[Click here to read the first installment] Poland, Denmark and Norway had fallen to Nazi Germany and the blitzkrieg up...
1 The Ford Sierra Cosworth is homologated for Group A Touring Car racing (1987). 2 Jochen Rindt drives a Lotus...
It’s wrong to call Baconin Borzacchini the “eternal second,” as some motor sport historians do. Sure, he came 2nd in quite a number of races, but that’s very much to his credit, not his detriment. And he also won a lot during his short life. Events like the 1930 Grand...
Jaguar’s regal record in the world’s most prestigious sports car race was assembled over many years We may not automatically...
The story of the Alfa Romeo 158 is packed with heroes, starting with its designer, Gioacchino Colombo. He submitted his...
Dark clouds begin to gather in my mind every spring as I park my car in Brescia and walk to scrutineering for the Mille Miglia Storica, to enjoy some of the most magnificent road racing cars in the world. All 375 of them are ready to set out on yet...
5 Sir Malcolm Campbell drives his Napier-Campbell to a World Land Speed Record of 256.086 mph (1931). 6 The Porsche...
Clemente Biondetti Describing Clemente Biondetti as colorful is like saying the Sears Tower in Chicago is tall. Unpredictable, imaginative, irascible,...
5 NASCAR driver Darrell Waltrip is born (1947). 6 Porsche 906 wins its class in its first race at the 24-Hours of Daytona (1966). 9 Hans-Joachim Stuck dies of natural causes (1978). 10 “Grandpa” Eddie Hearne, Indy 500 racer and vaudeville tap dancer, dies (1955). 11 Fred Offenhauser, of Offenhauser...
