Beast of Burden
1985 Audi Quattro E2 Simply put, when the Audi Quattro appeared, it immediately had its detractors. The immense power output with much of the weight… Read More...
Monthly Archives: June, 2011
Small But Sensational
Which sub-one-liter competition engine has the most international road racing victories of all time? OSCA? Bandini? Crosley? Abarth? Nardi? Moretti? The answer is not so… Read More...
Memoir: Pebble Beach 1953
All six events at Pebble Beach’s fourth renewal were memorable for those lucky enough to be there, but ’53 was really special for two important… Read More...
Raoul “Sonny” Balcaen
Raoul “Sonny” Balcaen may not be a name with which everyone is familiar, but he grew up in Southern California in a world filled with… Read More...
A Floating Williams
Formula One crossed an historic turning point on March 2, but I think it is safe to say that almost no one realized it. A… Read More...
Hellé Nice
Exotic doesn’t cut it when it comes to describing this gutsy, fun-loving, vivacious show-off of a beauty who was born to a country postman and… Read More...
Catching the Motoring “Bug”
I was blessed with car-friendly parents and grandparents. My mother, who took part in several rallying events as a driver, was an only child and… Read More...
Audi R8
I have had the privilege of driving some of the most fantastic racing cars on the planet in my years so far; I’ve also been… Read More...
The First Palm Springs
Sports car road racing started after WWII on the East Coast during the late forties. The first wheel-to-wheel event was organized by the Sports Car… Read More...
Ford
Every year brings new anniversaries to celebrate, and it was in 1911 that Henry Ford established a factory in Trafford Park, Manchester, and soon became… Read More...
Hawkeye
The Guards International Trophy Race, Snetterton, Good Friday, April 4, 1969. Paul Hawkins in his Lola T70 Mk3B leads the similar Sid Taylor-entered car of… Read More...