Like a large number of enthusiasts in the historic racing community, I was at first startled and then fascinated by...
The Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo, May 10, 1964. Peter Arundell in the second works Lotus leads Richie Ginther’s B.R.M. around Station Hairpin during practice. In the race Ginther finished 2nd and Arundell 3rd. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Phoenix Internatoinal Raceway, Phoenix, AZ October 24–25, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
FIA Safety Delegate Any organization is, in truth, only as good as the people in it, and motor sport’s global...
Under cloudy skies, fortuitously slotted between rain showers, the second Lobethal Grand Carnival opened the historic 8.7-mile Adelaide Hills road racing circuit to a dazzling parade of vintage racing cars and motorcycles. Marking the 70th anniversary of the last and fastest Australian Grand Prix before World War II, 1939 winner...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
Autodromo Internacionale do Algarve, Portimao, Portugal October 17–18, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Autobahn Country Club, Joliet, IL October 9–11, 2009 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 offers you awesome discounts on...
Billing itself as “the largest selection of vintage racing photos on the Internet,” Dale LaFollette’s Vintage Motorphoto is a resource...
Another of racing’s good guys left us on December 7, when Bill Scott lost his battle with cancer. The man...
Both my father and my grandfather had raced, so racing was in my genes. Like most modern drivers my early career started in karts, which would be 1983. Four years later, aged 18 years, I moved on to Formula Ford, progressing to the German Formula 3 championship in 1989, driving...
The 5th annual Fabulous Fifties Concours d’Provenance at the South Coast Botanical Gardens in the Los Angeles suburb of Palos...
Still racers, after all these years. That’s what I was thinking as one veteran driver after another mounted the stage...
For all the talk today of “level playing fields” and equal opportunities for all, it has to be understood that motor sport has never really been egalitarian. Contrary to popular belief, racing runs not on gasoline, but on money. From its humble beginnings at the turn of the 20 century, the combined...
The Ferrari 195 Inter was introduced in 1950 as a roadgoing machine to replace the 166. According to Stanley Nowak...
Bobby Unser François Cevert 1 Al Holbert, Chip Robinson, Derek Bell, and Al Unser Jr. drive the Löwenbrau Porsche 962...
Ken Tyrrell once said that, contrary to what had been written about him, he had no special talent for spotting good racing drivers. “If they’re quick, they’re good,” he growled. So was that all there was to it? Lap times? Whatever it was, he ended up employing the likes of...
In 1953, the Rootes Group in England, which had acquired the Sunbeam Company in 1935, produced a handsome sports car, the...
When asked by my good friend Rick Roso to write a piece on how “to do” one of my favorite...
I’ve driven many racing cars during my career and, for me, a great racecar has to have exceptional acceleration and handle extremely well. These qualities are uppermost for any racing driver, be they male or female. The year 1980 was the most incredible year of my career; I was driving...
Roads of Sicily, Italy October 9–10, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Italian privateer racing driver Gino Munaron has passed away at the age of 81. Munaron was always considered to be...
The 2009 Classic Motor Show, NEC, England, broke box office records when it welcomed around 48,000 visitors into its classic motoring extravaganza, an increase of around 8,000 visitors on last year’s event. Held over three days, organizers and exhibitors alike were besieged from the outset with classic fanatics flooding into every...
February 2010 The Spirit of Competition By frederick a. Simeone, M.d. Dr. Simeone began collecting cars before he could drive,...
A few hours before the start of this June’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, everyone in attendance will be treated...
Northamptonshire Countryside, UK September 7–9, 2009 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 offers you awesome discounts on partner products....
Quadruple Monte Carlo Rallye winner Walter Röhrl dominated December’s FIA European Rally Championship for Historical Cars event in the Spanish...
The Aston Martin DB5 was made famous in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, and from then on it has...
The death of Peter Arundell promptsmemory of a challenge. Formula Junior was once Formula Arundell; he won twice as many major races as any other driver. Actually, the presence of Arundell and his Lotus defined what were major races. After Arundell had won at the Nürburgring at the end of...