Pete Lyons We start the new season with two interesting notes on the subject of pulchritude. Near the end of...
My recollection of getting to know Archie was that my father went to Cambridge University and was a member of...
This month we offer you, courtesy of YouTube, a two-part review of the 1963 running of the 12 Hours of Sebring, the 12th edition of the storied event, culled from the archives of the late, lamented Speedvision’s “Victory Circle” series. There’s a brief introduction by host Dave Despain, whose comments...
Sandown Racecourse, Springdale, Victoria, Australia November 5–6, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Some fellow petrolheads have been asking what I think about the movie Anonymous, and the thesis that the true author of the Shakespearean canon was Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. You can make a case for anything provided you ignore evidence. In 1616, two of England’s leading poets,...
Bruce Burness is one of those multi-talented behind-the-scenes players who lend so much richness to the world of motorsports, possessing...
Don Yenko and Yenko Stinger By Charlie “Bud” Doerge In 1957, Chevrolet racer Don Yenko set up his own tuning...
René Dreyfus Biography The story begins in 1914 when René was nine years old. The middle of three children he speaks of his early life with fondness, growing up in Nice. He later joined the Moto Club de Nice, which was sort of a junior league Automobile Club de Nice....
Austrian born Karl Alberto Abarth did so many things so very well. He was a motorcycle racing champion, multiple land...
John Cannon Jean Pierre Jabouille 2 Jochen Rindt, at the wheel of a Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23, wins the...
George Follmer, Can-Am champion, Trans-Am champion and a winner in virtually every form of racing he tried, was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club with its 2012 Phil Hill Award at the RRDC dinner prior to January’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. RRDC president Bobby Rahal presented the award. Since...
Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, Desert Center, CA November 18–20, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Terror Over Brussels Dear Editor, I must urge you to reconsider the excellent winter vegetable the “brussel sprout” and draw your attention to the fact that it is spelt with a single “l” [First Turn, Feb, 2012]. The humble brussel sprout, and other vegetables, were served by my mother to our...
The author puts his back into steering the Trimax through a left hander at Mallory Park.Photo: Andy Thorpe Was Alvin...
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL December 2–4, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
Right from the company’s beginnings in 1924, Chrysler built powerful and advanced automobiles. The B70 was a 70-mph car with an in-line six-cylinder engine, four-wheel hydraulic brakes and front and rear shock absorbers. In 1925, a Model 70 ran the 24-hour race at Le Mans, finishing 7th overall. In 1928,...
National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK January 12–15, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
The finned Cunningham D-Types of Walt Hansgen and Sherwood Johnston, wait with Duncan Forlong’s AC/Bristol and Curtis Attaway’s XK-120.Photo: Bob...
