argue with the notion that Tazio Nuvolari was one of the five greatest racing drivers of all time;...
As manager of racing public relations for Goodyear, Bill Neely accumulated a lot of interesting and outrageous stories—especially from the rough and tumble world of NASCAR. By 1973, Neeley and friend Bob Ottum wove some of these tales into a semi-fictional novel titled “Stand on It”, which they penned under...
I always dread Mondays. How is it that in the two short days that you and everyone else is out...
One of my favorite motor racing personalities was Piers Courage, a talented young gentleman racer, as well as a member...
When Ferrari decided to withdraw from the sports car championship for 1974, there were a lot of drivers on the market and Carlo Chiti acted to get some of them for Autodelta and Alfa Romeo. I was signed along with Mario Andretti and Carlos Reutemann. Rolf Stommelen and Andrea DeAdamich...
I think you have to base your answer to the question, “What is the greatest racing car?” on your own...
Whether or not most of us realize it, a most unusual man is among us. Until the late ’50s, he...
During the FIA World Championship of 1965, the Ford Cobra Coupes competed in the Monza 1000 Km. The two-car team,...
The Belgian Grand Prix; Spa-Francorchamps, June 22, 1952. Alberto Ascari tops the hill at Raidillon on his way to another...
Wilbur Shaw Nanni Galli 2 Sportscar and F1 racer Nanni Galli is born in Bologna, Italy (1940). 4 Emerson Fittipaldi drives a Lotus 72 to his first F1 victory in the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, New York. Jochen Rindt posthumously wins the World Driving title (1970). Become...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
“A great hammer struck my spine, slamming my head back. I forced it down, and stared at the long black...
Le Mans, France June 18, 2005 The 1953 Aston Martin DB 2/4 of Donald Flatt and Alan Cosby finished 14th overall. Photo: Greg Johnson 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...
Pacific Raceway, Seattle, WA July 27-31, 2005 Between the collections of Greg Whitten, Jon Shirley and Vintage Racing Motors, the...
Eastern Creek, Sydney, Australia June 25–26, 2005 The 1985 Ferrari 156/85 Turbo of Guido Belgiorno-Nettis. Photo: Steve Oom Become a...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI July 15–17, 2005 Robert Boyce heads for Turn 14 in his bright red “continuation” Cheetah. Photo: Bob Krueger 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...
Mont Tremblant, St. Jovite, Canada July 8–10, 2005 The 1965 ISO Grifo A3/C of John McCaw. Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become...
October 2005 The Marvelous Mechanical Designs of Harry A. Miller By Gordon Elliot White Another in Iconografix’s series of photo...
Mike Smith and his brother, Pat, started shooting pictures of Southern California drag racing when they were kids in the ’50s. By the ’60s, the brothers had caught the road racing bug and began shooting at places like Riverside Raceway and Ontario Motor Speedway. This month’s featured Web site contains...
On July 15–17, the VSCDA hosted their annual Brian Redman International Challenge at Wisconsin’s Road America. As in previous years,...
The Silverstone International Trophy was awarded to American Duncan Dayton as the winner of Round 6 of the FIA Thoroughbred...
Australia’s Historic Sports & Racing Car Association (HSRCA) has announced the creation of a 1960s-era Tasman Revival race meeting to be held December 1–3, 2006 at Eastern Creek Raceway near Sydney. Cars from the 1960s Tasman Series races in New Zealand and Australia will be the centerpiece of this three-day...
The racecars of John and Charles Cooper will be the featured marque at the 33rd Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races,...
HSR-West has announced the resurrection of historic racing in sunny Palm Springs with the creation of the Palm Springs Revival,...
From July 27–31, the city of Seattle was invaded by one of the largest gatherings of Alfa Romeo enthusiasts ever assembled in the U.S., when more than 600 members of the American Alfa Romeo Owners Club (AROC) attended the club’s national convention in Bellevue, Washington. Dubbed “Alfa Potlatch” for the...
Nigel Mansell and Ricardo Patrese have recently announced that they too will join the growing list of former Formula One...
There was a great deal of speculation circulating at this year’s Monterey Historics (full coverage next issue) when Jim Hall...
As you’ll see elsewhere in this month’s issue, 37 sophisticated Group C and GTP machines took part in a historic support race for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. This gathering was interesting for several reasons, not the least of which being that it may have provided an answer...
