1 Willi Kauhsen drives a Porsche 917/10 to victory in the Interserie race at Imola, Italy (1973). 5 Jacky Ickx...
1 Stirling Moss drives a race car for the first time in over a year—since the crash that nearly killed...
Hermann Lang so nearly didn’t get a shot at the European Championship, motor racing’s premier title before the Second World War. Family pressures, Alfred Neubauer’s initial rejection, the Depression and a strong dose of in-house class distinction nearly saw to that. But Lang gave a rigid middle finger to it...
1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a road circuit near Nimes, France...
1 Mario Andretti and Bruce McLaren drive a Ford GT40 MkIV to victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance...
4 Al Rogers drives a Coniff-Offy to victory in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in Colorado (1950). 5 George Follmer...
2 Jochen Rindt, at the wheel of a Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23, wins the Pau Grand Prix Formula 2 race in Pau, France (1967). 3 Leo Kinnunen drives a Porsche 917/10 to victory in the 300-kilometer Interserie race on the Nürburgring in West Germany (1972). 5 Jim Hall drives...
Montjuic translates from medieval Catalan as “Hill of the Jews,” or an alternative derivation may be from the Latin Mons...
You wouldn’t need all the fingers of one hand to count the number of men who could beat Juan Manuel...
A graduate in mechanical engineering, they called the nephew of Pinin Farina il dottore, the doctor. An austere, intolerant man, in 1950, Emilio Giuseppe (Nino) Farina became the first driver to win the modern Formula One World Championship. The Italian was also famous for his laid-back (literally), straight-arm driving style,...
1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio race in Italy (1907). 2 Peter Gethin drives...
This son of a German garage owner had never raced a car until May 26, 1935, at the superfast Avus...
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...
4 Six-time IMSA Camel GT champion and two-time SCCA Trans-Am champion Peter Gregg is born in New York City (1940)....
Known more for his mercurial temper than his victories over the likes of Carraciola and Nuvolari, prewar Italian driving star...
Hollywood actors play them—Luigi Fagioli was one. Built like Rocky Marciano with wide shoulders, muscular arms, thick neck and a broad chest, his attitude could be as tough as his appearance and that could lead to violence when his temper took over. Fagioli was an explosive cocktail of hard-nosed single-mindedness,...
The subject of this and next month’s two-part history, Luigi Fagioli, “the Abruzzi Robber,” seems to have been eclipsed by...
