Super Coopers
1959 Cooper T-51 and 1960 Cooper T-53 The two Formula 1 Coopers you see here represent one of the key moments in the evolution of… Read More...
Monthly Archives: August, 2006
Surbiton Revolutionary
The Resurrection of an Indy Icon Vintage car racer/restorer Philippe de Lespinay did not set out to restore the Kimberly Cooper that Jack Brabham drove… Read More...
Sir Jack Brabham
There are a number of names synonymous with Cooper. Charles and John Cooper, of course, but there is one other. Without him perhaps the English… Read More...
The Mini Cooper S
The British are usually all for the underdog and just love a giant killer. Well, they certainly got their money’s worth with the cheeky little… Read More...
My Career with Cooper
My first visit to Donington Park motor racing circuit was as an 11 year old lad, with my father. It was a rather prestigious meeting,…
Cooper
For a while, it was inevitable that John Cooper and Colin Chapman were mentioned in the same breath. Colin could turn on the charm and… Read More...
1960 Portugese Grand Prix
Jack Brabham takes his second Formula One World Championship crown after winning the 1960 Portuguese Grand Prix. His fifth consecutive victory in the Cooper-Climax T53.…
Fast Exposure
The 1959 Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo, May 10, 1959. Stirling Moss turning into the old Gasworks Hairpin at the end of the front straight…
Oak Tree at Virginia Int’l Raceway
I’ve been asked to write a description of how to drive through a corner. Not any corner, a corner of my choice. Wow! There are… Read More...
The Ken Miles / John Von Neumann Porsche-Cooper
Until Sir Jack Brabham won the Times Grand Prix in 1961, the Ken Miles-driven, John Von Neumann-owned Porsche-Cooper was the most successful Cooper on the… Read More...
August in Racing History
4 Count Agusta buys O.S.C.A. from the Maserati brothers (1963). 8 F1 and CART champion Nigel Mansell is born (1953). 10 After 16,000 km and… Read More...