November 2016 FITZ: My Life At The Wheel By John Fitzpatrick John Fitzpatrick started racing in a Mini 850 and...
1 Pedro and Ricardo Rodriguez drive a NART Ferrari 250 GTO to victory in the 1000K sports car race at...
After reading the great Racecar profile of the BMW M3 (VR, August 2016), I had to share my experience with a BMW built for a special category of American competition. This unique BMW competition car has an estimated 1,500 miles since new according to logbook activity and race entry...
I’ve been fortunate to have driven a lot of racecars, both those I’ve raced and those I’ve driven to try...
1970 Phil Henny IMSA GT Chevrolet Camaro (Chassis#124870L515127) Phil Henny is one of those guys you’ve probably never heard of....
BMW has long followed a policy of racing cars and engines derived from production vehicles. Until BMW entered Formula One with Williams using its V10 unit in 2000, every single engine raced by BMW had been derived from a production unit. As the company celebrates its centenary, it seems appropriate...
In this concluding installment of our interview with Trans-Am record-breaker Tom Kendall, we pick up the narrative just after he’s...
Coupe Sport Leicht (CSL) is a name synonymous with BMW racecars. Of all the BMW CSLs, none was as outrageous...
3 The ISRS race at Zolder, Holland, is won by Didier Theys and Freddy Lienhard, driving a Ferrari 333SP (1997). 4 Giuseppe Campari wins the fifth Coppa Acerbo road race in an Alfa Romeo P2 (1928). 5 Glenn “Fireball” Roberts participates in his first auto race (1947). 6 Roger Penske...
Tom Kendall may be best remembered for his dominant 1997 championship season in the SCCA’s Trans-Am series when he set...
2 The TWR Jaguar XJR-6 is driven for the first time in a test session at Snetterton, England, by Martin...
1 Gober Sosebee, driving a Chrysler, wins the NASCAR Grand National race at Hayloft Speedway in Augusta, Georgia (1952). 2 Henri Pescarolo and Gerard Larrousse drive a Matra M670B/C to victory in the 1000-kilometer sports car race at Imola, Italy (1974). 4 Colin McRae and Derek Ringer win the Acropolis...
Rick Mears will always be known as one of the few men ever to win the Indianapolis 500 four times,...
1 Roberto Lippi drives a Stanguellini to victory in the Formula Junior race at Vallelunga, Italy (1958). 2 Gerhard Mitter...
1 The first Ford GT40 is completed, 11 months after pencil was first put to paper (1964). 3 Peter Bryant, designer of the Ti22, Shadow MkII and Shadow MkIII Can-Am cars, born in London, England (1937). 5 Jim Hall, driving a Lister-Chevy, wins the sports car feature race at Hondo,...
We continue our interview with John Grant, now Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club. In Part One we learned...
John Grant is the current Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club, and since taking on that role has had...
1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA sports car race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida (1974). 2 Alpine Renault A110s finish 1-2-3 in the Tour de Course rally in France, with Jean-Pierre Nicolas and Michel Vial on board the winning car (1973)....
When taking a first look at the subject car for a Profile feature the first thing that comes to mind...
Primarily, my racing with BMW was through Teddy Mayer and McLaren, as BMW and McLaren had been partners in a...
I wrote in this space, last month, that racecar drivers are just like us in that they too are human and suffer many of the same issues and problems that we all do. Of course, our image of the professional racecar driver tends to be more along the lines of...
• Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) has announced that American racing legend Bobby Rahal has entered the second annual Classic 24...
The International Motor Sports Association has announced a partnership with Historic Sportscar Racing to present HSR’s Classic 24 Hour at...
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...
In the world of motor sports, the wind genie escaped from his bottle during the mid-1960s, and once racers came...
Honored with his own night by the Road Racing Drivers Club this year at Long Beach, Brian Redman remains one...
holman-moody: The Legendary Race Team By Tom Cotter and Al Pearce This second edition of a book originally published more than a decade ago chronicles one of America’s all-time great racing teams. The story begins in 1957 when two guys with a shared dream became partners and shortly found themselves...
VR: How did you get started in cars? I assume as a child. You grew up in the UK, correct?...
Drinking & Driving Dear Editor, In my dreams! The photo of the Aston at Spa in ’49 [Fast Exposure, April...
1 Patrick Tambay drives a Ferrari 126C2 to victory in the Grand Prix of San Marino in Imola, Italy (1983). 6 Albert Divo, driving a Bugatti 35B/2.3, wins the Targa Florio (1928). 8 Gilles Villeneuve dies in a accident during practice before the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder (1982). 10...
