1982 Porsche 956 & 1988 Porsche 962 It is now 25 years since the Porsche 956 first appeared and started...
The Can-Am Porsche 917 The Can-Am Race Series, held from 1966 to 1974, helped propel professional sports car racing to...
Derek Bell initially made a name for himself, racing in open-wheeled cars including Formula 2 and Formula 1. However, it is long-distance sports car racing, particularly in Porsches, where Bell forged his legacy as a champion with five overall victories at Le Mans, three victories in the 24 Hours of...
We were very honored to be given the opportunity to work with Porsche Cars North America to produce this special...
At the end of 1969, during the height of the Ferrari-Porsche World Sports Car Championship “wars,” Jo Siffert was wined...
Jürgen Barth There is no question that the greatest race for me was winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1977 with Jacky Ickx and Hurley Haywood. There was the story of running from the back of the field, of all the problems we had, switching Ickx from his...
There have been many racing cars that have given me pleasure as a driver. Race-winning cars always spring to mind,...
When Porsche introduced the 4-cam racing engine, it was a sensation. Porsche Spyders with this engine soon dominated their class....
It took time for me to become enthusiastic about anything German. I have been hit by the blast of a V1 flying bomb. My mother had just risen from a chair with my baby brother and a dagger of glass pierced the back of the chair. Hollywood explosions are all...
The 24 Hours of Daytona was won in both 1970 and 1971 by the Porsche 917. The race was for...
The Nürburgring 1000 km Race; May 31, 1970. Airborne! A Dechent-team Porsche 908/2 driven by Rudi Lins and Willy Kauhsen...
When we think of Southern California’s Willow Springs Raceway, what often first comes to mind is a fast corner such as Turn Nine, thanks to its speed and “hang on” factor. But more important for a good lap time at Willow is Turn Five, a classic exit-speed corner. Five, with...
This month we bring you the first of a new monthly column devoted to the many racing barn finds and...
Antonio Brivio Mario Andretti 1 A.J. Foyt wins the USAC Championship race on the dirt track at Sacramento, California (1967). 5 Graeme Bailey and Allan Grice drive a Holden Commodore to victory in the James Hardie 1000 at Mount Panarama in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia (1986). Become a Member...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
David’s repeated defeats of Goliath this summer—American Le Mans Series victories by Porsche’s RS Spyder over Audi’s much bigger and...
Albany, Western Australia June 3, 2007 The Dodge Special of John Bugden leads Ken Stewart-Richards’ Clem Dwyer Plymouth Special.Photo: Shane Cassidy 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...
Sicily, Italy June 3–11, 2007 A passenger’s view of the Targa Florio.Photo: Roger Dixon Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Mosport, Canada June 22–24, 2007 The 1972 Ferrari 246 GT Dino of Richard Kieley.Photo: Robert Harrington Become a Member &...
Watkins Glen, NY June 14–17, 2007 Laura & Tim Vargo shared driving duty in their 1992 Porsche 911.Photo: Michael Casey-DiPleco 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,...
Winton, Australia May 26–27, 2007 The hard charging Holden Monaro V8 of Gary Jackson.Photo: Neil Hammond Become a Member &...
Chichester, England June 22–24, 2007 Nick Mason in Audi’s Auto Union Type D recreation with a 420 bhp V-12 3-liter engine.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...
October 2007 Porsche 917—The Heroes, TheVictories, The Myth By Jörg Thomas Födisch, Jost Neßhöver, Rainer Roßbach and Harold Schwarz Without...
Having previously established records for the Lotus 25 and 49, on July 25, H&H set a new sales record for the Lotus 72. Widely regarded as one of the prettiest Grand Prix cars of all time, the 72 was the model that carried Austrian Jochen Rindt to his posthumous victory...
St. Michael’s Church, at Silverstone, was full and overflowing with family, friends, and members of the motor racing fraternity wishing...
Sadly those two iconic road races, the Targa Florio and Giro Di Sicilia, both instigated by Vincenzo Florio at the...
In early August, Indy 500 and Le Mans champion A. J. Foyt narrowly escaped a grim death, when the bulldozer he was using tipped over into a lake. Foyt was quoted in various media after the near miss as saying, “I came awful close this time. It scared me. The...
