Lightning Strike
1909 Benz Type RE 200 PS “Blitzen Benz” It may seem somewhat incongruous that the story of one of Mercedes-Benz’s most significant and iconic racecars,… Read More...
Monthly Archives: September, 2011
Superman – the story of Rudolf Uhlenhaut
You wouldn’t need all the fingers of one hand to count the number of men who could beat Juan Manuel Fangio around the daunting Nordschleife… Read More...
Pontoon Cars
In the days when racing’s regulations were somewhat less restrictive than perhaps they are now, designers occasionally looked beyond current conventions to try something new… Read More...
Basil van Rooyen
Despite hailing from a family essentially unconnected to motorized vehicles, Basil van Rooyen soon discovered motorcycles and after a brief fling in two-wheeled competition, switched… Read More...
Brass-Era Balls
As you’ll read in this month’s Racecar Profile, I recently had the great honor of being invited to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to test drive… Read More...
Alfred Neubauer
This large, domineering man invented the job of motor racing team manager and in doing so changed the way the sport was run forever. Believe… Read More...
Black Magic
In 1994, I became Technical Director for RML Ltd., which was competing in the RAC British Touring Car Championship. John Cleland and Jeff Allam were… Read More...
1994 Mercedes-Benz DTM
I’m celebrating 25 years of motor racing, and I say this without counting the years I spent karting. It’s difficult to count those years toward… Read More...
Helmets
A driver’s helmet is a form of recognition, much the same as coats of arms in medieval warfare. “Lion rampant on gulles, with bend sinister… Read More...
The Marmon Wasp
It’s 1911 and the first Indianapolis 500 is being won by a Marmon Wasp driven by Ray Harroun. It is the first car able to… Read More...
Fast Exposure: September 2011
During the November 1952 running of Mexico’s fabled Carrera Pan-Americana, the Karl Kling/Hans Klenk Mercedes 300SL makes a pit stop for new tires in the… Read More...