The 24th annual Millers at Milwaukee Vintage Indy Car Event, sponsored by the Harry Miller Club, will be held July...
We all know their names, and they all would tell you that we do because they won this one race....
Sixty-five years ago, Ted Horn became the first driver ever to win three consecutive American National Championships by employing crafty strategy as much as outright speed. Ted Horn never won the Indy 500, but his ability to finish in the slipstream of those who did remains unequaled in a century...
One glance at a late 1937, ‘38 or ‘39 Darl’mat 402 Special Sport tells you it’s classic Art Deco French....
At last count there are more than 1,200 billionaires walking the Earth. This means that regardless of wealth, there aren’t...
1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed as the Alfa Romeo factory racing team (1929). 2 Peter Gethin drives a Chevron B26 to victory in the sports car race at Welkom, South Africa (1972). 3 Wendell Scott, the first African-American NASCAR racer, dies of spinal cancer at age 69 (1990). 7 Chuck...
The 18th Annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance will honor racing driver Sam Posey as its special guest and celebrate the...
Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI July 6–7, 2012...
Some fellow petrolheads have been asking what I think about the movie Anonymous, and the thesis that the true author of the Shakespearean canon was Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. You can make a case for anything provided you ignore evidence. In 1616, two of England’s leading poets,...
Wisconsin State Fairgrounds, Milwaukee, WI July 9–10, 2010...
1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed (1929). 3 Wendell Scott, the first African American NASCAR racer, dies of spinal cancer at...
3 Mosport International raceway in Ontario, Canada, opens with club races (1961). 5 The “Golden Submarine” racecar is shipped from Harry Miller’s shop in Los Angeles, California, to Barney Oldfield in Chicago, Illinois (1917). 6 Jack Brabham wins the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort driving a Cooper-Climax (1960). 8 Alfa...
1 Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson win the Mille Miglia in just over 10 hours, a record never to be...
1 Gates at Indianapolis Motor Speedway open for practice for the first Indy 500 (1911). 2 Jerry Unser Jr. suffers...
