The greatest racecar has to be the Ford Mustang, no question. I helped homologate it in the first place, and...
On August 4, 2007, an icon of American racing and my dear friend, John Fitch, turned 90 years old! In...
Lotus was the star of the 1957 London Motor Show, which was remarkable since prior to that Lotus only made competition cars. Every year, the organizers donated a stand to a company which had flown the flag and Lotus had taken two class wins at Le Mans, plus a 1-2...
Canada’s Gilles Villeneuve (1950-1982) was a driver so passionately single-minded that when watching him race one sensed that he would...
The Belgian Grand Prix; Zolder, May 13, 1979. Really trying! The wonderful Gilles Villeneuve, father of recent World Champion Jacques...
Although not as famous as its corner mates—the Corkscrew and the Andretti Hairpin—Turn 9 at Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca is one of the most exciting corners in the country. Its combination of on-camber, off-camber, decreasing radius, elevation change and limited visibility make it one of the most technical corners I...
The Berkeley Coachwork Company of Biggleswade was England’s top manufacturer of trailers in the 1950s. Company topper Charles Panter decided...
Gaston Chevrolet Ricardo Rodriguez 1 Ricardo Rodriguez dies on the way to the hospital after crashing his Lotus during practice for the nonchampionship Mexican Grand Prix (1962). 2 The Mercury Division of the Ford Motor Company holds a press conference in Carmel, California, to announce the formation of the Bud...
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete, with a passion for speed and technology. These...
There are many racing drivers, a lesser quantity of great racing drivers, and a very small number who transcend mere...
Elkhart Lake, WI July 20–22, 2007 Peter Dunn took the Masters F1 race win in his March 761Photo: Keith Booker 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,...
Mt. Tremblant, Canada July 13–15, 2007 The 1971 Lotus 69 of Kyle Kaulback.Photo: Robert Harrington Become a Member & Get...
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH June 28–July 1, 2007 Peter Sauer’s 1966 Shelby GT350.Photo: Mark Scheuern Become a Member...
Oran Park, Australia June 2–3 2007 Wayne Wilson’s 1969 Rennmax BN2.Photo: Barry Sloane 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...
West Allis, WI July 7–8, 2007 Buck Boudeman’s recreation of the 1916 Miller “Golden Submarine” in Turn 2.Photo: Vintage Velocity...
Pittsburgh, PA July 4, 2007 The 1955 Jaguar D-Type of Tom Mittler.Photo: Walter Pietrowicz Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Oran Park, Australia July 7–8, 2007 It helps to stand out in a crowd. John Burke’s 1972 Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T.Photo: Jeremy Dale 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...
November 2007 Racing Sports Cars, Memories of the Fifties By Art Evans Readers of this magazine will no doubt be...
It’s hard to know where to start with this month’s featured Web site! What initially caught our eye was a...
The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance has announced that motorsports icon Parnelli Jones will be the honoree for the 13th Annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance scheduled for March 7–9, 2008, at The Golf Club of Amelia Island at Summer Beach. Jones’s career spanned many types of racing, including sports cars, sprint...
Italian-born, Swiss-national Hans Ruesch died on August 27 in Lugano, Switzerland, at the age of 94. He was one of...
Denver Cornett, an icon of American MG racing passed away last year. And many of those who were privileged to...
Former Shelby American mechanic and crew chief John Collins passed away in August, at the age of 77. Collins left England in 1958 and first immigrated to Canada where he opened an automobile repair shop in Sudbury, Ontario. There he built his first racecar, but after suffering five years...
Silverstone staged its annual festival for historic racers with some 600 cars taking part in 20 races over the last...
Jean Redélé, founder of the French motorsport tuning and engineering company, Automobiles Alpine, died on August 10, at the age...
This year’s Eighth Annual Lake Mirror Classic, to be held October 19–20 in downtown Lakeland, Florida, will honor the racecars and career of Sir Stirling Moss. Primary-sponsor Mercedes-Benz and event organizers expect to welcome more than 500 cars—including Concours d’Elegance beauties, classic American musclecars, and vintage sports and racecars, plus...
The seventh running of the very popular Walter Hayes Trophy for Kent-engined Formula Ford cars takes place at Silverstone from...
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 new heights of popularity in the United States. The series was governed by an open and simple set of rules, which created an environment that brought the most powerful and...
