Learning to race on a road course can be daunting. Even though it was almost 50 years ago, I remember...
Two Ross Brawn-designed cars were to play a big part in my racing career, both were formidable contenders and race...
I had seen this well-used Lotus 18 sitting in a grumpy little foreign car repair shop hard along Ventura Blvd. in Studio City, California. The guy who owned the shop and the Lotus was named “Buck” something or another as I recall. I kept driving by and looking at that...
With a dad like Stan Jones it was hardly surprising that Alan became a motor racing nut when he was...
I’d like to talk with you for a moment about Regularity. Relax. This conversation has nothing to do with Metamucel,...
Frank Williams started out like so many racers, with little more than his desire to go racing. Over nearly half a century, however, he built that desire into a multiple World Championship-winning entity that employs several hundred people, and to honor those accomplishments, in 1999 he was knighted by Queen...
Each year we devote a portion of our February magazine to the issue of safety and safety devices in historic...
1964 Lotus 30 During his test drive at Silverstone, the author found that most of what he’d heard about the...
Derek Gardner will be remembered, by many, as the designer of one of the most radically designed cars ever to win a Grand Prix; the Tyrrell Project 34 six-wheeler. However, they overlook his greatest achievement as the designer of racing cars that took the Tyrrell team to 16 Grand Prix...
A celebration of the 125th anniversary of the creation of the automobile will be the central theme of the 61st...
The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance will mark another major automotive milestone next March when its 2012 show celebrates the 50th...
The Formula 5000 Drivers Association has published a five-race 2011 schedule that takes the high-powered series to some of North America’s classic motorsports venues. The year kicks off at Watkins Glen on June 9–12 as part of the SVRA weekend at the upstate New York track, then visits Quebec’s Le...
The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has announced its Class of 2011, which will be enshrined during ceremonies in...
Historic motor racing organizer Masters Historic Racing has confirmed details of its series of races for Group C /GTP/IMSA sports...
Former Team Lotus mechanic, Jim Endruweit, has passed away at age 83. He joined Colin Chapman and Lotus in 1957 and was a major contributor to the team. His 12-year service in the Fleet Air Arm gave him significant credentials to deal with the day to day logistics required. In...
In a move to extend its acceptance of newer vehicles, SVRA has modified its current Group 10 and added two...
The organizers of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion have announced that Jaguar will be the featured marque for this year’s...
With Peter Collins’s remembrance from his early days at Germany’s Nürburgring serving as this month’s feature article, we thought it might be nice to delve even deeper into the fabled track’s past, and therefore offer this site for your enjoyment. While the home page by itself is active enough to...
March 2011 Caribbean Capers By Joel E. Finn Subtitled “The Cuban Grand Prix Races of 1957, 1958 & 1960,” this...
Circuit de Ledenon, Ledenon Gard/France October 23–24, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Coronado Island, San Diego, CA October 24–26, 2010 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...
Willow Springs International Raceway, Rosamond, CA November 6–7, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Sandown Int’l Motor Raceway, Melbourne, Victoria/Australia November 6–7, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
London to Brighton, UK November 7, 2010 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...
Sebring Int’l Raceway, Sebring, FL December 3–5, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
With F1 about to try another comeback in the U.S., next year in Texas, our minds inevitably reach back half...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
Gilles Villeneuve Mark Donohue 1 Al Unser Jr. wins the CRA Sprint Car main event at Imperial, California (1981). 2...
Myron Vernis has a problem. Oh, he seems normal enough at first blush…terrific career, amazing wife, two wonderful loving daughters. But trust me…he’s got major issues. As a physician I fix the bones, not what resides above the clavicles, so I may be stretching out of field a bit on...