The 2018 edition of Tour Auto Optic 2000, set for April 23-28 between Paris and Nice — by way of...
October 2017 Matra Racing DVD, The Rebirth Many years ago I was drawn to the vibrancy of the Matra pit...
February 2017 This is Rolf Stommelen at the Loew’s Hairpin during the Monaco Grand Prix on May 14,1972. He’s driving the Eifelland, which was in reality a somewhat modified March 721. Stommelen qualified last of the allowed 25 starters, and was even then fortunate to make the field because the...
It’s amazing how some of the names forged into the history of motorsport were first introduced to it. Some have...
Battle of Beltoise Dear Editor, Thanks to Mike Jiggle for his response on my letter (June 2016 issue). I am...
Beltoise Dear Editor, Interesting reading in your April issue about the P201 and Jean-Piere Beltoise’s involvement with BRM. I am, however, vastly surprised at reading comments attributed by the author to Tim Parnell and Tony Southgate about JPB’s “handicap.” Did Parnell and Southgate live in caves, or were they misquoted?...
For the past 65 years, Formula One motor racing teams have relentlessly chased the dream of perfection that concludes with...
The first time I recall sitting in a racing car was as a child at the BRM works at Bourne,...
The late 1960s brought a host of changes to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The wave of “professionalism” that was sweeping across other forms of motorsport began to exert its influence at Le Mans. With increased money and prestige now flowing through professional racing, the caliber of teams...
Born to a Paris butcher and his wife in April 1937, the late Jean-Pierre Beltoise had won the incredible number...
Over a period of years, VR’s Mike Jiggle and Ed McDonough have had the opportunity to interview French racing driver Jean-Pierre...
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...
The prize money for winning the 1972 Formula One “Race of Champions” at Brands Hatch in a BRM P160 allowed...
The 275 GTB occupies a very rarified space in the pantheon of Ferrari road car history. It sits at an...
1 F1 racer and six-time Le Mans winner Jackie Ickx born in Brussels, Belgium (1945). 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kayalami track near Johannesburg is won by Pedro Rodriguez at the wheel of a Cooper-Maserati. First F1 win for Rodriguez and last for Cooper...
On the whole, French racing drivers are quite friendly toward each other and generally there is a good rapport and...
1 Helene Delange, who raced between the world wars under the name of Hele Nice, dies in Nice, France, at...
1 Willy Grover, better known as “W. Williams,” wins the ACF Grand Prix for sports cars driving a Bugatti (1928). 3 Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Jean-Pierre Jarier drive a Matra M670 to victory in the 6-hour endurance race at Watkins Glen, New York (1974). 4 Earl Cooper drives a Stutz to victory...
2 Walter Sobraske, machinist for Miller, Schofield, Offenhauser and Meyer & Drake (later shop forman), born in West Virginia (1901)....
Montjuic translates from medieval Catalan as “Hill of the Jews,” or an alternative derivation may be from the Latin Mons Jovicus “Hill of Jupiter.” Whatever the origin of its name, this hill that overlooks Barcelona’s harbor has been known as Montjuic for more than a thousand years. Now using the...
1 Jacky Ickx and Dr. Dick Thompson win the 1000 Km of Spa, Belgium, in a Gulf Mirage-Ford M1 (1967)....
New race courses keep blinking onto our radar screens, which seems like a good thing until they turn up on...
2 Juan Pablo Montoya wins the CART Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix at Nazareth Speedway in Nazareth, Pennsylvania (1999). 3 Klaus Ludwig wins the IMSA Camel GT race at Laguna Seca, California, driving a Bayside Porsche 962 (1987). 5 Elio de Angelis, driving a Lotus 97T-Renault, is awarded 1st place...
The French, two-time Can-Am champion and former Ferrari F1 driver speaks with Nasir Hameed about his early days, his time...
For many years now, I have been synonymous with sports cars and sports car racing. Of course, when I started...
2 Achille Varzi dies in a low-speed accident while practicing in the rain at Bremgarten for the Swiss Grand Prix (1948). 3 Mark Donohue wins the USAC Champ Car race at Pocono, Pennsylvania, for team Penske’s first Champ Car win (1971). 4 F1 racer Rene Arnoux is born (1948). 6...
For me, to think of the important moments in motor racing means to think of the people I knew and...
