Photo: Steve Oom “Flat out like a lizard drinking!” Came the response from Andrew Woodall when I asked him how he...
Former F1 driver and constructor Guy Ligier has died at the age of 85. Although he contested only a dozen...
Nelson Piquet Charles Stewart RollsPhoto: Rolls Royce 3 Dario Resta is killed and his riding mechanic, Bill Perkins, is injured when their Sunbeam crashes during record runs at Brooklands in England (1924). 4 Bobby Allison drives a Junior Johnson-prepared Chevy to victory in the NASCAR Grand National Southern 500 stock...
Sears Point, Sonoma, CA May 28–31, 2015 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Pre-event publicity for the Silver Anniversary edition of the Silverstone Classic didn’t include anything about the British summer weather, but...
Mike Lawrence Mike Jiggle’s recent article on the ex-Moss Cooper Mk IV-J.A.P. (VR, July 2015) prodded a few memories about the formula. I assisted the late David Hodges on his wonderful book, A-Z of Formula Racing Cars. Entries on 500-cc makers were down to me, and I thought that would...
At the 1975 edition of the fabled 24 Heures du Mans, Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell teamed to take thhis...
Wrong Place for Flying Dear Editor, Years ago I took weekly flying lessons, accumulating enough seat time to solo. I called...
Photo: Mike Jiggle At the end of 1981 when our (Jaguar) turnaround story was just unfolding, a most remarkable man came into my office, demanding some time. His name was Tom Walkinshaw. By then I had realized there had to be a place for racing in the scheme of things....
Blackhawk Farms, South Beloit, IL June 19–21, 2015 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN June 12–14, 2015 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Winton, Victoria, Australia May 29–31, 2015 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 products....
“It was the best of times…it was the worst of times.” – Charles Dickens PROLOGUE I’ve forgotten more about my...
The 42nd annual vintage racecar festival at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, otherwise known as the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, once...
To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of BMW, the German marque will be featured at next year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, set for August 18-21, 2016 at California’s Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. A century ago, Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto first joined forces to combine their talents under the name Bavarian...
Photo: Tom Schultz Affable and friendly are two words often used to describe Harry Heuer, but on the track he...
Ultimately, I wanted to be a fashion designer—a very feminine thing to do—so from school that’s what I did. I...
Lotus: The Marque By William Taylor Eleven years have passed since Mr. Taylor published the third in his series of definitive Lotus chronologies, and since then a lot has happened in Lotus Land, so time seemed right for an update. Rather than simply appending his previous volume, however, Taylor and...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
Brands Hatch, Kent, UK May 23–25, 2015 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
During the French Grand Prix at Rouen-les Essarts on July 8, 1962, John Surtees aims the Bowmaker Lola Mk4-Climax into the Nouveau Monde hairpin. He finished 5th after various mechanical bothers. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article...
Manfred von Brauchitsch Biography He was called die Pechvogel, the unlucky bird. He was known more for the races that he lost...
It’s sometime easy to loose sight of the fact that the heroes of racing are, by and large, just people....
Goodwood, Chichester, UK July 10-12, 2015 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 products....
Then. I love Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) automobiles. These were cars built specifically for the Japanese market, and the best...