Brazilian Players
1972 Lotus 72D and 1986 Lotus 98T Emerson Fittipaldi drove Lotus 72 chassis 72/5 in no less than 39 races from 1970 to 1973. Ayrton… Read More...
Monthly Archives: October, 2010
Hurley Haywood
Looking Back on a Brilliant Career… One Photographer’s Personal Recollections of the Most Successful American Endurance Racer of All Time “You have to be pretty… Read More...
Warren Olson
Warren Olson arrived in Southern California fresh out of South Dakota in the late 1940s, just in time to take part in the motor racing… Read More...
Mr. Nutter’s Cave of Wonders
This month’s test drive of the new Lotus Evora (see Product Review, pg 78) got me thinking about my own experience as a Lotus owner.… Read More...
Sir Henry Birkin
In the 1920s and 1930s, British schoolboys devoured every word they could find about their favorite comic book heroes, like Biggles and Dick Barton, Special… Read More...
Driving Lotus 72/5, the first John Player Special
It is always amazing when I get a chance to drive some of the cars I raced many years ago. This year at the Goodwood… Read More...
1971 Porsche 917K
What a question! It’s all so difficult because I’ve driven many varied cars across several eras of racing. Technology and development have played a part… Read More...
USAC Road Racing Championships
During the years following WWII, road racing in the U.S. initially developed as an amateur sport, mostly run by the Sports Car Club of America.… Read More...
Alfa
BBC TV’s “Top Gear” has several items of faith. One is that electric and hybrid cars are not the solution. Another is that it is… Read More...
Spencer Martin
Spencer Martin first came to prominence in Australia when racing a variety of cars, including his early model Holden sedan. His performances led to an… Read More...
Fast Exposure
October 2010 At the sports car races in Palm Springs on the first weekend of December, 1955, Tony Parravano (third from left) looks at Carroll… Read More...