Low Drag
LYNX 1963 LOW-DRAG E-TYPE In the Indian summer of 1961, Wolfgang von Trips was killed at Monza in the Ferrari Sharknose, and an American college… Read More...
Monthly Archives: December, 2004
EMW—An Eastern Story
In 1955 Denis Jenkinson wrote of the EMW sports racers: “By comparison, the well-known 300 SLR Mercedes-Benz sports cars have a poor air-flow over the… Read More...
Holiday Gift Guide 2004
Lotus—The Early Years An in-depth look at the formative years of Lotus from 1951-1954. Peter Ross examines the men and cars that took Lotus from… Read More...
Denver Cornett & Otto Linton
Out of all the competitors who raced at that very first 1948 road race at Watkins Glen, there are perhaps only five living: Bill Milliken,… Read More...
Casualties of War
It was really very gratifying to have received so much positive feedback on the “Absent Friends” feature that we ran in the September ’04 issue…
Driving on the Limit
This Audi TT is a car capable of being driven on or pretty close to the limit. It’s a well-balanced car, turbo-charged with four-wheel drive,… Read More...
Pity the Poor Historian
Jenks used to write pieces titled, “Pity the Poor Historian”, where he would list, say, the conflicting reasons for a particular car’s retirement from a…
December in Racing History
2 Roger Penske drives a Ferrari 250 GTO to victory in the Tourist Trophy race at Nassau in the Bahamas (1962). 3 Wendell Scott, the… Read More...
Can-Am, 1966–1974
The Canadian American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) was cosanctioned by the SCCA and CASC; it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although there was a… Read More...
Magic Tracks
Shanghai’s gaudy new, $300-million supercircuit, home of the first-ever Grand Prix in China, has a truly distinctive first turn complex. It coils up tightly one… Read More...