1 Ayrton Senna enters and wins his first go-kart race (1973). 3 Mark Donohue drives a McLaren-Offenhauser to victory in...
Indianapolis 500, May 30, 1963 Jim Clark in his Lotus-Ford. He qualified on the second row and finished second overall,...
Lotus legend Jim Clark – a national hero, one of the greatest drivers of his generation and a true motorsport icon – has been celebrated at the Bo’ness Revival Hillclimb, 60 years after he competed at the event. In 1959, armed with the very same Lotus Elite he had raced...
1 Rikky von Opel drives the Ensign F1 car he financed for the first time (1973). 3 Ligier F1 driver...
Since the first race in 1911, the Indianapolis 500 has always been considered America’s greatest race, attracting huge crowds and...
When you are a child and become a fan of a sports champion or team that is winning you may be unfortunate as that man or team perhaps is not really the best, just good for a season. I was lucky as my childhood idol was Jim Clark. He is...
The British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, July 11, 1964. Jim Clark in his Lotus 25. He started from pole and...
In the history of racing there have been formulae that quickly become popular and continue to grow, while others are...
Alan Stammers grew up with the sight and sound of motor racing, the family farm bordering the Snetterton circuit in Norfolk. His emerging talent as an artist was to be greatly influenced by his love of motorsport. With no artistic training, Alan has worked as a full time artist since...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
Several thousand people attended three days of events over the weekend of April 6-8 to commemorate the 50thanniversary of Jim Clark’s death. It is testimony to the brilliant Scot’s enduring legacy that visitors travelled from New Zealand, Australia, Brazil and Japan to the Scottish Borders to pay homage. The weekend...
Dan Gurney is a man whose accomplishments need no introduction. In addition to winning in everything from Formula One to...
1965 Lola T60-Cosworth SCA Since the birth of the Formula One Championship, in 1950, there has been a ladder for potential Grand Prix drivers to climb to qualify, or rather amass the necessary skill set/finance, to be able to race at the top level. Obviously, like all things, there have...
Heinz Melkus was born in 1928, in Dresden, and from an early age developed a passion for cars. Heinz was...
This summer’s Silverstone Classic, set for the weekend of July 20-22, will honor the four F1 World Champions who raced in Formula Junior during their formative years. As part of the climax to Formula Junior’s three-year Diamond Jubilee World Tour, the four Formula Junior races (above, Jakob Ebrey Photography) scheduled...
Over the course of nearly seven decades of Formula One history, only three men have ever won a World Championship...
“Boy’s Own” Racer Personally speaking, I’m not an advocate of racing specials, especially those cars built that have little, or...
Speaking from his ancestral home of Inveraray Castle in Scotland, The Duke of Argyle has announced the creation of a brand new motorsport festival. Designed to celebrate Scotland’s rich motorsport heritage, the Argyll Festival of Performance will bring together significant cars and drivers from Formula One, Le Mans, Indianapolis, Touring...
Longtime Indianapolis 500 car entrant Rolla Vollstedt, perhaps best remembered for bringing Janet Guthrie to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in...
1 Richard Petty wins the NASCAR Winston Cup Talledega 500 in a Dodge Charger (1976). 2 Jochen Rindt drives a...
Engineer, Champion Rider, Champion Driver and Team Manager Mark Donohue talked of “the unfair advantage,” the way in which a driver with an engineering background was always one step ahead of his competitors. Having started off working with his father, Jack, on motorcycles and then becoming an apprentice at Vincent,...
Hall of Famer Jim McElreath passed away last Thursday, in his hometown of Arlington, Texas, at the age of 89....
British racing driver Sir John Henry Douglas Whitmore has passed away at the age of 79 in the aftermath of...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, beginning the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula Junior...
1967 Shelby King Cobra Can-Am If you were Carroll Shelby, 1966 was a pretty good year. Coming off his Cobras...
Only four names come to mind when one recalls which drivers have driven their self-constructed cars in World Championship Grands...
April 2017 Pit and Paddock – Behind the scenes at UK and European circuits in the ’60s and ’70s By Peter Darley Peter Darley served as Team Lotus’ official photographer during the glory days of the ’60s and ’70s, and while his images may have enjoyed widespread dissemination in period,...
