One of the most intriguing post-war American automotive tales has largely been forgotten. It was a car story that began...
1938 German Grand Prix It had been 15 years since a British driver had won a full-scale Grand Prix race...
As you’ll read in this month’s news, Bette Hill, wife of World Champion Graham and mother of World Champion Damon, has passed away at the age of 91. After meeting future husband Graham, at a rowing club function in 1950, Bette would four years later be swept up into the...
While not the greatest racecar of all time, the Cooper 86B-Maserati was that for me, as it gave me a...
February 2018 The Crystal Palace Trophy, Crystal Palace, June 11, 1962. At the start, it’s Roy Salvadori on pole in the Reg Parnell Racing’s Lola 4, with Bruce McLaren’s Cooper 55 alongside and Trevor Taylor, in the works Lotus 24-BRM, on the inside. The eventual winner would be Innes Ireland,...
Warwick Brown drives a Lola T430 to victory in the Australian GP at Oran Park in Sydney (1977). 1 •...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as steppingstones to Formula One and...
Daytona Int’l. Speedway, FL November 8-12, 2017 James and Steven Lawrence and Ray Meister raced this 1977 Porsche 934S.Photo: Rex McAfee 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...
Grand Prize Circuit, Savannah, GA October 26-29, 2017 Turner Woodward (1975 Chevron B31).Photo: John Avery Become a Member & Get...
It had been a long, hard ride from winning masses of kart races when he was a kid to winning...
Racing swiftly in the swirling dust from the clay pans of the Dry Lakes of Southern California in the SCTA racing season of 1948… flashed the sleek silver aluminum and black Land Speed Racer that was the innovative Spurgin-Giovanine Roadster. The slippery racer was the legendary “Albata” Club Dry Lakes...
Growing up as young lad near the metropolitan borough of Wolverhampton, a city in the West Midlands of England, I...
Have you ever stopped to add up all of the different driver nationalities in motor racing and perhaps spotted a trend? It is an interesting study. As the world has shrunk travel-wise, so the mobility of younger people has opened up many an opportunity to them—which is by no means...
February 2018 Mario Andretti: A Life in Pictures By Mario Donnini The latest in author Donnini’s series of “Life in...
Italian Countryside November 9-11, 2017 Conrero Opel Manta 400 of Pinzini and Bortoletto.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get...
1965 Lola T60-Cosworth SCA Photo: Pete Austin Since the birth of the Formula One Championship, in 1950, there has been a ladder for potential Grand Prix drivers to climb to qualify, or rather amass the necessary skill set/finance, to be able to race at the top level. Obviously, like all...
Heinz Melkus was born in 1928, in Dresden, and from an early age developed a passion for cars. Heinz was...
Rockingham. UK October 21, 2017 Alistair Pugh (Frazer Nash-BMW 328).Photo: Pete Austin Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...