For all the talk today of “level playing fields” and equal opportunities for all, it has to be understood that...
Month: February 2010
FIA Safety Delegate Any organization is, in truth, only as good as the people in it, and motor sport’s global...
Like a large number of enthusiasts in the historic racing community, I was at first startled and then fascinated by...
Ken Tyrrell once said that, contrary to what had been written about him, he had no special talent for spotting...
Both my father and my grandfather had raced, so racing was in my genes. Like most modern drivers my early...
I’ve driven many racing cars during my career and, for me, a great racecar has to have exceptional acceleration and...
In 1953, the Rootes Group in England, which had acquired the Sunbeam Company in 1935, produced a handsome sports car, the...
The death of Peter Arundell promptsmemory of a challenge. Formula Junior was once Formula Arundell; he won twice as many...
The Aston Martin DB5 was made famous in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, and from then on it has...
The Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo, May 10, 1964. Peter Arundell in the second works Lotus leads Richie Ginther’s B.R.M....
When asked by my good friend Rick Roso to write a piece on how “to do” one of my favorite...
The Ferrari 195 Inter was introduced in 1950 as a roadgoing machine to replace the 166. According to Stanley Nowak...
1 Al Holbert, Chip Robinson, Derek Bell, and Al Unser Jr. drive the Löwenbrau Porsche 962 to victory in the...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a stepping stone to Formula...
Still racers, after all these years. That’s what I was thinking as one veteran driver after another mounted the stage...
Thunderhill Raceway Park, Willows, CA October 31–November 1, 2009...
Phoenix Internatoinal Raceway, Phoenix, AZ October 24–25, 2009...
Autodromo Internacionale do Algarve, Portimao, Portugal October 17–18, 2009...
Roads of Sicily, Italy October 9–10, 2009...
Autobahn Country Club, Joliet, IL October 9–11, 2009...
Northamptonshire Countryside, UK September 7–9, 2009...
February 2010 The Spirit of Competition By frederick a. Simeone, M.d. Dr. Simeone began collecting cars before he could drive,...
Billing itself as “the largest selection of vintage racing photos on the Internet,” Dale LaFollette’s Vintage Motorphoto is a resource...
Under cloudy skies, fortuitously slotted between rain showers, the second Lobethal Grand Carnival opened the historic 8.7-mile Adelaide Hills road...
RM Auctions concluded its 2009 season on a high note in London, posting £10.9 million in total sales with a...
Another of racing’s good guys left us on December 7, when Bill Scott lost his battle with cancer. The man...
Duncan Rabagliati, chairman of the Formula Junior Historic Racing Association, has announced the inclusion of Formula Junior in the three...
Italian privateer racing driver Gino Munaron has passed away at the age of 81. Munaron was always considered to be...
A few hours before the start of this June’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, everyone in attendance will be treated...
