Ring Wraith
1970 Porsche 908/3 In the early 1980s, Andrea de Cesaris was taking journalists around Silverstone in a turbocharged Group C Lancia, asking if you wanted… Read More...
Monthly Archives: July, 2005
Formula Alfa — An OVERVIEW of Alfa Romeo-powered single-seaters
Alfa Romeo’s place at the heart of motor racing for more than 90 years has not just been down to their official factory participation but,… Read More...
Jim Russell
Racing legend Jim Russell, at 85, is as active and upbeat as ever. Though “pretty much” retired, he certainly doesn’t spend much time sitting around,… Read More...
![[Collection Jules Beau. Photographie sportive] : T. 19. Année 1902 / Jules Beau Jules Beau (1864-1932)](https://vintageracecar.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/07/Jarrott-351x185.jpg "Hard Times")
Hard Times
I’ve actually started watching Formula One races again—that is, now that results no longer seem to be predetermined. While the finishers on the podium have…
Le Mans—The Hard Way
Porsche called me and asked if I’d drive a factory car—a cheater 924 Turbo—at Le Mans in 1982. I said, “OK, but what do you… Read More...
July in Racing History
2 Twenty-two year old Peter Ryan dies from injuries suffered the day before in a crash during the Formula Junior race at Reims, France (1962).… Read More...
Formula Ford
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were racing identical cars. The idea… Read More...
In Praise of Mechanics
As someone whose own hands have all the finesse of lead knock-off hammers, I’ve always admired those deft artisans of racing, the gifted mechanics whose… Read More...
VSCC, Lanchester Trophies Race meeting
Silverstone, England April 23, 2005 Read More...