London, England November 5, 2017...
Morgans were regularly used in England before World War II in Rallies, Trials and Speed Tests. This is a Morgan...
The Sunbeam Tiger is a car well-known to enthusiasts. European cars with powerful American V8s are intriguing. Most of the time these Euro-American hybrids came with high-end, sexy bodies to house their muscular engines, such as the Facel Vega, Iso Rivolta and Griffo, and of course the Shelby Cobra. The...
1 James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, wins the German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Niki Lauda suffers life-threatening burns when...
Most sports go through periods of change for whatever reason. Sometimes, these changes are to liven things up when things get a little stale, or as a response when it is perceived that the public is losing interest. Other times it’s driven by sponsors or participants mounting publicity campaigns to...
Earls Court, London, England. October 1960. Battista Farina (second from right) pictured with the Farina-Bodied Chevrolet Corvair. Photo courtesy of:...
1 Ronnie Peterson drives a Tecno to victory in the F3 race at Skarpnack in Stockholm, Sweden (1968). 3 Paul...
Aficionados of the Riley marque, particularly devotees of the Riley Specials raced prior to World War II, will find a good deal of information here about the cars from the company that began trading as the Bonnick Cycle Company of Coventry, England, in the late 19th century. The site is...
Pagoda Watch By 69Pitstop In honor of the 50th anniversary of Mercedes-Benz’s “Pagoda” SL roadster, watchmaker 69Pitstop has released an...
THIS IS OLD news to you, but as I write, we mountain folk are still buzzing about February’s Great Manhunt...
MG’s fabled Competitions Department enjoyed near constant success on the international racing stage. With victories in road racing, rallying, trials and Land Speed Record attempts, the postwar competition and special tuning department in Abingdon, England, was synonymous with “Giant Killing” performance right up through 1967. However, the late ’60s brought...
London, England November 4, 2012...
When you think of hot rods, you think of ’32 Fords and ’40 Mercs, but what about a Mk 10...
As you’ll read elsewhere in this issue, we sadly report that the elder statesman of American motorsport, John Fitch, has passed away at the remarkable age of 95. As outlined in his obituary on page 12, Fitch’s life read like some kind of wild adventure novel melding Indiana Jones, Captain...
Tony Robinson: The Biography of a Race Mechanic By Ian Wagstaff Everyone knows that the best racing stories are those...
As accustomed as we may become to losing our racing compatriots, there remain times when a death still comes as...
llan and Richard Jensen started business manufacturing auto bodies under contract for Austin. The firm also made bodies for the Volvo P1800, Sunbeam Tiger and Austin-Healey in addition to the first Interceptor built from 1950 to 1957 with various engines under an attractive glass fiber body. The second iteration of...
A pair of events scheduled for later this year in England will celebrate the half century since Graham Hill became...
Being Brazilian, my inspiration for motor racing came from Emerson Fittipaldi. Like him, England was the place to learn motor...
June 2011 There was no place for frills at the Cooper Car Co. in Surbiton, Surrey, England, circa 1962. As this photo shows, the interior of the “works” was cramped and informal in a typically 1960s British fashion. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, England September 10-12, 2010...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, England July 23–25, 2010...
Frank Raymond Wilton “Lofty” England was not head and shoulders above many other men just because he was 6 ft 5 ins (196 cm) tall. He was also an amazing blend of racing motorcyclist, rally driver, bomber pilot, racing car engineer, race strategist and Jaguar’s chairman and CEO. But the...
Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, U.K. March 12–14, 2010...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, U.K. February 27, 2010...
Brands Hatch, Kent, U.K. July 4–5, 2009...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, England May 30, 2009...
Weybridge, Surrey, U.K. January 11, 2009...
National Event Centre, Birmingham, U.K. January 8-11, 2009...
