Last of the Line
1969 Lola T70 Mk3B Forget, for a minute, the origins of the Lola GT, the Mk6, the connections with the GT40, the Spyder, the Lola-Aston,… Read More...
Monthly Archives: February, 2006
Personal Safety Gear
Tech—IT’S OK! by Bob Williams, Chief of Tech & Safety Inspections, Sportscar Vintage Racing Association For some race entrants, technical inspection is a moment of… Read More...
Bill Krause
Billy Krause started his racing career driving midgets on California oval dirt tracks. He went on to race his own Jaguar D-type, which he later… Read More...
Safety Matters
Last summer, I was getting ready for a race here in California. It was a typically hot, Southern California day and so I was, of…
Gilles Villeneuve
Enzo Ferrari doted on Gilles Villeneuve, the only driver the autocratic Italian ever embraced. The diminutive Canadian reminded him of Tazio Nuvolari, another of his… Read More...
My Early Years
It was almost certain that I would be a racing driver because my grandfather raced, my father raced, I raced, and even my sons are… Read More...
Shadow DN4
I’ve had such a good career as far as driving a lot of different vehicles. But, at least in terms of open-wheeled cars, one of…
It Wasn’t All Wine and Roses
Quite a few younger folk seek me out and want to hear about how wonderful sports car racing was during the fifties. Without exception, they…
500-cc
This year marks the 60th anni-versary of the British 500-cc movement, a category which became the first Formula 3. It produced the likes of Stirling… Read More...
Round Sainte-Devote
Round Sainte-Devote depicts the start of the 1970 Monaco Grand Prix with Jackie Stewart and Chris Amon leading the field into the legendary first corner…
The 1965 International Britax Touring Car Race
The International Britax Touring Car Race; Silverstone, July 10, 1965. Oversteer and understeer. Jack Sears and Sir John Whitmore with their Lotus-Ford Cortinas show why saloon…