To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Sir Jack Brabham’s third World Championship, artist Caldersmith created this multi-media work as cover...
Then If you’re involved in any facet of the car hobby and have never heard of Brooks Stevens, you should...
Photo: Fred Sickler The 20th annual Millers at Milwaukee vintage Indycar event, sponsored by the Harry Miller Club, will be held this July 11-12 at the famed Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. The annual celebration is one of the most impressive U.S. gatherings of pre-WWII and post-WWII Indianapolis-type cars...
Photo: Dan R. Boyd Legendary car builder A.J. Watson, whose front-engined roadster designs helped define an era at the Indianapolis...
Canadian racer Al Pease passed away in early May at the age of 92. Pease, who was elected to the...
Photo: Sean Smith Watkins Glen, New York, September 19, 1953. On lap 19, of a scheduled 22-lap race, Walter Hansgen lost the lead of the Watkins Glen Grand Prix. Walt’s car began to run out of fuel—a momentary stumble—forcing him to switch to his reserve tank and allowing the more...
Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA April 5–6, 2014 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
From the Monaco Grand Prix, in Monte Carlo on May 10, 1959, is this superb Yves Debraine study of Jack...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the theory that the best drivers would win if they were racing identical cars. The idea for this low-budget Formula was created by an Englishman named Geoffrey Clarke, who had a driver’s school called Motor Racing Stables, based at the Brands...
Donington Park, Castle Donington, UK April 6, 2014 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum has opened a new exhibit featuring the Turbine Cars that once raced...
Scott Pruett Louis Chiron 1 Juan Manuel Fangio drives an Alfa Romeo 159 to victory in the European Grand Prix at Reims, France (1951). 3 Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Jean-Pierre Jarier drive a Matra M670 to victory in the 6-hour endurance race at Watkins Glen, New York (1974). Become a Member...
Fifty Years Ago Dear Editor, Back in 1964, I was assigned to the racing division of the Humble Oil and...
Marc Surer March-BMW 792 Nürburgring.Photo: BRDC I came from a family of Swiss farmers, which is not really the ideal...
Michael Schumacher Biography Michael Schumacher was born on the third of January 1969 to Rolf and Elisabeth Schumacher. The family move to the town of Kerpin-Manheim, a working class town near Cologne, Germany. It was there that the family became involved with karting. Michael, only four at the time was...
I’m Rod: An Incorrigible Optimist By Rod Campbell with Pete Lyons If you are on the outside looking in on big-time motorsports, you have never heard of Rod Campbell…. However, as a fan who is familiar with names like Jackie Stewart, Ford Special Vehicle Operations, Brett Lunger, Michael Schumacher, Tom...
Photo: Jim Hatfield The 6th annual Put-in-Bay Road Races Reunion (PIBRRR), scheduled for August 25-27, 2014 on South Bass Island...
Jack BrabhamPhoto: Roger Dixon As a tribute to triple World Champion Sir Jack Brabham, the only man ever to win...
Photo: Hal Crocker Motorsport enthusiasts in Australia and throughout the world were saddened to hear the news of the passing of Sir Jack Brabham on Monday, May 19, 2014. In 1959, Australian Jack Brabham, driving for the Cooper Car Company, won his first Formula One World Drivers Championship. The following...
If you grew up in the United States, then you were weaned on “The American Dream” —the idea that anyone...
Photo: Pete Austin I think I was among the first group of drivers who found a route to motor racing...
Joe “The Kid” Dawson headed for victory in the 1912 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race in his National. Each May, I am reminded of one of the most exciting races ever seen at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Unfortunately, none of us were around to see it. It was the second running of...
The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held at Roosevelt Field on New York’s Long Island between 1904 and 1910 were the...
Phillip Island, Melbourne, Australia March 7–9, 2014...
Virginia International Raceway Alton,VA April 11–13, 2014...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, UK April 12–13, 2014 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...