July 2004 Maserati Tipo 63.64.65 Birdcage to Supercage By Willem Oosthoek Sometimes you have to applaud the publisher who will...
Bruce McLaren Jean Alesi 1 Rudolph Caracciola, driving a Fanfir, finishes 4th in his first auto race at Avus, in...
The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963 and the International Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such...
June 2004 Vanwall—Green for Glory By Ed McDonough When most enthusiasts of ’50s British motorsport, think about the consummate Grand...
Ever wanted to know where you can race in Angola, or what the course at Charade looks like turn by...
Unbelievable as it may seem, the Ferrari 250 GTO was designed by Sergio Scaglietti in just over two weeks. Il Commendatore himself, Enzo Ferrari, had a strong degree of personal input in the final design. Because there were no drawings, each car was a unique product of the particular craftsman....
John Fitch Tony Adamowicz 2 Tony Adamowicz, racer and founding vice president of the Polish Racing Drivers Association, is born...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
May 2004 Women in Motorsport From 1945 By Susan TP-Jamieson and Peter Tuthill The topic of women in motorsport is a fascinating one and has been highly underrated, considering the amount of attention, the number of women who have been involved and the role they have played. Become a Member...
As historic racing participants we often go to great lengths—and spend a great deal of time—attempting to recreate racing history....
Walter Hayes Paddy Hopkirk 1 Count Eliot Zborowski is killed in an accident during La Turbie Hillclimb at Nice, France...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsport: the World Sports Car Championship from 1953–1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962–1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964–1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972–1981. There was even a European...
April 2004 From R to GT3R: The Racing Porsches 911 & 930 By John Starkey Hats off to John Starkey...
This month’s featured Web site was created by a British group of enthusiasts dedicated to preserving the U.K.’s motor racing...
Although all paintings are unique, periodically an artist is given the opportunity to work on a special project. When the owner of this 1960 Maserati Tipo 60 consulted with me about creating a paint- ing of his car, I knew this was just such an occasion. The piece we discussed...
Mike Hailwood Lucien Bianchi 3 Future Indianapolis car racer Joe Leonard wins the Daytona 200 motorcycle race on the beach...
After some fifty years of automotive racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
March 2004 Maserati: A Racing History By Anthony Pritchard This new book, by noted author and historian Anthony Pritchard, chronicles...
Founded in 1911 by a Japanese engineer trained in the United States, the Datsun Motor Car Company ranks as one...
Sigmund Freud and his disciples have had a lot of fun with Shakespeare’s plays, especially the character of Hamlet. The Oedipus Complex has loomed large, but Oedipus himself did not have a complex…he actually did kill his father and sleep with mother—the scamp. Mike Lawrence My Ph.D. is in Shakespeare...
Lance Reventlow Enzo Ferrari 1 Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons drive their Penske-prepared Lola T70 coupe to victory in the...
In this guide we are going to cover the popular single-seater series of Formula B, Formula Atlantic and Formula Two....
February 2003 Formula A and Formula 5000 in America By Wolfgang Klopfer From 1968 to 1976, open-wheeled road racing was dominated by an exciting, thunderous series of V8-powered racecars known as Formula 5000s. Originally founded as a high-horsepower, low-cost race series, Formula 5000 evolved over its eight-year life span to...
Luigi Fagioli Biography Luigi Fagioli was born on June 9th, 1898 to a wealthy family in the small city of...
I sat on my living room floor and asked myself, “Is this how it all started for Mario, Keke and...
Pedro Rodriguez A.J. Foyt 1 FIA declares there can be sponsorship on cars participating in racing they sanction, provided the...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
January 2004 Race Legends of the Fabulous Fifties By Art Evans For many racers and fans the 1950s harbor a very special place in their hearts, if for no other reason than this was one of the most active, dynamic periods in American road racing. Road racing was accessible to...
