Three of a Kind
1960 Jolus Formula Junior “Fair Dinkum?” Was my response to the question. Fortunate would be a good way of describing it. “Bloody lucky” would be… Read More...
Monthly Archives: April, 2006
The 100-Year Legend, Part 1
In 1905, Europe’s racers must have thought it was going to be a flash in the pan, if that. After all, who would want to… Read More...
Tour Britannia
The Tour Auto in France, the Tour d’Espagne in Spain, the Tour of Morocco and several other events which combine racing cars, public roads, circuit… Read More...
Dave Jordan
The history of American sports car racing is rife with talented individuals that raced at the highest levels of national and international competition, yet have… Read More...
Don’t Call Me Junior
This month’s Racecar Profile is really interesting to me because I think it typifies the diversity and general accessibility of motorsport to the “average Joe”…
Jean Behra
Immediately after the Second World War, Jean-Pierre Wimille, Louis Chiron, Philippe Etancelin, and Raymond Sommer carried France’s colors back into battle on the motor racing… Read More...
My Time as a Driver
I made my first visit to the Silverstone circuit in the 1960s. It was just a mission of curiosity at first but I was soon… Read More...
BRM V16 1.5-Liter
When I consider the question of what is, in my opinion, the greatest racecar, I do not necessarily look at the racing success of the… Read More...
My First Sports Car
My first car after leaving active duty in the Army in 1953 was a 1948 Buick convertible that I sort of inherited from my cousin.…
John Brierley
I’m approaching my tenth anniversary of being hooked up to the Internet. One thing about the Net is that it is recording motor racing history.… Read More...
Scuderia Fillipinetti
In 1962, Georges Filipinetti, a wealthy Swiss buisnessman and diplomat, founded his namesake racing team, essentially a Swiss national team, whose primary purpose was the…