Sandown Raceway, Springvale, Victoria, Australia November 7-8, 2015 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
2015 F5000 Revival Race Series By Checkered Flag Films Let’s get this over with right away. You need not read...
• The Cooper Car Club USA has announced the celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Cooper Cars with back-to-back events in the Pacific Northwest this July. The festivities commence at the Pacific Northwest Historics, scheduled for July 1-3 at Pacific International Raceways in Kent, Washington, organized by SOVREN. The second...
FIVA, the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens, has named 2016 as World Motoring Heritage Year — both in recognition of...
Photo: Pete Austin As a wayward young schoolboy, John Judd found it difficult to find employment in the engineering businesses...
Following a successful championship year in Formula Three in 2001—winning the British F3, Masters of F3 and the celebrated Macau F3 GP—it was not so surprising to see Takuma Sato appear in F1 the following year. Many thought it would be aboard a Honda-powered BAR, but for whatever reason it...
James Bond and the Receivers Photo: Max Earey Dear Editor, Congratulations on maintaining a great magazine. It never fails to...
Niki Lauda M. von Brauchitsch 1 Richard Petty drives a Ford Torino to victory in the NASCAR Grand National race...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheeled racing. In the late ’50s, Formula Two and Formula Three were consolidated into Formula Junior. However, with that category’s demise at the end of...
Collingrove Hill, Barossa Valley, South Australia October 4, 2015 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
Grand Prix Ford: Ford, Cosworth and the DFV By Graham Robson One of the most beneficial results of Ford’s Total...
After concluding arrangements with Patricia and Amanda McLaren, widow and daughter of the late Bruce McLaren, TMP, the company that owns and operates the international motorsport park at Taupo, New Zealand, has renamed the multi-purpose facility Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park. McLaren is, of course, the Kiwi-born racecar designer, driver and...
• The Fabulous Fifties held its annual Lindley Bothwell Award dinner in early December at the Proud Bird restaurant near...
The Cooper Car Club USA has announced that it will celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Cooper cars with back-to-back events...
It’s often said that one of the best aspects of historic racing is the people you meet. Having been around the hobby for a frighteningly long time now, I feel very fortunate to have made so many friends along the way. Whether you live in the U.S., Australia or the...
If he lasted long enough—that is, if he didn’t get killed in the process—canny observers thought this young South African...
To recognize the respect with which drivers would approach racing through the Masta Kink on the old Spa-Francorchamps Grand Prix...
Harsh Truth Photo: Allen Kuhn Dear Editor, It is a given that retired race drivers have a propensity for telling fish stories. The late Dick Guldstrand was not immune from this, as his tribute interview in the latest issue (November 2015) demonstrates. In it he makes the statement: “Did really...
Roberto Moreno Photo: Pete Austin Mike Hawthorne Photo: BRDC Archive 1 F1 race winner and six-time Le Mans victor Jacky...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Wakefield Park, Goulburn, Australia September 19-20, 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...
Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans By Preston Lerner and Dave Friedman The...
From West Coast Juniors comes word of a global celebration of the formula’s Diamond Jubilee that will begin this January...
• The proposal by the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association to hold a race meeting in conjunction with the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, has been approved by the FAA. The event, scheduled for March 17-20, one week after the Concours, will be held on a temporary circuit at the nearby Fernandina...
Okay, this particular caption contest elicited the “weirdest” responses of the year. As we went through the captions for this...
After concluding arrangements with Patricia and Amanda McLaren, widow and daughter of the late Bruce McLaren, TMP, the company that...
The Motorsport Safety Fund’s Watkins Lecture at Autosport International is to be given by Jean Todt, President of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA). Jean had a notable career as a co-driver, before going on to work in motorsport management. Named after the late, great F1 Medical Officer Professor Sid...
The late 1960s brought a host of changes to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The wave of “professionalism”...
The tragic death earlier this year of Jules Bianchi has reignited an on-again, off-again discussion of whether Formula One cars...
As I write these notes, the 2015 season is coming to an end with just a few more Formula One races. There may still be a surprise winner of the Championship…at least one competitor hopes! From the start of 2015 many people seemed to write off the chances of everyone...
