The racing surface didn’t have time to cure properly, so it had to be repaired at intervals by work crews...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher On the Roadcar side of the magazine this month, I have written about a venerable British icon—Jaguar—that for all intents and purposes seems to have nine lives. As I sat down to write this column, on September 17, I came to the sudden realization that there is...
Villeneuve won four races, including Indy, on his way to the 1995 CART Indycar crown. Photo: John Zimmermann Collection This...
Sullivan’s best GP came in the tight and twisty streets of monaco where he started at the back of the...
I mean looking at it from a generational aspect and selfishly too because I own it, it has to be Tyrrell 003 designed by Derek Gardner, which won eight grand prix. It doesn’t matter how often I look at it there is always something that catches my eye afresh and...
Mike Lawrence This year we celebrated the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Within weeks, what had been RAF Westhampnett, now the...
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There is an entire world of exotic vintage Japanese racing machinery that is rarely, if ever, written about or discussed in The West. I’m principally talking about cars built exclusively for the Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) and more explicitly low-production automobiles that were built, and sometimes homologated, with a keen...
From the very beginning of the automobile man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA June 21–22, 2014 1978 Lola T333 1974 Zink Z10; 1971 Titan MK6 1955 Kurtis KL500...
Shelsley Walsh, Worcestershire, UK July 6, 2014 This rudimentary 1920s Gnat was driven by John Wiseman. Nicholas Murray (1928 Bugatti 37A). Rachael Williams launches her 1922-’38 Hardy Special III. Terry Crabb clips an apex with his 1937 ERA R12C. Chris Williams lights up his 1929 Napier-Bentley’s rear tires. Become...
Morgan Park, Warwick, Australia July 12–13, 2014 Brian Duffy in his Austin-Healey 3000 leading the Alfa Romeos of James Anderson and...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA August 15–17, 2014 Brue Canepa leads through turn 3 with his 1970 AMC Javelin....
With this month’s cover Profile of the King Cobra, it seemed only natural to access this site where one can find out almost anything about the man who created it, Carroll Shelby. In that context, when reaching the home page, click on the period 1961-1964 on the blue bar across...
Brands Hatch, Northants, UK July 12–13, 2014 Daniel Glanz in his ex Howdy Holmes Lola T360 Stuart Roach Alexis in...
After a great fight between Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes W154 and the Delahaye 145 V12 of René Dreyfus in...
Rudy & the ’Ring Dear Editor, I love reading Mike Lawrence’s comments every issue! I always learn something. I believe Rudolf Caracciola won five German GPs on the Nürburgring (1928, 1931, 1932, 1937, 1939), not six. His first German GP win was at the AVUS track in 1926. Become a...
Eddie Rickenbacker Soichiro Honda 1 Eddie Rickenbacker takes control of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (1923). 2 F1 World Champion Alan...
MotorBinder: Classic Photographs from the golden age of motor racing By Roy Spencer Journey with us now down the dusty...
(19) Rick Hall, 1957 Maserati 450S, (16) John Long, 1959 Devin SS, (6) Derek Bell, 1957 Maserati 300S.Photo: Brad Fox The 41st vintage racecar festival at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the 2014 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, celebrated 100 years of Maserati and 50 years of the Sunbeam Tiger as part...
The enjoyment of Lime Rock Park’s 32nd Historic Festival was muted somewhat by the tragic loss of veteran vintage racer...
The man known as the “Flying Dentist,” Dr. Dick Thompson, has died of natural causes at the age of 94....
Photo: Pete Austin The man who designed the first rear-engined car to win at Indianapolis and the first American car to win in Formula One has died at the age of 90. Len Terry, who penned both the Lotus 38-Ford with which Jim Clark won at Indy in 1965 and...
Photo: Mercedes-Benz USA The 20th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for March 13-15, 2015, will honor Sir Stirling Moss,...
Racing car designer and manufacturer John Crosslé has died at the age of 83 following a brief illness. Crosslé was inspired to open his own shop, Crosslé Cars, after finding he couldn’t afford to go racing with one of Colin Chapman’s popular Lotus VI machines, and so decided to build...
1985 Lola T711-Chevrolet Photo: Kary Jiggle Most sports go through periods of change for whatever reason. Sometimes, these changes are...
The Mustang was introduced to an anxious public in Flushing, NY at the 1964 World’s Fair. Photo: Ford Motor Company...
Woody WoodardPhoto: Yours Truly Photography Woody Woodard was employed as a mechanic by Roger Penske, and in so doing worked closely with Mark Donohue on the Trans-Am effort, the Porsche Turbo Can-Am car and the most famous non-winning Ferrari ever, in the team’s Quixotic effort to best Porsche at the...