Eating Crow
1955 Crowfoot Holden Special Now I understand why Australia was put where it is. When world geography was organized, it was recognized that motor racing… Read More...
Monthly Archives: July, 2006
The World’s Richest Race
For decades, racing fans around the world have continually debated which country or teams had the best drivers and cars. There have been several special… Read More...
Phil Remington
Is there anything Phil Remington hasn’t done over the course of his 60 years in motor sport? In children’s literature there are the Inspector Gadget… Read More...
Racing Dynasties
Due to the peccadilloes and vagaries of the publishing world, I sit here writing this column in the beginning of May (don’t ask!). In fact,…
Ronnie Peterson
A quiet, mild-mannered man out of the cockpit, Ronnie Peterson was explosive in it. The fastest driver of his generation, he brought his immense instinctive… Read More...
Three Lost Lives
Following the sudden and tragic death of my father Reg, my move into team management was both swift and unexpected. I took over the Reg… Read More...
Golden Gate
Automobile racing started soon after the appearance of autos themselves. Those first events, on public highways and byways, went from one town to another. Thus… Read More...
Bristol
In July 1946, the prototype Bristol 400 first ran and, since then, at least 750 niche car companies have been launched and failed. You look… Read More...
England’s First
John Michael Hawthorn, the “Farnham Flyer” to his countrymen and “Le Papillon” to the French (because of his habit of racing in a bowtie), was…
1965 British Grand Prix
The British Grand Prix; Silverstone, July 10, 1965. Tire smoke fills the air as the field moves off with Jackie Stewart’s B.R.M. nearest the camera,…