The Gladiator
We all know that life isn’t a bed of roses and, sometimes, we are dealt the cruelest of blows. Don Simpson had spent three years… Read More...
Monthly Archives: July, 2008
The Fort Worth Flyer
On June 7–8, 1958, the Texas Region of the SCCA hosted a weekend of sports car racing 10 miles north of Fort Worth. The organizers… Read More...
Martin Stretton
Though historic racers themselves tend not to become “famous,” there certainly are a handful of very talented drivers, across the globe, that have risen to… Read More...
Ladies First
The history of motor sport is, in many ways, a history of barriers being broken. In the automobile’s 19th-century infancy, 60 mph was thought an… Read More...
Dick Seaman
It may sound corny, but Dick Seaman’s short life really was the stuff of Hollywood movies. He was tall, handsome, Britain’s top racing driver, married… Read More...
Remebering the ’60s and Jimmy Clark
I became involved in motor racing with some very good friends at the Midland Racing Partnership, located in my hometown of Wolverhampton, England. The team… Read More...
1994 Lola T94/00
Al Holbert—winner at Daytona, Sebring, and many times at Le Mans; Peter Gregg—4 times winner at Daytona; and Jim Busby—2 times winner at Le Mans,… Read More...
Chuck Daigh—The Unsung Hero
Carroll Shelby once remarked, “There are only two people I can think of who could sit down, take a welding torch, build their own chassis,… Read More...
Boom Time
When I was young, career advice was rudimentary. On hearing that I was interested in literature, an advisor told me that there was an opening… Read More...
Quick Kiwi
The Ferrari 330 P4 was the Scuderia’s weapon of choice for the 1967 World Manufacturers Championship. The car’s 4-liter V-12 engine produced 450 horses and,… Read More...
Fast Exposure
July 2008 Hugh C. Hunter in his lovely 8C2900B Alfa Romeo on the Campbell Road Circuit. In ths race he finished a strong 2nd, 6.2… Read More...