This site features photography taken at California Sports Car races during 1961 and 1962 by a young man learning to...
About this time last year, I wrote in this column about, for lack of a better description, securing your nuts....
Paul Newman Carroll ShelbyPhoto: Jim Williams 1 Sports car racer James R. “Hap” Sharp is born (1928). 6 Indy racer Dick Rathman is born (1926). 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....
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January 2001 Riverside Raceway Palace of Speed By Dick Wallen Perhaps no other track in the West conjures more memories...
Mark Donohue was a legendary American driver snatched from us before his time. Donohue’s long list of accomplishments include winning the 1972 Indianapolis 500, Trans-Am Championships in 1968, 1969 and 1971, the Can-Am championship in 1973 and the inaugural IROC Championship. This month’s web site was created by a childhood...
Trevor Taylor Colin Chapman 1 Ernesto Maserati dies of natural causes (1975). 3 Indy car racer Rick Mears is born...
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December 2000 Klemantaski & Aston Martin By Louis Klemantaski & Chris Nixon Klemantaski and Nixon are two names synonymous with the world of automotive history. Therefore, their combined efforts would have to produce a great book. In the case of “Klemantaski and Aston Martin,” Klemantaski’s splendid photos have been combined...
How To Protect Yourself Once you have selected an overseas car for purchase, it should be inspected before conclusion of...
Ricardo Rodriguez Giancarlo Baghetti 2 Ricardo Rodriguez dies in a crash during practice for the nonchampionship Mexican GP (1962). 3...
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Let me mention up front, I may have to cut this short. Something’s coming up on Speedvision that I just...
November 2000 Dan Gurney—The Ultimate Racer By Karl Ludvigsen Mention the name Dan Gurney and what comes to mind? The...
For the last 50 years, the road to Formula One has usually led through one form or another of Formula 3. Founded in England just after the Second World War, F3 began as an inexpensive way to enter open-wheel racing. From tiny, motorcycle-engined carts of the ’50s to the Kevlar-monocoqued...
Salt. Since the earliest days of recorded history, salt has in one form or another shaped the course of human...
I see that Sylvester Stallone has given up the idea of making a movie about Formula One and is looking...
If you have been watching the value of the US dollar against the British pound, and against the other major European currencies, you have probably observed the relevant strength of the dollar. A number of my legal clients have made that observation, and this situation, coupled with their own particular...
John Surtees Barney Oldfield 1 Jim Clark wins his third straight USGP at Watkins Glen, New York, this time driving...
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October 2000 A French Kiss With Death By Michael Keyser with Jonathan Williams If you’re a fan of Steve McQueen and endurance races like Le Mans, Daytona and Sebring, then you will love this book. Keyser has put together a very well-documented account of all the work and effort that...
Considered by many to be one of the greatest periods in motor racing history, the late ’30s saw epic battles...
Richie Ginther Sir Stirling Moss 3 Dario Resta dies in a crash during a speed record attempt at Brooklands, England...
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Jean Behra Gordon Johncock 2 Jean Behra dies in an accident during the German Grand Prix at Avus (1959). 4...
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Mountaineers have their El Capitans, their Eiger North Walls, their Everests. For racers too, certain challenges rise above all others. Le Mans stands among the highest. That’s why I have empathy for 60-year-old Mario Andretti’s apparently quixotic quest to add victory at The Sarthe to his already incredible tally of...
Grand Prix De Monaco In the world of Formula One, few races can lay claim to more history than the...
Jean-Pierre Jarier Jim Hall 2 Giancarlo Baghetti wins the French Grand Prix (1961). 2 Future F1 racer Piers Courage meets...
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