The Mexican Flash
1965 Shelby GT350R When Ford introduced the first Mustang to the American public in 1964, the company knew it had a winner, and orders came… Read More...
Monthly Archives: November, 2004
RALT
Right, let’s get the name figured out straight away: Ralt stands for Ronald Austin Lewis Tauranac. Who’s he? Well, actually, he’s a them. Ronald is… Read More...
Warwick Brown
Australian racer Warwick Brown has had a racing career marked by extreme highs and lows. His career highlights are marked by several F5000 championships, and… Read More...
75 and Counting
I have to confess that it almost slipped by me! After the Monterey Historics and a slug of summer events, I nearly lost sight of…
Cobras—Then and Now
In 1963, three Willment-run cars were taken to South Africa for the South African season—a Lotus Cortina, a Ford Galaxie and the Cobra GT I… Read More...
Statistics
At the moment, Michael Schumacher is setting records, that will never be beaten. How can I be so sure? The rules are being modified to… Read More...
The Last Ride
Frank Williams of Williams Grand Prix Engineering had long coveted the idea of having Ayrton Senna drive one of his Formula One cars, an idea the…
November in Racing History
5 Roy Thomas, designer of Titan formula racers, dies of complications from lung cancer (2001). 6 Joe Nikrent drives a Buick to victory in the… Read More...
Pre-war, Part II
From the very beginning of the automobile, man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These early innovators are in an… Read More...
My F1 Car
They swore me to secrecy at the time, but that time was long ago. And heck, the constructor doesn’t even exist any more. Maybe, I… Read More...
Monterey pre-historics
Monterey, CA August 13–15, 2004 Read More...