Big Bangers; that’s what the Brits called Can-Am cars, and they were right. Everything about the Canadian-American Challenge Cup series...
In 2008, the Formula Vee will celebrate its 45th anniversary and, as such, a special race weekend is being planned....
The Reno Historic Races, organized by the Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA), will honor the H-Modified racing class, one of the longest-lived internationally sanctioned racing classes in existence, at this year’s event. The fourth annual Reno Historic Races will take place May 4–6 at the Reno-Fernley Raceway, in Reno, Nevada. Out...
Since the very dawn of motorsport, automobile racing has been governed by rules. The very first motoring competition was the...
Mosport, Canada June 22–24, 2007 The 1972 Ferrari 246 GT Dino of Richard Kieley.Photo: Robert Harrington Become a Member &...
On a bleak day in November 1983, I was at Silverstone. Ken Tyrrell had promised a test drive to the Brit who finished highest in the British F3 championship. A 1981 car was wheeled out, Danny Sullivan set a mark and then Martin Brundle pulverized it. Ken had expected to...
This month’s featured Web site comprises a large collection of photography from East Coast road racing events in the 1960s....
Dark clouds begin to gather in my mind every spring as I park my car in Brescia and walk to...
As we’ve become familiar with, over the past two decades, the concept of ground effects—that is managing the airflow underneath a speeding racecar to generate more downforce and grip—was arguably one of the most revolutionary innovations in motorsport. In its earliest form, it manifested itself as a snowmobile engine in...
Over 1,000 friends and relatives attended the funeral of popular and talented British historic racer James Diffey in the country...
Danville, VA March 22–25, 2007 Coome’s exotic Marcos GT.Photo: Fred Lewis Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
The Berkeley Coachwork Company of Biggleswade was England’s top manufacturer of trailers in the 1950s. Company topper Charles Panter decided to expand the business’s line and introduced a diminutive economy sports car, designed by Laurie Bond, at the 1956 London Motor Show. These little cars from Berkeley had many unique...
Another door to motor racing’s past closed on January 20th with the death of 92- year-old “Toulo” de Graffenried. Only...
Summit Point Raceway, Summit Point West Virginia November 24–26, 2006 The 1959 Elva MkIV of Dotti Bechtol.Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become...
October 2007 Porsche 917—The Heroes, TheVictories, The Myth By Jörg Thomas Födisch, Jost Neßhöver, Rainer Roßbach and Harold Schwarz Without...
Elkhart Lake, WI July 20–22, 2007 Peter Dunn took the Masters F1 race win in his March 761Photo: Keith Booker...
The British Grand Prix; Silverstone, June 20, 1963. Graham Hill really trying hard with his BRM 57 absolutely on the limit. Good as both car and driver were, they were no match for Jim Clark and a Lotus 25. Hill finished 3rd after running out of fuel on the last...
Ferrari—let the word roll over your tongue. Doesn’t it taste good? Have you ever experienced—can you even imagine—a better name...
I was born in Capetown, South Africa, a very long way from the epicenter of motor racing, Central Europe. Motorsport,...
Donington Park, UK May 6–7, 2007 David Bennett’s 1953 Maserati A6GCM.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 membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and...
The German Grand Prix; Nürburgring, August 2, 1953. World Champion Alberto Ascari sits in his Ferrari 500/F2 in front of...
Grattan Raceway in Michigan will ring again to the baleful howls of open-wheeled formula cars when the Vintage Grand Prix...
I am synonymous with the Jaguar marque. It would, therefore, be strange for me to consider a car other than a Jaguar as my greatest racecar. What many people do not understand is that in order to test and prove a particular Jaguar, cars from other marques had to be...
When asked to describe one of my favorite sections of racetracks in Australia, very quickly I thought of Winton Motor...
Rodger Ward Gioacchino Colombo 1 FISA bans sliding skirts on racecars (1981). 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be...
For the last 76 years, Grand Prix cars have been trying to beat aeroplanes in acceleration tests. The first was an Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Monza driven by Tazio Nuvolari, who was narrowly beaten by a Caproni 100 Biplane at Rome’s Littorio Airport on December 8, 1931. But the plane was...
Brooklands, the world’s first purpose-built motor racing facility, will turn 100 this year. Mercedes-Benz UK, which has done extensive development...
The first ever Lotus 72 Grand Prix car, as campaigned by both John Miles (Team Lotus) and double World Champion...
Westcott Park, UK December 2, 2006 Adam Painter in his Maserati 4CS.Photo: Pete Austin 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...