If you were going to build an 850-cc sports racer in the 1960s, which engine would you choose? Larry Kropp...
The Hill Family and L.A.’s Petersen Automotive Museum marked the 50th Anniversary of Phil Hill’s 1961 World Championship for Ferrari...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Junior, but with that category’s demise at the end of 1963,...
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA September 30–October 2, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Three-time Indy 500 winner and King of the Hill at Pikes Peak Bobby Unser will be the guest of honor...
Ralph DePalma John Surtees 1 Sportscar racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr. drive a Löwenbrau-sponsored Porsche 962 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1986). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
Donald Campbell was a hero, like his famous father. But that is where the resemblance ended. Sir Malcolm, who broke...
Fabulous is one word used to describe Dexter Brown’s original painting of Graham Hill drifting the Maranello Concessionaires Ferrari 250...
The author enjoyed slipping snugly into 2617 and giving it a proper run during an HGPCA test day at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin In 1966, the rain in Spain didn’t stay mainly on the plain. It blew eastward to the Ardennes Mountains of Belgium, and hurled itself down onto the Belgian Grand...
The seaside circuit of Zandvoort, once home to the Dutch Grand Prix, will play host to a new historic racing...
Former F1, sports car and F5000 driver Peter Gethin died on December 5 after a lengthy illness. Gethin is remembered...
Pete Lyons Something is missing. Look around the race tracks, the city streets, the holiday hotspots … see what isn’t there? Elegant, vivid little cars that used to be all over? Yup. No Alfa Romeos. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
After an aborted late summer start, the inaugural Mille Miglia North America Tribute finally put rubber to the road from...
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT October 14–15, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Georges Lemaître actually finished 2nd in the 1894 Paris-Rouen Horseless Carriage Competition in this Peugeot 3hp, but was awarded victory...
Mercedes W125 Car: Mercedes W125 / Engine: 8-Cylinder In-line Supercharged / Maker: Daimler-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 94 mm X...
Although he was first afflicted with the racing “bug” when his father took him to Reims as a child, Alliot did not enter competition himself until age 23 after attending a racing school. Working his way up the ladder of the sport he eventually found himself racing both in Formula One...
Sergio Scaglietti, who died at the age of 91 on November 20, was the son of a carpenter who became...
Jacky Ickx in the Ferrari 312B leads the field away from the start of the French Grand Prix at the...
Lord March has announced that the dates for the 20th Goodwood Festival of Speed will be June 28–July 1, with the event’s theme of “Young Guns—Born to Win” celebrating all those “overnight sensations” whose insatiable thirst for speed immediately earned them a place in the sport’s pantheon of stars. The...
Half a century ago, Speed Week in the Bahamas was one of the most popular race meets on motor racing’s...
New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, NJ September 30–October 2, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
With this month’s Profile of Jackie Stewart’s BRM P261, we thought a deeper look into the workings of British Racing Motors might be in order. As the team has not been a functional entity for more than 30 years, however, there is no official team site, but this one seems...
Margie Petersen, philanthropist, wife of the late publishing magnate Robert E. Petersen and co-founding benefactor of Southern California’s Petersen Automotive...
Let me get my bias out of the way, right up front—I’m not a NASCAR fan. Though I’ve tried at...
Turn Up the Gane Dear Editor, Thanks for an enjoyable and diverse November issue. I would like to make a couple of comments on some of its contents. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid...
Jim Rathmann, winner of the 1960 Indianapolis 500, passed away just before Thanksgiving in Palm Bay, Florida, a week after...
Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL October 13–16, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Behind Le Mans, The Film in Photographs By Michael Keyser Arguably one of the most influential racing feature films of all-time, Steve McQueen’s Le Mans did not enjoy critical or financial success when released in the early ’70s, but it has gone on to become a cult classic for racing...