This month we bring you the first of a new monthly column devoted to the many racing barn finds and...
The Nürburgring 1000 km Race; May 31, 1970. Airborne! A Dechent-team Porsche 908/2 driven by Rudi Lins and Willy Kauhsen...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed celebrated its 15th anniversary, between June 22–24, with another spectacular event, attended by an estimated 150,000 people. Even frequent, heavy rain showers failed to dampen the enthusiasm of both the crowd and the competitors. This year’s theme was “Spark of Genius—Breaking Records, Pushing Boundaries—celebrating the...
1982 Porsche 956 & 1988 Porsche 962 It is now 25 years since the Porsche 956 first appeared and started...
Winton, Australia May 26–27, 2007 The hard charging Holden Monaro V8 of Gary Jackson.Photo: Neil Hammond Become a Member &...
The 24 Hours of Daytona was won in both 1970 and 1971 by the Porsche 917. The race was for many years the season’s opener for the Manufacturers Championship but in 1971 it was the second race following the 1000 km of Buenos Aires. With a lead of 43 laps...
Derek Bell initially made a name for himself, racing in open-wheeled cars including Formula 2 and Formula 1. However, it...
Sports car racing driver, team manager and safety engineer John Fitch has been inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame,...
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...
St. Michael’s Church, at Silverstone, was full and overflowing with family, friends, and members of the motor racing fraternity wishing...
It took time for me to become enthusiastic about anything German. I have been hit by the blast of a...
Sadly those two iconic road races, the Targa Florio and Giro Di Sicilia, both instigated by Vincenzo Florio at the beginning of the last century, are consigned to the history books. No more the breathtaking sight of works Ferraris, Alfa Romeos or Porsches blasting along Sicily’s torturous mountain roads, no...
Chichester, England June 22–24, 2007 Nick Mason in Audi’s Auto Union Type D recreation with a 420 bhp V-12 3-liter...
Watkins Glen, NY June 14–17, 2007 Laura & Tim Vargo shared driving duty in their 1992 Porsche 911.Photo: Michael Casey-DiPleco...
At the end of 1969, during the height of the Ferrari-Porsche World Sports Car Championship “wars,” Jo Siffert was wined...
Having previously established records for the Lotus 25 and 49, on July 25, H&H set a new sales record for...
October 2007 F1: Soon to Be Formula Teenager? Photo: ISPFD Dear Editor, Lewis Hamilton’s astounding success in his debut season is a sure sign of an incredible talent, a future multiple world champion if he plays the team card properly. At the same time, this is a stunning reminder of the...
Antonio Brivio Mario Andretti 1 A.J. Foyt wins the USAC Championship race on the dirt track at Sacramento, California (1967)....
There have been many racing cars that have given me pleasure as a driver. Race-winning cars always spring to mind,...
Three-time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet may be one of the greatest racing drivers to ever emerge from Brazil…however, the Brazilian government may not think so. The 54-year-old Piquet had his driver’s license revoked in June after receiving a brace of speeding and parking tickets. In an ironic twist of...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
October 2007 Porsche 917—The Heroes, TheVictories, The Myth By Jörg Thomas Födisch, Jost Neßhöver, Rainer Roßbach and Harold Schwarz Without...
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...
We were very honored to be given the opportunity to work with Porsche Cars North America to produce this special...
David’s repeated defeats of Goliath this summer—American Le Mans Series victories by Porsche’s RS Spyder over Audi’s much bigger and...
Sicily, Italy June 3–11, 2007 A passenger’s view of the Targa Florio.Photo: Roger Dixon 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...
The Can-Am Porsche 917 The Can-Am Race Series, held from 1966 to 1974, helped propel professional sports car racing to...
Mosport, Canada June 22–24, 2007 The 1972 Ferrari 246 GT Dino of Richard Kieley.Photo: Robert Harrington Become a Member &...
When Porsche introduced the 4-cam racing engine, it was a sensation. Porsche Spyders with this engine soon dominated their class. The problem was that this power plant was complex and difficult to work on. In the U.S., one man emerged who was acknowledged as a genius with the 4-cam. He...
