The early post-war interest in small displacement automobile racing in Europe was fueled by enthusiasm and petrol rationing. Money was...
I truly believe a good car does not have to do only with good performances, but also its opportunities to...
1962 Porsche 804 Dan Gurney was about as versatile as a racecar driver could ever be. He pretty much skipped the junior grades of motor racing and went in at what we could safely call the “deep end.” He drove sports cars in America, then in Europe, moved to Grand...
Peter Revson Alan Jones Photo: Pete Austin 2 Sports car racer Louis Krages, aka “John Winter,” born (1949). 3 Ronnie...
Everybody knows who Bobby Unser is. During his extensive racing career, the third of Mom and Pop Unser’s four race-driving...
Among the offerings at its annual auction at Quail Lodge during Monterey Auto Week, Bonhams will present the Michael Amalfitano Collection of rare competition Porsches. Included in this group are: a 917 that began life as an endurance racing coupe, driven at Le Mans in 1970 by David Hobbs and...
With June’s running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Corvette marked the 50th anniversary of its first participation in...
I sit here pondering: “How do you say something about Dan Gurney that hasn’t already been said?” It’s tough. Few,...
Dan Gurney Biography He drove in the last great era of Grand Prix racing before the advent of tobacco advertising and aerodynamic devices changed the sport forever. Is adversaries were some of the greatest names in Grand Prix history, Jack Brabham, John Surtees, Graham Hill and perhaps the greatest of...
Dan Gurney’s motor racing career as a driver, car constructor and team owner is just about as star-spangled as his...
A number of those among us stood head and shoulder above all others during the Golden Age of Motorsports. Juan...
To Salute Dan Gurney’s selection as Featured Guest for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, we asked the All American Racer to make a tough call It’s like tasking a parent to choose between children. Each is dearest for different reasons. Nonetheless, we believed it not inappropriate to ask Dan Gurney...
For all the great drivers who contested the old Can-Am, few did well. Your Amons, Andrettis, Brabhams, Elfords, Joneses, Halls,...
The basic site here is very broad-based, but in its “Racing” section is this subsection devoted to Dan Gurney’s career...
Stirling MossPhoto: Keith Booker I have had many co-drivers in my career…John Fitch, Juan Fangio, Peter Collins, Harry Schell, Tony Brooks…but Dan Gurney was the best co-driver I ever had, along with Fangio. There was no question that he was a superb driver. I only did a very few races...
Aficionados of the Elva marque will celebrate its 55th Anniversary with a reunion at Elkhart Lake’s Road America on the...
August 2010 Headed for a 2nd-place finish in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, on June 23, 1963, Dan Gurney...
A rare, “pontoon-fendered” Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa will headline RM Auctions’s 25th Anniversary Sports and Classics of Monterey event during Auto Week this August. The Scaglietti-designed TR is one of the most prized Ferraris ever, with only 21 built during a two-year run in 1957-’58. This car, chassis number 0738...
Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA April 29–May 2, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Leslie Alan Richter was born on October 26, 1930 in Fresno, California. He graduated from Fresno High School where he...
August 2010 The First Ralt? Photo: Pete Austin Dear Editor, Have just been reading the magazine, which I had never seen before. Great read. Thought I would make a small point of correction regarding the Ralt reference on page 53 [Feb 2010]. Ron Tauranac actually built the first RALT in, I think,...
Monte Carlo Circuit, Monaco May 1–2, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Jackie Stewart once said: “If, for some reason, I could only take part in one race each season, it would...
August 2010 Formula III Racing In North America By Harry Reynolds This is the book a small band of believers has been grousing about for years, a scholarly history of a squirrelly subject: the wonderfully wacky world of cantankerous little 500-cc formula racing cars. Author Reynolds provides the definitive North...
Mallala Motorsports Park, South Australia April 3–4, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Warm and sunny weather greeted the 375 entries that took part in General Racing’s Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival at Infineon...
This Uli Ehret painting displays the Eau Rouge corner at Spa-Francorchamps back in 1967. The setting is exactly as it appeared in that year, when Dan Gurney won that year’s Belgian Grand Prix with his Gurney-Weslake-powered Eagle against the mighty opposition of Jim Clark and the other F1 stars of...
In addition to the event’s tribute to Dan Gurney, attendees at August’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will be able to...
Gooding & Company, the official auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, will feature consignments of three exceptional collector...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included...