February 2001 Oversteer By Ken Vose Originally released in 1992 and now back in print, Oversteer is Ken Vose’s first...
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. But from the number of pieces that have fallen off of cars over the past year, I thought it might be worth a little more discussion. Carroll Smith The most...
Paul Newman Carroll ShelbyPhoto: Jim Williams 1 Sports car racer James R. “Hap” Sharp is born (1928). 6 Indy racer...
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January 2001 Riverside Raceway Palace of Speed By Dick Wallen Perhaps no other track in the West conjures more memories and emotions than the now defunct Riverside Raceway. Dating back to the late 1950s, Riverside Raceway quickly became the center point of West Coast racing. Everyone who was anyone raced...
Mark Donohue was a legendary American driver snatched from us before his time. Donohue’s long list of accomplishments include winning...
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...
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 FIA declares that, beginning in 1983, all F1 cars must have flat bottoms. Ground effects chassis are outlawed (1982). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
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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 only postwar Grand Prix victory by an American in an American-built car? The first champagne shower in victory circle? A true American racing icon? Right you are, on all counts....
For the last 50 years, the road to Formula One has usually led through one form or another of Formula...
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 at ChampCar instead. After a year of hanging around pit and paddock, he decided he couldn’t get a handle on F1. Got some great passes, though. The world needs another...
If you have been watching the value of the US dollar against the British pound, and against the other major...
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...
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 (1924). 3 Jim McElreath wins the first California 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway in A.J. Foyt’s back-up car. Jim Hurtubise qualifies 33rd in a front-engined roadster (1970). Become a Member...
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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....
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 his future F1 team owner, Frank Williams (1961). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to...
